To the world of equestria
Bucking the Gala
Previous ChapterIt's been about a month since I started working on farm with Applejack, from what Twilight explained she was reluctant to even let me volunteer. Though she finally let me work there with pay, 5 bits an hour, 6 hours a day, 6 days a week. She help me learned how to buck, which since im an earth pony with some strong backlegs like Applejack says, i learned quickly. No dreams with Luna came to me throughout the month, which kept me wondering how often they will happen. I met Big Macintosh, Granny Smith and all of the Cutie Mark Crusaders as well, meeting the three fillies i couldn'f but chuckle with how impatient they were, even if i couldn't remember how i got mine.
Today was like any other, i would help buck apples, place them in the cellar with the extra key Applejack gave me, and usually take a break and chat with Big Mac or Applejack, Big Mac answering with eeyup or nope and nothing special of a chat with Applejack. Mainly discussing who bucked the most apples, Applejack got 79 and i got 56, about the average one sided numbers. When i get back to the library reading a book by her desk. About the usual.
"Hey i'm home" is all i said, putting my newly bought saddlebags i got a few days ago away. Going straight up to Twilight, she nods back to me in reply. Though what does catch my attention, spike in the corner....gagging?
"Hey Spike, you okay..?" When i say that Twilight's ears perk up and look straight at Spike, after a quick glance to me she gets up and walks up to Spike.
"Well what would Celestia need?" She says, waiting in front of Spike. I couldn't have guessed that after a small amount of green flames comes a letter, what did Spike eat?
Before i could say a word i have a lavender hoof up to my face, shutting me right up. After putting her hoof down Twilight goes and levitates the letter up, opening it to see 7 small golden papers fall out. Though Twilight goes to read aloud the letter.
"My dearest Twilight, as you know you must be in attendance of this, but i have gotten each of you're friend's a ticket to The Grand Galloping Gala. Even your newest friend" and with that Twilight stops reading. Turning straight to me levitating all of the golden tickets up.
"Huh, i don't know how Celestia knows about you but i guess you're going to the Grand Galloping Gala." I guess she expected me to be "Oh my gosh!!!" But no........
"What's the Grand Galloping Gala?" I end up asking, what i get instead is the front door slamming open.
"How do you not know of the gala!!! Oh yeah i'm sorry darling, i forgot about your...anyway, the Grand Galloping Gala is the most Fabulous annual party in Canterlot's royal palace, only the highest of ponies get to attend." Comes a voice from behind, i guessed Rarity. Which i found correct when i turn around.
"Rarity! Have you been eavesdropping? Why would you do that!?" That was enough to burst my eardrums, after i regain my hearing I'm welcomed by Rarity saying her plea.
"Oh no! I wasn't! I came to drop off this book, i ended up hearing in your conversation that's all." It doesn't take long for Twilight to levitate the book Rarity was holding and go to check it in. Leaving my with Rarity.
"So why was I invited? I'm no high class pony you know."
"Because Princess Celestia has let all of us come almost every Gala, now you're the next of us. I do no know how she knows of you but now i have to now make an A-mazing suit for you dearie." Rarity answers my question, nopony knows how Princess Celestia knows of me. Was it Princess Luna? Maybe, i thought to myself as Twilight came back from placing the book in the right place.
"Ok well since your here Rarity here's you're ticket" Twilight says doing exactly that, sending a "squee" from Rarity.
"Thank you so much Twilight! Even if we go every year i always look forward to it."
"I know you love making the dresses, and now 2 suits." I could guess Twilight was talking about me. It's not surprising.
After a few minutes of explaining the Gala to me, Rarity takes her leave straight to her Boutique, both Twilight and I could guess why. After which Twilight comes to me and gives me 3 of the tickets.
"One for Applejack when you go tommorow, and the other in case you run into Fluttershy or the others. Got anything to do?"
"Well i was gonna see if you need anything back here then go for lunch" i say. I start work at 6 o clock AM and end at noon, so i either eat with Applejack or go somewhere.
"Well not right now, i'm gonna need you tonight though. Having a late night study i'll need help with. Be careful out there leaf." Twilight says, taking her leave upstairs. Her tail goes and flicks on my nose, sending an itch i had to go and rub with my hoof. That wasn't my problem in my book, what Twilight said and did haven't happened throughout the month i've been in Ponyville. The "be careful" part wasn't an oddity, it's normal for friends to say as far as i knew, why couldn't they be careful of they're friends? That let me fully believe that we were friends, which was good, though the tail wasn't as reassuring. Was i overthinking it? Maybe, i ended up letting it slide and went out the door.
