Chapters "This party is going to be so awesome! " Rainbow Dash yelled out in excitement, trotting down the dark streets of Canterlot.
Twilight Sparkle was feeling overwhelmed by all the attention after the Princess Coronation, congratulations were to be expected, from family and friends alike, but she and her friends have been invited to over 25 different parties and events all across Equestria. She decided to simply attend a party being hosted in Canterlot, and she invited Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Rainbow Dash to come along with her. The invitation was formal, it looked like it was inviting them to a fancy Canterlot dinner party.
"I still think we should have gotten better clothes for this, we are the guests of honor after all, we should look the part" Rarity said, trailing behind the group, trying not to accidentally step in any puddles.
"Rarity, the dresses are fine the way they are" Twilight replied back, she looked over to the rest of the girls "You all agree, right girls?" A collective agreement came from the group, Rarity just sighed and continued walking. Twilight picked up her pace slightly, not wanting to be late. After about 10 minutes, the group finally arrived at the Canterlot Clubber.
The grand building they were expecting turned out to simply be a medium sized pub. The condition of the building made it look like the oldest building in Canterlot. Twilight could hear loud music through the walls of the building, and bright colorful lights decorated the entire front of the building. Pinkie Pie was the first to comment on the building.
"This place doesn't seem like a place to hold a fancy party." Pinkie said, slightly confused, but satisfied none the less. It was obvious by the look in Pinkie's eyes that the place looked like a great place for parties more of her style. Applejack turned to question Twilight, but before she could, a large colt came outside to meet them.
"Ah, the guests of honor. Glad you could make it! Come on inside!" The colt spoke in a voice that didn't seem to reflect living in Canterlot, or any sort of high society class. It was rough and deep. But Twilight lead the group inside anyway, they stopped by the front desk and observed the surroundings.
"This isn't exactly what I imagined when I saw the invitation." Rarity said, disgusted by the overall state of the building.
"Lets just make the best of it..." Twilight said back to her friends "Because I have a feeling it's going to be a long night."
The party goes fine at first, Twilight was buried in conversation by curious ponies, Applejack managed to get a new buyer for her apple products, Pinkie Pie dominated the dance floor, and Rarity and Fluttershy simply stayed away from the party crowds. Twilight manages to break away from the adoring crowds of ponies as she realizes that Rainbow Dash has been missing for nearly an hour, She rallies up the group to go look for her, but before they have to look too far, they find Dash sitting on a bar stool in another room, with a glass of red wine with a slightly, for lack of a better word, dopey look on her face. Twilight goes up to her to talk.
"Hey Twi! How you enjoying the party?" Rainbow says to Twilight in a slurred voice, with slight pauses in between some words, she attempts to raise her glass to Twilight as if to toast, which results in her dropping the glass onto the floor.
"Rainbow...How much wine have you had?" Twilight asks, she was getting slightly worried by now, Applejack couldn't help but to chuckle. Rainbow Dash stared at Twilight blankly for a few seconds, and then with a slight hic said;
"A little." Rainbow started laughing at seemingly nothing, and then slowly got up to get another bottle of wine. Dash turned back to the group, who were still staring at her. "You girls want some?"
Twilight instantly replied with "No!" and had expected the rest of the girls to do the same, but they thought about it for a little bit, and then agreed to, all except for Fluttershy. "Hey! What are you doing?" Twilight shouted at them, her wings expanded in fury, knocking over a bottle sitting on a table. smashing it to bits. Which turned a couple heads towards them.
"Normally I wouldn't agree, but I think on this occasion I will have a couple glasses, after all, what's the harm?" Rarity said as she joined Dash at the bar.
By this point, Applejack and Pinkie Pie had already joined in as well, Twilight wasn't sure what shocked her more, that her friends were actually doing this or that Pinkie Pie had actually agreed to an alcoholic beverage, Twilight stormed off, as Fluttershy tried to catch up to her.
"Twilight, are you feeling alright?" Fluttershy asked her quietly. Twilight let out a frustrated sigh and turned to her fuming, Twilight turned around and practiced Cadance's breathing technique, and turned back around.
"I'm fine Fluttershy, I don't know why that bugged me so much, I don't really have the right to say what my friends can and can't do." Twilight paused, and finally said "I just want to go home, back to Ponyville"
The party continued on for another two hours, Twilight and Fluttershy stayed away from most of the other ponies, and Rarity, Applejack, Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash drank wine, told jokes and stories, and had a real good drunken time.
