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Chapter 1: Seven Minutes, Secrets, Lies and Faults4,045 words
Chapter 2: Juice, Moods, Galas and Feelings3,845 words
Chapter 3: My Library Experience with Silver Spoon2,015 words
Chapter 4: Me and Snails: High and Wise2,464 words
Chapter 5: My Experience in the Library with Snips2,441 words
Chapter 6: Me, My Best Friend and her Pimpsqueak1,549 words
Chapter 7: Snips' Day Off3,082 words
Chapter 8: Silver Spoon's Day Off2,265 words
Chapter 9: A Plan in Commission2,829 words
Chapter 10: And the Uncomfortable Antics Ensue 3,067 words

Chapter 1: Seven Minutes, Secrets, Lies and Faults

Snails and I were walking to School, both equipped with our saddle packs and it was a beautiful Tuesday, the birds were tweeting in the trees and the Sun Celestia raised was shining bright in the sky. Unlike other the days we walked to School, he called on me at my house, instead of me calling on him. He's been acting awfully strange the past two days, now that I come to think of it, maybe he's keeping something from me, or trying to surprise me with something, I'm really not sure, because he's still got that smirk going on, and he's been saying he has an idea he wants to tell me about, but he never said when he was going to tell me about it,

"So....Snails, dude, how come you decided to call on me this morning?" I curiously asked him.

"Just a little change-up, man" he replied to me.

"Have you done your history homework, Snails?" I asked him to change the subject.

"Aww fu....damn it, I didn't" Snails replied as he stopped in his tracks and stomped his front left hoof.

"Hey man, it wasn't really important homework, just something about the Grand Galloping Gala and it's origins" I told him.

"Yeah, I guess" He replied, "Speaking of which, remember I had that idea I said I was going to tell you about?" He asked.

"Yeah, what about it?" I replied.

"Well, since the Grand Galloping Gala is coming up, I though it would be a great time for you to...."

"Wait. Wait. Wait. It's coming up?" I interrupted him whilst being completely surprised.

"Yeah, Snips. Did you even know why we were doing the homework in the first place?" He asked me.

"Um....um...I...didn't....uh..." I stuttered, I hate that.

Snails laughed, "Oh my god, man! It's ten days away!" He chuckled and almost hurt the sides of his face by laughing to much.

"Shut the hell up, dude. Besides, you have an idea, you said?" I asked, whilst still blushing in embarrassment after I didn't know when the gala was.

"Oh yeah. I was saying, since the Gala is coming up, this could be a perfect opportunity for you to ask Silver Spoon on a date" He explained.

I suddenly froze, I just stopped, everything in my body froze up, and the sudden dryness of my eyes made me continue on. But Snails uttering the words "Date" and "Gala" with the name "Silver Spoon" added into the mix, it made me shut down and think, I couldn't possible ask Silver Spoon on a date to the Gala, the girl I've had a crush on since kindergarten and she is the second most popular filly in my School, with the crown of popularity ironically going to the bitch with "Tiara" in her name. And besides she probably doesn't even like me, and I'm too shy to even ask any girl out on a date, I mean, I look terrible, my mane is almost always a mess, I've got massive bushy eyebrows and I've got the two buckteeth that makes me look like a rabbit, so any girl in her right mind would probably reject me, though I have been kissed before, but that during a party game,

"I can't, Snails" I told him.

"Why not?" he asked me.

"She's the second most popular pony in School, she's best friends with the most popular pony in School. And let's face it, man, it'll never work with us, she'll probably reject me and insult me" I replied to him.

"Not really, dude" he explained.

"What do you mean?" I asked him with intrigue.

"She won't insult you. Remember how you were off School three weeks ago?" He replied and asked me.

"Yeah, I remember" I replied.

"Well, when you were off that day, so was Diamond Tiara" He explained, "So it's whenever she's around Diamond Tiara, she acts horrible to everyone, which is around 80% of the time. But when she's not with Diamond Tiara, it's like she's a completely different pony" He told me.

That has made me think slightly differently about Silver Spoon, I knew there was something behind her somewhat bitchy exterior, but I would've never have thought that she is in fact a nice pony, but that is somewhat understandable, maybe it's Diamond Tiara who pressures her into bullying others, like the Cutie Mark Crusaders or maybe she hangs around with her, so she's the one who doesn't get bullied,

"So you gonna ask her?" Snails asked me.

"I don't know, Snails. Besides I don't think I have the money to buy the tickets for the Gala anyways" I sighed and replied.

"Snips, I can help you with that, man. Besides I owe you one after I got stuck in the closet during everyponies seven minutes in heaven during that party and you managed to get me out of it" He said, "Which pony did you have your seven minutes with?"