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As I kept trotting through ponyville, to a certain cafe i've been in a few times, more thoughts wen't into my head. Ponies who only knew me from the party a month ago were waving, greeting and chatting as I passed by them. Some would try to strike a conversation with me, usually i would get they're names and thats it. Some of them being RoseLuck, Lyra Heartstrings, and the school teacher Cherilee. I wondered how they could greet a newcomer to town, especially one with no memory of his past, and act like they've known me for years((except for them having to introduce themselves)). I wondered how this quaint little town could be so Hospitable to a stranger. Was it Pinkie's party? Are they all crazy? I don't know.
Finally i make it to a small cafe and take a seat at one outside table, it was a nice day and i was going to enjoy it. After a waiter left from taking my order of a fruit salad, i take note of a scene i've seen a few times. This time was different though.
A stallion and a mare, i knew they were a couple, were feeding eachother and having a goodtime a few tables away from me. Like at the party, i envied the couple, not for friendship but for love.... They loved eachother and i knew it. Seeing them broke another wall of my past, at the time before i woke up in Sweet Apple Acres, i had nopo-wait noone to love. I remembered no faces or bodies, but i remembered emptiness, sadness, an empty hole that needed to be filled. Friendship wouldn't be enough to fill it. I had friends, and that healed that healing part in my body that wanted to feel a bond like friends, but now it wants more than friends. It wanted somepo-one to care for, love and cherish for the rest of my life. I didn't know if I could fill that hole though, which made my heart drop.
"Are you ok sir?" I was intent on watching the couple that I didn't see the waiter come up with my food.
"O-Oh i'm fine, sorry." I replied, the waiter nodded and placed down my salad, it looked delicious that my mouth watered at first sight. I knew the waiter saw it as when he left i could hear his snicker. I didn't care though and started eating.
I was enjoying my fruit salad and the midday sun, i have been to this cafe before to know what it tastes like, but i always loved the fruit salad. It wasn't as good as someother times, my mind kept wondering why instead of somepony i thought someone and noone instead of nopony. It didn't take long for a familiar voice come screaming at me as i ate the last bit of my salad.
"Watch Out!!"
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Once again i find my self blinking a few times trying to get up from the now destroyed table. Except this time i couldn't, a cyan, rainbow maned pony was right on top of me. I couldn't help but feel my cheeks heat up, if i had wings they would've popped open. Except RainbowDash didn't seem to notice.
"Aaah, why do i keep doing that?"
"Hey! Could you get off of me!" I yell, if anypony wasn't looking at us from the crash, now they are.
"Huh? Oh! Sorry Leaf!!" Rainbow now says, jumping straight off of me. One look at her face confirmed that she was embarrased. It ain't surprising, you just crash landed on a pony in the middle of a public area.
"RainbowDash, how many times will you greet me by smashing me into the ground?"
"Hehe...well i was looking for you, i remember you promising me to watch my tricks and i'm finally taking you up on that offer." Rainbow replies as i got up, truthfully i forgot that i would see one of Rainbow's tricks. So it took me a second to figure out when that happened.
"Taking me up on that offer a month later?"
"Yeah...hehe" Rainbow was now rubbing the back of her neck, i guessed she was unsure if she should have asked now.
"Oh wait, here Twilight wanted me to give it to one you mares. I have two others for me and Applejack" I went and gave her the Grand Galloping Gala ticket. She takes it as if she's done it a hundred times, for all i know she could have.
"Ah the Grand Galloping Gala eh? It's already coming up, wow time flies by."
"Yeah, as you can see i'm gonna be going too"
"Well good for you, now let's get going! I wanna get some practice in"
After I paid for the broken table and my meal I headed out with RainbowDash, I said i would and i'll keep true to my word. We end up in a small field not too far from Sweet Apple Acres, and from rainbowdash starting to stretch out was enough for me to know this was the place where she practiced.
"Ok so.." That's all I could say, I wasn't a pegasus, i never flew or for the fact was in the air. I didn't even know how much help I would be to RainbowDash, for the same reasons.