Twilight excused herself for a slight moment to check on the others, Rainbow Dash was telling an incredibly personal story that even Twilight had never heard before, and Twilight sat down at the bar next to them, and was instantly pestered by her friends to have just a couple sips. Twilight refused at first, but something inside her just made her want to relax and loosen up a bit.
"Fine...Just a couple sips."
Author's Note
First fanfic I've ever written, I think it turned out alright. More chapters will be getting made when I have time, It shouldn't be too hard.
<3
Twilight opened her eyes to an unfamiliar location, her head spinning, the room was brightly lit and looked almost looked familiar to her. She gave her eyes a couple seconds to adjust to the light, she saw she was sitting next to a sleeping Rainbow Dash. Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and Applejack were sharing a different bed. Twilight pushed herself up to be nearly face to face with a snarling Princess Celestia
"WHAT WERE YOU PONIES THINKING? " Celestia roared, waking everypony else up from their slumber. Twilight was taken by surprise by her anger, she looked around to see Princess Luna behind her sister, Fluttershy was next to Luna, and to Twilight's confusion, was wearing her Element of Harmony.
"Sister, please calm down, Twilight and her friends will be able to get them back." Luna said her big sister, Celestia looked back in her angrily, causing Luna to back off in fear.
"Princess Celestia, What are- Why is- Find what?" Twilight asking, now starting to shake. She had never seen her mentor this mad at her, or anypony else for that matter. The question seemed to make Celestia even more furious.
"Twilight Sparkle! Don't play this game with me! You know full well what you did!" Celestia yelled back at them, but she seemed to be calming down. After she turned away from Twilight to think about something, and after what seemed like eternity to the girls, she turned back. "I guess you don't know..."
Luna stepped beside her sister to face the ponies, still staring at Celestia with their mouths hanging out. "You all made a very bad mistake last night, even if you didn't mean to." Luna levitated a large brown sack in front of her, she poked her head out to continue talking "This bag contains exactly 7,500 bits, you acquired this from selling your respective Elements of Harmony, except for Fluttershy's of course."
Twilight nearly had a massive heart attack at Luna's words. She had sold the Elements of Harmony? The most powerful objects in all of Equestria? The land's most powerful defense from evil? How could she have thought that would have been a good idea. Then she remembered accepting the wine from her friends at the party. Fluttershy must have not accepted any. Twilight turned over and buried herself in her pillow and begun to cry.
"I'm so sorry Princess Celestia, I don't know what caused me to sell them! I-I just don't..." Twilight let out a muffled cry from her pillow. Her friends crowded around her to support her. Applejack was distracted by a piece of paper she had found in her satchel bag
"Sugercube, it wasn't just you." Applejack showed Twilight the paper, it was an official document confirming the sale, Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, and Rarity had all signed it. Twilight looked over the paper again and again, looking for clues. But found nothing. "We all signed it, we all share the blame for what we did." Rainbow Dash, being the one who had convinced them all to get drunk at the party, looked especially regretful.
"I'm sorry My Little Ponies, for losing my temper." Celestia finally said. "But what we have to do now if figure out how to find the Elements. The only clue we have so far is that you purchased tickets to Las Pegasus"
"Las Pegasus? But...where are we now?" Rainbow Dash asked Celestia, still looking incredibly guilty.
"Ponyville Hospital, but we don't have much time, we have to get going. If your going to fix what you've done. Then we need to find the buyer of the Elements." Luna answered, with urgency in her voice. The group all nodded their heads in agreement, Fluttershy stepped forward from the back of the room, and put her wing around Twilight.
"Don't worry, We'll find them, I promise." Fluttershy said in her comforting voice. Twilight, holding back more tears, turned to Fluttershy.
"I hope so Fluttershy...I really do hope so,"
Author's Note
Heeeyyy, Second Chapter.
Not gonna lie, didn't think I would be able to get this one out on time. But here it is for your viewing pleasure.
<3
If Twilight were to be asked what the most awkward part of the entire journey was, she would say the ride on the train towards Las Pegasus.
Twilight, Applejack, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, and Princess Luna bought their tickets (Luna's being free, for obvious reasons.) and took a seat waiting for the train to Las Pegasus, while Twilight's friends attempted to avoid a conversation, Twilight couldn't help but ask.
"Princess, what exactly happened? You still haven't told us" Twilight asked Luna, who was standing next the bench Twilight and her friends were sitting on.