"Sweetie Belle" I didn't want to go into too much detail.

"How was it?" He asked me.

"Dude, that's creepy. Don't ask that" I replied to his creepy question.

"Sorry, dude" Snails apologised.

"It's OK, Snails. To be honest, it was pretty awesome, but that's all I'm gonna say about it" I explained to him.

"OK, Snips." He replied.

"OK, so back to Gala talk, you said you would help me?" I made sure with him.

"Yeah, I said I'll help you. So, listen, I'll pay for the tickets for you, Snips" He went on further.

"Well, if she says no, then it's all for nothing. Thanks, man" I said to him.

"Don't mention it" He replied.

"How are you even going to get the money? It's like 30 bits a ticket, and I know you don't have 60 bits on you" I told him.

"I have my methods" Snails replied, being mysterious as usual.

We finally made it to School, and five minutes before the bell, so what me and Snails usually do when waiting for the bell is sit out on the table and talk about random crap,

"So what are you doing after school, Snips?" Snails asked me.

"I have to hand these books back to Twilight, but aside from that, I don't think I'm doing anything really" I replied to him.

"Cool, maybe you and me can get high off our flanks again" Snails optioned.

"Maybe" I spoke back with a tiring tone in my voice.

"What's the matter, Snips?" my friend asked me.

I placed my front legs on the table and fold them over and I lean my head against them,

"Nothing's wrong, Snails, it's just I'm not sure how to ask her out" I told him.

"Snips, man, it's easy. Just a moment with her alone and ask her, get high if that's easier for you" Snails replied to me.

I chuckled slightly, "I won't get high, but that's a good idea about getting alone with her"

"I know" he replied nonchalantly.

Me and Snails' conversation paused for a moment once we both saw Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon pass by us, Diamond Tiara acting with exposition and being an all-out diva and Silver Spoon, trying to act like her friend.

"Speak of the devil" Snails uttered.

"Huh, yeah" I replied.

The two fillies that passed us trotted along towards the building and in their way, was the Cutie Mark Crusaders,

"Out of our way, blank flanks" Diamond Tiara shouted at them.

"Yeah, um...blank flanks" Silver Spoon awkwardly shouted after her.

Seeing Silver Spoon do that is painful for me to watch, I can tell she doesn't want to do it, but at the same time, it's like she's forcing herself to do so she doesn't disappoint her friend, and even how the Cutie Mark Crusaders are being treated like that is painful to watch, but they mostly get insults like that every school day and most of the time, they don't don't give a shit,

"Diamond Tiara is such a bitch to them" I said to Snails.

"Yeah, but does it really matter, if they have a Cutie Mark or not?" He asked me.

"Not really, they're still finding out who they are. They just found out before them" I explained to him.

"Yeah, same as us" Snails replied.

The bell rang. School has now officially started. Me and Snails left the bench to make it towards the actual building, once we entered me and Snails went to sit in our respected seats, the middle of five rows, five seats in each row, Snails sat at the very left, I sat beside him, and beside me, was none other than my seven minutes in heaven buddy, Sweetie Belle and the rest of the row had the rest of CMC sitting in the seats. As soon as we all sat in our seats, got our equipment out and placed our saddle packs under our seats, Miss Cheerilee came in and greeted us,

"Good morning, Class"

"Good morning, Miss Cheerilee" The entire class greeted back.

"OK, so just to get this out of the way, if you haven't done your homework, raise your hoof, I won't get mad" She told us

Three ponies raised their hooves, Snails, Twist and Silver Spoon,

"OK, my little ponies, I'm not mad at you three, I'm only slightly disappointed at you three, and I'm going to give you all a slight punishment.."

"Ahh no" Snails and Twist said.

"Let me finish, I was going to say you're not getting detention, though I am going to change the seating plan, though it's only for a week. See, not a huge punishment" Cheerilee explained to them.

A seating change? Seems like it could be bad, though it can work out for me, though I know Snails won't sit with me, it could be a 50/50 of me sitting beside Twist or Silver Spoon, obviously I choose the latter, it's not that I don't like Twist, I have my mutual respect for her, we just wouldn't get along I don't think,

"Twist?" Miss Cheerilee asked her.

"Yesh, Missh Cheerilee?" she replied.

"Can you move over to Silver Spoon's desk please" Cheerilee told her.

Holy shit, my prayers have been answered. Now I just have to wait for Cheerilee to say it,

"Snails, can you move to Twist's desk please?" Cheerilee told him.

