His Little Pet

The Daily Life of Twilight Sparkle, and Spike, and Fluttershy - Volume 15

So. The Gala. Not much to say really. It all went horribly. Incredibly horribly in fact. There were a few ups but for the most part I'd have to say that that was the worst night of my life, or at least one of them. But I think I'll let Fluttershy have the book for a moment, I need to go do something.

While Twilight lets out a little frustration in the basement I guess I'll take over from here.

Oh my, the library itself is shaking. I don't think she's taking this to well, but really the night wasn't all bad. I think she's just upset at making a fool of herself in front of the two beings she cares the most for. (Spike and Celestia) I guess I should talk about what we wanted to happen first, then move onto what did happen.

The plan was simple, Twilight would talk with Princess Celestia, Rainbow Dash would talk to the wonderbolts, Rarity would show off to all the fancy ponies, Applejack would open an apple stand (without a permit, but I don't think she knows that you have to have one to open a stand in a city), Pinkie was going to party, or perhaps she was hoping to get into the back room where I've heard the 'real parties' go on in the palace, and I was going to make friends with all the animals. Spike was going to show us around but we kinda all forgot about that once we got there, caught up in the excitement. The plan was for Spike to spend a little time with all of us one on one after the tour and we had had an hour or so with our respective tasks, and he would build on his relationships with the other four. Later we would bring Applejack out to the courtyard and explain everything to her. Needless to say, things didn't go as planned.

Ok, I got everything out of my system. Calm, I am calm. While the Gala didn't turn out the way we wanted it to we did have a nice time afterward at Donut Joe's, and while I'm sure Fluttershy and I will be punished for bowling over Spike's plans I don't think it'll be that bad, especially since we gave him a nice time while we were unwinding. But back to the night. Fluttershy's already told you what was supposed to happen, so I'll put down what actually happened.

1: Applejack was largely ignored by the party patrons.

2: Pinkie tried to party with the wrong ponies, didn't get invited to the back room, and destroyed a lot of property.

3: Rarity tried to pick up Blueblood. Yeah, like that was going to work. Not only is the guy a jerk, I'm pretty sure he's at least half gay, what with the way he checks out the guards.

4: Rainbow Dash, even after getting into the celebrity section, couldn't buck up the courage to just grab the wonderbolts attention and keep it.

5: I didn't get any time to really talk with the Princess. It appears that she is stuck on greeting duty nearly all night, which is unfair, if you ask me. But of course nopony does. Who would ask for a student for her opinion when a Princess is right there.

But that bring me to one of the high points of the night. Fluttershy here let out a little of her wind side, and I must say, I'm getting a little wet just thinking about it, though having her right next to me, blushing like she's going to faint is certainly helping. So, apparently what happened is this: Fluttershy is in the gardens, trying to attract the attention of some of the animals, but they're not coming to her, so she's getting a little frustrated. (We learned later from Spike that the animals are trained to avoid guests during the Gala because some pony's are allergic or frightened by them) So she loses her temper a little and begins chasing them around the gardens and, well, kinda screams at them. I'm sure it was quite frightening for them. We could even hear some of it in the ballroom.

So, after a few minutes of listening to a dull shouting in the distance and helping the Princess greet various ponies the main halls doors blow open and there's Fluttershy, red faced, disheveled like she'd just had a roll in the hay, and puffing like she'd run a marathon. Quite beautiful, looking back on it, and she just takes a deep breath and screams, "You will love me!"

I would be lying if that wasn't the hottest thing I'd seen all night. I kinda felt like yelling back something like, "Yes Mistress, anything you say, Mistress." But that would have been impolite and a bit to sordid for such a gathering. But then all Tartarus erupts and we run off to a 24 hour bakery that I know near the palace. I know Spike will be there because that's where he goes when he's upset with me, so we find him here and he asks, quite sarcastically, if we've had the best night ever, and we tell him all about our night. He's understanding, but I know he's still a little angry that we ditched him.

Then, wouldn't you know, Princess Celestia herself shows up and talks about how what we did actually made the Gala better, which I still think isn't quite right, but Spike did say that the Gala wasn't very fun, and I probably should have taken his word for it. But all's well that ends well, and all that. All in all I think it was quite the learning experience, and now I know that Fluttershy definitely has the chops to be a good Mistress, now we just have to find a way to bring it out of her.

One last thing. I noticed that Celestia winked at Spike today. I think she was just sharing a joke with him, but something tells me it might be important. I dunno, I'll keep an eye on them. I don't want my teacher stealing my Master away, now do I. (Heh, like that'd happen, she's way to old for him.)

Now that Twilight's gone to bed I feel safe putting this here, seeing as how she never reads over her notes once she's written them. Spike told me that Celestia has a plan. Something involving Twilight. He says it's special and that I can't tell anyone, but it's bugging me so I though I would write it down here. He says it's something special, something that will blow our minds. He says they've tried it before and it didn't work but that it would work this time. I don't know what it is but it scares me a little. Spike implied that if it didn't work things wouldn't turn out to well. The thought of Twilight, somepony I've come to cherish, even to love a little, being in danger. I don't want to lose her, but Spike says that that's a possibility, which is why we have to help her, to support her and teach her the magic of friendship and love. I know I might be being a little paranoid, but it still frightens me.