"Me and my sister can only count on eyewitness account's from others, but we can say that other then selling the Elements of Harmony, not much happened. But Rainbow Dash and Applejack-" Rainbow and Applejack both looked up from the ground at the mention of their names. "Challenged each other to a drinking contest."
"Who won?" Rainbow Dash asked with a hint of excitement in her voice. Luna didn't answer.
From here, there was no conversation for almost an hour as they waited for the train. Twilight and her friends simply lost in their regret, and Luna took an open seat on a nearby bench and fell asleep. Finally, after the longest time, Twilight heard the train approaching. Twilight stood up and walked over to Luna, and then tapping her on the shoulder.
"The train's here, we should get going" Twilight said as Luna slowly opened her eyes.
"Oh, yes...Of course Twilight." Luna pushed herself up and lead the group onto the train. And they found a empty booth near the back of the train, Luna allowed everypony to take a seat, and took an empty seat in the booth next to them and fell back to sleep.
Twilight spend most of the ride silent, looking out the window at the passing landscape. Thinking about the mistake she had made. When a thought entered her mind. What if Princess Celestia decided she wasn't ready to be a princess? Would she discontinue her studies in Ponyville? It wasn't like when she found Fluttershy nursing Princess Celestia's bird without her knowledge. These were the Elements of Harmony that were at stake! Twilight began to panic, and her friends noticed. Applejack leaned forward toward Twilight and tried to comfort her.
"Twilight, sugercube, are you alright? Do you want to talk about somethin'?"
Twilight simply shook her head, and she felt tears roll down her cheek. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Rarity ask a passing employee for some tissues and a glass of water. Twilight didn't try to stop her. Suddenly, Princess Luna came into the booth and signaled for Twilight to follow her. She obeyed, and Luna lead her into the empty booth she had been sleeping in. Twilight sat down, still trying to hold in her tears. Luna sat down next to her and wrapped her in her wing.
"Princess Twilight, do not worry too much about this. This wasn't your fault. We can get the Elements of Harmony back. They would be foolish to argue with a princess." Luna realized that what she was saying didn't seem to help, and she continued to speak, losing her formal tone of speaking and replacing it with a softer voice. "Me and my sister discussed the situation Twilight. Your studies won't be stopping because of this. You won't lose your friends Twilight."
Twilight looked back up at Luna, and hugged her, rather awkwardly as she was still wrapped in Luna's wing.
"Thank you Princess. I'm so sorry for what I did, I just wasn't think-" Luna held up her hoof, Twilight stopped talking and blushed.
"I think we've had enough apologies for one day Twilight." Luna said softly. Twilight understood, and they both simply sat there, Twilight still wrapped up in Luna's wing.
Twilight began to notice Luna moving around uncomfortably, Twilight realized that Luna's wing was a little too big for the small booth on the train.
"It's okay." Twilight said, giggling slightly. Luna blushed and folded up her wing against her. Before Luna could say anything, the train screeched to a stop.
Rainbow Dash lazily looked out the window, feeling depressed as she watched the other passengers step onto the platform. The lights of Las Pegasus glared in Rainbow's eyes. Rainbow Dash yawned and stretched her legs out, poking Applejack in the stomach accidentally.
"Rainbow, would you kindly-Ow!-Stop?" Applejack said, attempting to sound calm. Rainbow perked up, and quickly pulled back.
"Heh heh, Sorry." Rainbow apologized, blushing slightly.
Princess Twilight Sparkle and Princess Luna sat together in their separate room, having not spoken for a while. Twilight looked out the window to see the sparkling city before them. Celestia's sun setting on the horizon. Twilight realized that Luna would not be able to raise the moon in Canterlot. Which worried her.
"Princess Luna, Don't you have to raise the moon soon?" Twilight asked Luna, with a hint of worry about the changed schedule.
"My sister has volunteered to raise it for me while I assist you." Luna replied. getting up from her seat. Luna paused and looked at Twilight. "My sister feels awful for the way she shouted at you, Twilight. She wanted to apologize before you left, but she couldn't."
Twilight suddenly felt awful, Her mentor had never snapped at her like that before. And it was her fault that she did. Twilight had sold the most powerful artifacts in existence in a drunken night out. She felt another tear rolling down her cheek. She heard the train conductor knock on the door.