Snails took his stuff with him and went over to the row in front of me, in Twist's desk beside Dinky Hooves at the far right of the row, Twist went over with her things over to Silver Spoon's desk, right beside Diamond Tiara at the very left of the row, I can only feel sorrow for her, but nevertheless, at least the girl I have crush on is sitting beside me,

"OK, I guess you don't need to be told sit in Snails' seat, Silver Spoon" Miss Cheerilee said to her.

"No, Miss" Silver Spoon replied to her.

"OK, everypony. I need to finish this paperwork, chat to yourselves just now if you want" Miss Cheerilee explained

Silver got her stuff and brought it over too Snails' desk, and sat beside me, I looked at Sweetie Belle beside me, her face had a disgusted look about her since Silver Spoon was here, as did Scootaloo and Applebloom. I looked back two rows behind me to see Twist sitting beside Diamond Tiara, that was an awkward sight to behold, Twist looked like she was shitting herself in fear beside Diamond Tiara, and speaking of her she had an extremely pissed off look at the teacher, who is doing her paperwork, not noticing Diamond Tiara. I then turned my head to face the front of the class, only for my eye to catch Snails' attention, I faced him instead. He had that dopey smile and half closed eyes, and pointed his pupils towards Silver Spoon, and raised his eyebrows, taunting me. I looked at him with a put on frown and shook my head, i then felt a sudden nudge on my left foreleg,

"Excuse me, Snips?" Silver Spoon got my attention.

"Uh...yeah?" I replied.

"Sorry to ask, but I was hoping you'd have an extra pen or pencil I could borrow?" She asked me.

I nodded, "Sure, let me check"

"Thank you" She smiled.

I levitated my saddle pack up onto my desk, I opened one of the pouches to find three pencils and an eraser, I took out two of the pencils and the eraser, I put my pack under my desk again, and I levitated one of the pencils over to her,

"Here you g-"

THUD. A loud thud came from behind me, the thud came from outside and made all us jump, and caused me to drop my pencil. Miss Cheerilee went outside and told us she was going to check what caused the thud,

"Oops, sorry I dropped my pencil" I said to her.

"It's OK" Silver Spoon replied to me.

"I'll get it" I told her, as I leaned over to get it.

"No, no, let me" Silver Spoon spoke, as she leaned forward to get it.

The both of us leaned forward and accidentally bumped our heads together, it actually didn't hurt that much,

"Ouch" Silver Spoon said.

"Sorry" I replied to her.

"Ha, it's OK, I should've let you get it yourself, I should say sorry" Silver Spoon chuckled as she rub her forehead.

"No need to be sorry" I told her.

"OK, thanks" She smiled.

I leaned over to get my pencil once more, I got my head close enough for me to levitate it with my magic, I raised my head and the pencil followed, I placed it on Silver's desk and she said,

"Thanks, Snips, I'll give it back to you by the end of the day"

"Sure thing" I replied to her.

Miss Cheerilee suddenly stepped back inside after she found out what it was that made the loud thud,

"OK, Class, let's start our today's lesson, and I'll be sure that no more animals fly into the wall outside" Miss Cheerilee told us, "OK, so whoever did do their homework, please raise their hoof"

All but Snails, Twist and Silver Spoon raised their hooves. Then Cheerilee pointed at a random pony in the class,

"Sweetie Belle, what was it we were researching?" She asked her, while pointing at her.

"The History of the Grand Galloping Gala" Sweetie Belle replied.

"And why do you think we were researching it at this time?" She asked her again.

"Because....um....it's coming up soon?" She awkwardly replied.

"Correct, it's coming up, so I can't think of a better time to talk about it" Cheerilee told us.

Lucky us, I think to myself, I mean, I don't mind talking about the Gala, but I think everyone has a clear idea of what it is, it's apparently known as one of the greatest parties held in Equestria, however, most of the guests are pompous Canterlot douchebags, who mostly have their heads jammed up their rectal facility. But anyways that's my opinion on the guests at the party, or just most Canterlot ponies in general,

"So what can you tell me about the Gala?" Miss Cheerilee asked us.

I raised my hoof,

"Yes, Snips" Miss Cheerilee said.

"It comes once every year, being a celebration of the day of Celestia's Coranation" I said.

Look at me, being a smartass,

"You're right about it being once a year, the other answer, not so much" My teacher told me.

I thought too soon, everyone chuckled slightly, even Silver Spoon, it was slightly embarrassing.

As Cheerilee went on, I was thinking to myself,

"Good god, when is this over?"