"Well you just watch my menuevers and tell me what you think." Rainbow assures me, it didn'f help because the easiest trick could amaze me.
RainbowDash in a split second was in the air, leaving a rainbow trail behind her. Right away she did a few twists in the air before going into a wide backflip. Next, which was when i thought i tasted grass from my jaw dropped mouth, she flew upside down very close to the ground, coming straight at me. Right before she would hit me RainbowDash pulled straight up, leaving me staring at the rainbow trail. After it dissipated I watched her plummet down to earth the wind seem to slash into to where ever she passed. When once again she came close to hitting the ground the sound seemed to break as a burst of a rainbow ring launched. I blinked a few times at the now pounding wind in my face, hard to keep my hoofing. It was enough for Rainbow to snicker once she landed from her flight.
"So, how'd I do?"
"Are you kidding?! That was Amazing! What the hay was that at the end? I'm surprised i'm still here after that!!" It was genuine, I was absolutely above amazed, i was jaw dropped. My mind wen't crazy with what i just saw, I couldn't put the right words into my mouth to explain any more. It was enough for RainbowDash to stand tall and proud, with a small red on her cheeks.
"I knew it was awesome! At the end i did a sonic rainboom, i've done them a few times, but it never gets old" Rainbow replies, tall and proud at what she did. Satisfied with my reaction.
She asks me again to watch and this time find any flaws in her flight, this time she didn't do a sonic rainboom though. Why? Because we are still not too far from ponyville, and she'd rather not get in trouble with the townfolks. After a few practices and me((trying my best to)) telling her what i thought was wrong and fixing on them, the sun was now about to set, and both of us knew it's time to end.
After heading to the same cafe, with the same waiter, we both go to our respective homes for the night.
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"Welcome back" Spike says as I close the door, I nod to him ready to go right to bed. What I get instead is a hoof on my shoulder.
"Where are you going? Remember the late night study" Twilight says behind me, I was tired and wanted sleep but I wanted to help Twilight. Like I promised((and the way I pay rent)) I needed to help with any studies Twilight did. I've only done one late night study for Twilight, mainly getting books or filling her coffee cup. I huff and face Twilight, getting ready for the long night.
"Ok what are you learning about today?"
"I- We'll be studying different star patterns today, mainly the ones that face north. There is said to be a newly discovered star pattern there, I want to learn all about it"
"Seems pretty basic" It was, the last was how physical magic could affect a pony's body. I was really expecting to be a test subject this time, I was at the mercy of Twilight tonight.
"It is, might as well make it easy for you." She teases me, I foal like stick out my tongue getting a roll of the eyes from Twilight. After Spike was off to bed we went to work.
I did meet Owliscious the owl the last late night study, so having her help was very useful. It wasn't any different tonight like the last one, every once and a while grabbing a book or writing something down. Pouring coffee((and sneaking some sips)) and finally...
"Hey Leaf come here" I could hear Twilight call me as I grabbed another book. After grabbing it I come up to Twilight's call. She was staring through her telescope on the balcony on the second floor, Owliscious right next to her((staring right at me)) and Spike snoring away by the bed.
"Yeah what's up?"
"Here look through, it kinda looks like your cutie mark" Twilight says, getting a perplexed look from me in return. I end up looking through the telescope anyway, it was directly pointed at the newly sighted constellation. I had to go and pinpoint all of the new found stars with Twilight's help, when i did.
"Oh wow! It does!" It is almost a complete remake of my cutie mark in constellation format, right down to the tip of the leaf to the stem. It was so surprising i had to go and look at my own cutie mark, sure enough it was just a colored in version of the constellation. I wasn't the only one who had to look back at my cutie mark to be sure.
"Hey, where are you're eyes Twilight?" She looks straight at me then, her cheeks flushing red. Twilight ends up moving me out of the way and looking back through the telescope, her embarressment getting a chuckle out of me.
"A-Anyway, i'll have to check to see if Princess Luna has already named it. If not i think i'll call it....The Novel Constellation" She says to me, now my own cheeks were flushing red. When twilight looked back at me all she did was giggle in return.
"Well i haven't asked a lot lately, but how are you doing? You know, in ponyville?" Twilight asks me, this sends another shock through me. It wasn't odd for the both of us to have a conversation, no, it was she was doing while studying. Never once when she was reading or writing or whatever would coun't as learning would she try to have a conversation. Earlier today included.