"Princesses, You're clear to leave, I hope you have a excellent time in Las Pegasus." The conductor bowed, and walked to the next train car to clear the other passengers. Twilight pushed herself up and stepped beside Luna in the narrow hallway. Twilight's wings were jammed up against the walls of the hallway. She slowly moved down the hallway, Luna just ahead of her. Luna was having even more trouble with the narrow hallway, and was swearing under her breath. Finally, Luna made it to the door, and stepped outside. Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and Applejack were outside waiting. Twilight made it to the door, and quickly trotted outside. Her wings ached from the long ride, she painfully and awkwardly stretched out her wings. Rainbow Dash, despite her sadness. Managed to crack a small smile. Twilight tries to hide it. But she still hasn't gotten used to her wings. Twilight gives one final stretch of her wings, and then folds them against her sides. She steps forward and begins to address the group.
"Alright girls. If we're going to find the pony that bought our elements, we might need to split up." Twilight spoke in the voice Pinkie Pie calls the "Super Special Mission Voice." Rarity is the first one to object.
"Split up? Twilight, I feel incredibly bad for the mistakes I made as much as everyone else, but this city is massive! How are we supposed to find it?" Rarity said, trying to not sound harsh or critical.
"I knew somepony would ask that, So I came up with a plan, and more importantly..." Twilight levitates a large scroll out of her satchel bag. "...A list! "
Twilight's friends simply stared at her, waiting for further explanation. Twilight stood with her awkward smile. Princess Luna stepped forward to continue the conversation.
"There are a couple casinos that you all have definitely been to, five to be exact. So you six can spread out and check out the casinos." Luna grabbed the list with her magic and unrolled it, showing the group the listings. Applejack smiled.
"Well then, let's not waste any time. You girls ready to hoof it?" Applejack yelled, already excited. Twilight smiled as the other cheered, ready to split up. Luna gave Twilight the list back so she could assign everyone their places.
"...Alright, Applejack, you can check out the..." Twilight continued to assign everyone their places, as Fluttershy cowered at the back of the group listening. Wanting to speak up but too afraid to. She didn't want to disappoint her friends, they needed to find the Elements of Harmony, but Fluttershy was always scared of being alone in an unfamiliar place.
"And Fluttershy, you can..." Twilight saw the fear on her face, and paused. "...Fluttershy, you can go with Rainbow Dash, is that alright?" Fluttershy smiled and nodded.
"One more thing." Luna spook up, the bustling group turned their heads to listen. "If something happens, I'll be able to come help you, all you have to do is allow me into your minds." Twilight and her friends stared at her for a while, until Pinkie spoke up.
"Could you repeat that?" Pinkie said, just as confused as her friends.
"I must agree with Pinkie, what do you mean?" Rarity joined in. Luna looked at Pinkie and Rarity.
"You...Don't know what I mean?" Luna said, almost disappointed. "In addition to entering the dreams of other ponies..." Luna explained. "...I can also enter your conscious thoughts, however my sister usually forbids the power. But we may need me to use it if things go wrong. To let me in, just think of me. And I can request access inside, it's very complicated to explain, but you will know what I am talking about. But I must warn you that when you let me in, I can hear everything you are thinking." With a slight grin, Luna added. "So, try avoid thoughts that would make yourself look bad." The group nodded, and Twilight rolled up the list and put it back inside her bag.
"Alright girls. Lets do this!"
Author's Note
Hello again! I hope you all had a happy Nightmare Night, and also, I apologize for the gigantic wait for this chapter, I know it was way too long, but I have a solution...
A Schedule!
Pretty much, I will have two chapters every week, the first one will be published between Monday and Wednesday, and the second one between Thursday and Sunday. Sounds good? Alright.
Also, I must give a personal thanks to Prane for featuring A Long Night Out on his blog, I really appreciate it!
<3
-Maneshadow
Papers, Papers, and Papers.
Celestia sat in her throne room, searching through her daily papers without caring, being too busy worrying about Twilight and her friends. Celestia was furious with her self for how she acted with Twilight, she shouldn't have gotten so mad at them. She tried for a while to justify it, fooling herself into thinking she had a lot of stress on her recently. Celestia, deep down, knew better though.
"I do hope they're safe." Celestia thought to herself, as she quickly signed paper after paper, barely bothering to read them. She reassured herself that her sister would take care of them, she had no reason not to believe it. However, Celestia still hated herself for not coming with them herself. Celestia sighed and placed her stack of papers down, she would continue tomorrow, probably. She walked down the corridors to her bedroom, as she reached the doors. Discord appeared in a puff of smoke, opened the door, and bowed.
"Thank you, Discord." Celestia said with a fake smile.
"Of course, my lady." Discord said, making funny faces to a royal guard behind him.
With that, Celestia walked into her bedroom, ready to go to sleep, finally.