I looked at the clock above the chalkboard, it's almost recess, only two more minutes of this crap left to go,

"-and that's why it's called the Grand Galloping Gala, Diamond Tiara" Cheerilee told Diamond Tiara while I wasn't paying any attention, "OK Class, since that it's almost recess, just wait in a line by the door"

All of us instantly got out of our seats and made it towards the door, I was third in line and Snails was fourth in line beside me,

"Liking the new seating plan, Snips?" Snails quietly asked me.

"Shut up, man" I replied to him.

"Look man, you sitting beside two girls, one of them is the one you have a crush on and the other is one who spent seven minutes in a closet with you, doing only unimaginable things, this is like a heaven for you" Snails spoke out.

"Fuck, Snails could you say that any louder?" I quietly shouted at him.

"Hehe, sorry Snips" he chuckled.

"Yeah, laugh it up, asshole" I replied to him

The Bell rang, recess, time to get chill for ten minutes, and see if Snails can stop making jokes about girls I like or liked.

During recess, not much happened, though Miss Cheerilee ended up throwing up for some unknown reason and has said she can't continue teaching, so she's allowed us to eat our lunch and then be on our way and the school day has been cancelled, this only happens like once every seven months; she gets sick, we take our packs outside, she leaves and we still have lunch on school grounds, then we part homewards.

Right now, me and Snails were sitting at a bench close to the school, he was having soup from a flask, tomato, I think it was and I was having a cheese and ham sandwich, then, much to my expectations, he went on about girls again,

"Maybe she likes you, man"

"Do you know you have a one-track mind?" I asked him sarcastically.

"Yeah, but that's not the point. You should really make a move, besides, she might be into losers" He explained.

"I'm not a loser" I replied.

"C'mon, man, me and you are both losers. We both used to worship a phony magician" He went on further.

"That was only one thing" I said.

"Ursa Minor" Snails reminded me.

"Fuck, that was our faults too" I just noticed, "Yeah, maybe we are losers"

"See?" Snails told me, "Anyways, you almost finished your food?"

"I haven't been able to finish the second half of my sandwich due to us talking" I replied to him.

"Take your time man" Snails said.

"I will" I said back.

I levitated the second half of my sandwich and munched on it quickly, like the tubby bastard I am. After I ate my food, I got off the bench and put my saddle-pack on,

"You ready?" I asked Snails.

"Sure am" He replied.

The both of us, left the school grounds and made our way back home, on the way there, I asked him,

"Don't you usually go to your gram's on Tuesday?"

"Yeah, my parents get home later on a Tuesday, I always go to my gran's home" He replied.

"Isn't her street somewhere here?" I asked again.

"Yeah, it's just around there" Snails told me.

"Alright, man. Catch you later" I bid my farewell.

"Sure thing, dude. I'll get you those tickets as well" Snails said as he turned around and went down his gran's road.

Now, I'm just solo at the moment, since my parents aren't really expecting me home, I have enough time to hand the books I borrowed from the library, I trotted along the path that led to the library, until I heard a voice from behind me, I turned around and it didn't sound like Snails, it sounded like Silver Spoon calling my name,

"Snips! Snips!" Her voice cried out, "Can you wait there please?!"

"Sure!" I loudly replied.

She manage to catch up to me, she looked like she was slightly exhausted,

"I was just heading somewhere until I saw you" She said, "I just wanted to give you back this"

"Give me what?" I asked her.

"Oh, let me get it" She replied.

She was carrying her saddle-pack and she turned her head and dug through to find the pencil I let her borrow during class,

"Oh, that?" I asked, "That's OK, you can keep it"

"Come on, I just galloped over to you just to give you this back and you won't accept it?" She asked.

"Well, since you put in the effort, I'll take it off your hooves" I replied to her.

"Thanks" She said.

"No problem" I spoke back.

I levitated the pencil away from her and back into my saddle-pack, I then went to ask her,

"So...uh...you said you were headed somewhere?" I asked.

"Yeah, I was heading to the library" Silver Spoon replied.

"Cool, I'm heading there as well" I added.

"Awesome, you handing in a book or taking one out?" She asked.

"Handing one in, it's just something about the Grand Galloping. What about you?" I replied then asked.

"Handing in Daring Do and the Fires of the Ice Tomb" She replied.

"Cool" I said, "Good books, eh?"

"Yeah, fun ones, I like all that adventure sort of stuff, I know it's more of a boy thing, but I don't care, you know?"

"Yeah, I know" I replied, "So, uh...you want to walk with me, to the library, if you want?"

"Yeah. Yeah" She nodded, "Sure"

Now I'm walking to the library with the girl I have a crush on, and I might be crazy but, I'm going to follow on with Snails' idea of being alone with her and asking her to the gala.

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