"Um...well i've had a great time here in ponyville, i like working with Big Mac and Applejack at the farm. I'm enjoying the different restruants here. I guess overall, i like ponyville" My reply just gets a few nods in return. After a few moments Twilight goes back to a smile.
"Great to hear, at first when i came to ponyville. To tell the truth, I thought everypony here was Cr-azy. I guess at first I saw the odd side of this town, I ended up seeing the good things a little after"
"Really? I thought you lived here in ponyville your whole life, judging how everyone reacts towards you" All my reply gets is a roll of the eyes
"Well no, i've lived here a while and I am a princess, everypony knows my name and most of the ponies who are here already knew me before i was a princess. Nothing really changed unless you count the higher amount of gaurds about and, well?" She replies. Moving her wings around a bit, that was enough to know what she meant. I gave her a nod in return which flipped her back to the telescope.
"Ok, i'm going to write down all of our findings today, you can take a rest now"
"Ah thanks Twili- wait, our findings?" I ask
"Yeah, what did you think? Just get some rest" She replies. Even though the "our findings" was new, I was tired and just wanted some sleep...
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Not everything was grey this time, instead there was a small amount. Where? The walls of the house i was in, sitting on the couch watching the square glow, were a light shade of blue. The walls, even if it was just a pale blue, changed the greyness and bland of the place. I still had no control, that was all that changed.
Once again the door was knocked on, another sigh from me and my body pushed up. I-or at least me in dream, went up to the door, my vision went back to fading. It seemed to last a little longer this time, as when i reached for the handle i saw more than a hand.
Next was the arm.
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Blinking a few times I find myself back into the world of iternal night, or at least I thought it was. After fully recovering from the transition I get back on my hooves((since i never seem to be on them here)) and look around once again, it didn't take me long to find the daughter of the night waiting for me.
"Hello once again Princess Luna" I say as i approach, going into a bow.
"Please stop the bowing Leaved Novel. If we are to see eachother every time thou have the vision the bowing will start to become old" Her reply puts me straight up, Luna now turns to face me, her eyes staring straight at me. That made me wonder how will this work out, i didn't know why i had to be "interupted" from the vision. I wondered how I would be able to keep my promise of not saying a word about it, as if this is just a friendly meeting, the two of us don't even know each other.
"I'm sorry Princess Luna, i should have thought of that"
"It is no matter. We are only surprised how long it took for another vision to come. We expect though that these visions will become more frequent. Now then, since we will be here a while, does thou have any questions for us?" Luna asks me, at first i would have said no, but there was on thing on my mind.
"Well, if i may ask. Why do you speak like that? With 'thou' and 'we' instead of you and I. If you don't mind answering i'd like an answer to that i guess" Luna takes a second to answer, I let her take her time. If she has to think about her answer why would I interupt?
"Hmm, well w-I guess it's because of I cling to the past, the last time...I...was fully living in equestria. It was in a time where this speech was normal, especially with me and my sister. I will say things have changed a lot from when this speech was usual" Luna answers my question, i took it maybe a little to seriously then i should have.
Right away one question i asked was able to change the rest of the time with luna from her acknowledging hereself as we to I . For the rest of the night she still used thou but changed, that told me something. She was more than a Princess, she was actually a pony, not just a figure of the night. She showed that she can change right in front of a pony, even talking about it. I noticed that i decided to act like she was of too high of a class for me, like everything she did I had to agree to, weakening myself because of it.
After I took my leave from the world of night i decided i wouldn't talk to her like a Princess, Luna was to stay with me every time there was that vision, She had to go and take her time to go and interupt the vision. I don't understand why but i will not question that, even though i would treat Luna like a friend if this was decided by the two princess sisters, i will most definitely listen...
Author's Note
Ok so also feedback would be GREATLY appreciated. I haven't gotten any((except for one thank you Rainbowcooldash for the nice words :D )) so the people who favorited or just read it please give me you're full, and blunt, opinions. Critism and critiques are hugely appreciated. Also i skipped a month because i don't have a lot of time on my hands so i'm going to when Neal or Novel has a memory/dream. Sorry if you don't like that but then i would have made it WAY too long. Ok hopefully you liked the chapter :)
