I started trotting up to Chrysalis when half the line began to follow. I gave them a nasty look and most of them went away. The ponies persistent enough to continue coming up to me to talk, I just ignored. None of them said more than 10 words to me. I didn't want to deal with any of them.

I continued to trot over to the queen and princess very slowly. Being very nervous, I wasn't sure what to say. Should I start off with a "Hi!" No, that's too obvious. How about "How ya doin'?" No, no, she's obviously bored since she's here. Ooh, I know! I'll ask "You wanna run away with me?" No, too persistent. I looked back to Celestia, whom only gave me a nod.

Now, I'm face-to-face with Queen Symfore, with Princess Chrysalis hiding in her tail. It's now or never, so I say, "Hello."

Symfore replies, saying, "Hello, Princess Luna. Congrats on getting your cutie mark, it looks lovely. I would also like to say how sorry we are about what happened last time we were here."

"We?" I say, as if I didn't know whom she was talking about.

"Yes. I, Chrysalis, and our entire kingdom! Come out Chrysi and say hello to the princess," Symfore said to her daughter. She spoke to Chrysalis as if she was still a very young child, even though we were both preteens at the time, for our lifetimes.

I leaned, so that I was looking straight at Chrysalis, she was even more beautiful up close. I said to her, "Hello."

Chrysalis replied with a very quiet, "Hi."

She then looked up to see me, a great beam grew on her face. Automatically, she recognized me. Not only as Princess Luna, but also as somepony her age. Chrysalis shot up and became very hyper, as if I was a new species she's never seen before.

Princess Chrysalis bombarded me with questions faster than I could answer them. I was able to quiet her down a bit after a few moments.

Queen Symfore then added, "Haha, I can see you two have really hit it off, I'm going to talk to Rivera. Why don't you two talk and get to know each other?"

We talked for the rest of the Gala. Asking each other questions, running about, and pulling pranks on everypony. I found out that she's very shy, her favorite band is The Beach Colts, her favorite song is Equestrian Rhapsody, her favorite book is 50 Shades of Black, and so much more that I still have memorized! We put a bucket of water on top of a door so that it would fall on top of the next pony who opened it and gave ponies really nasty foods and oh so much more! They all squealed in terror, while we did the same out of delight. Kind of useless information now, so I won't bombard myself with it all. But that Gala was still amazing!

Sure, we got in a bit of trouble, but at the end of the day, the worst we did were harmless pranks. Not to mention, even Celestia was laughing at most of them. Either that, or she was laughing at how silly we looked pulling them.

That Gala was definitely one to remember and one I still haven't forgotten and won't anytime soon. Chrysalis and I became very close friends, I even started calling her Chrysi too!

Around the end of the Gala, she had a great idea. She ran to Queen Symfore while I ran towards Celestia so that we could ask them if it's okay. Since they both said yes, it was official! Chrysalis and I were going to have our first sleep over at the Chrystal Castle!

I ran to my room to pack up a few things. Only the essentials, like a toothbrush, toothpaste, etc. Then, as soon as the Gala was over, Symfore, Chrysi, and I flew to the Chrystal Empire. Since we were all alicorns and the empire wasn't that far away, we just flew there.

When we entered the kingdom, it was nothing like what I've seen before. Everything, from the plants to the pony residents, seemed to be made of chrystal. Everyone was really shiny, even my coat got crystallized when I entered. The changelings and ponies of the city were very nice and greeted me with the biggest smiles on their faces. It was so weird seeing an empire housing multiple species. Sure, the rest of Equestria is filled with pegasi, unicorns, earth ponies, and the four alicorns, being Celestia, Symfore, Chrysalis, and I. But all of them seem to fall under, "pony." The most we get are griffons or minotaurs, but they only seem to visit the country for short periods of time. Heck, even then they usually have to handle racist slurs from the less tolerable of the citizens. I guess there's Discord, but who knows how long he's staying and how everypony else is going to react if he does. Here, in the Chrystal Empire, it was inspiring seeing the 4 pony races be in peace with living with a completely different species.

As I was entranced by this new location, I didn't notice that we have arrived at the Chrystal Castle. I even flew into it. Luckily, I was close to the ground, or else that would've really hurt. I could hear both Symfore and Chrysalis make noises that sounded like concerned laughing. They both had trouble asking me if I was okay over their laughter. Since I was, they continued for a few more seconds. At some point, I even joined in the joy they were having. That was the first sign that this night would be one of the most fun and interesting nights I'd have for a long time.

We all stepped into the castle one after the other. First Symfore, then Chrysi, then me. The first thing Symfore did was say, "Make yourself at home," as she headed towards her kitchen. She made Chrysi and I sandwiches and then went to bed saying, "I'm starting to get sleepy, I think I'll head to bed. Don't stay up too late you two, you hear?"

We both nodded as we also thought about what we could do. Obviously, we couldn't make much noise without getting in trouble. Since it was already dark out, we couldn't go outside. We pondered this while eating the sandwiches, I remember mine being delicious! We didn't come up with much. So, we stayed up as long as we could talking and playing board games. We had a lot of fun. There were times I had to keep myself from shoving my lips up against Chrysi's, but she didn't really catch on that I had a crush on her. Overall, it was a great experience that we'd do again and again for a long time at both of our castles.

We were both asleep by 2 in the morning, I think I stayed up a tiny bit longer than she did. The next day, I hugged Chrysalis and said goodbye to both her and her mother as I started my way towards Canterlot. As only about a fifteen minute trip, I practically memorized the way right after the first time going over. They both asked me if I needed help getting home, I said I was fine. The first thing I did as soon as I got home? I made myself a cup of coffee, of course! It was a long day as I had to get my sleeping schedual back on track, so that I'd be up at night.

Author's Note

Sticking with the tradition of every chapter being named after a song, this one is named after a great Poni1Kenobi song! A.K.A. brony with the greatest nickname ever, A.K.A. one of the few Beatle Bronies I have yet to talk to. Anyways, this chapter isn't as good as I'd like it to be. Don't get me wrong, I still like the chapter, but I don't think I knocked it out of the park like I was hoping to. But, it's still as good as I'm able to make it. At some point, I was considering skipping this entire chapter and skip to Luna and Celestia talking about their experiences. Luna, talking about Chrysalis, and Celestia, talking about Discord. But, I thought that would be cheating you readers, so I stuck with this!

By the way, does anyone get all of the references in this? I'm pretty sure I spent an entire half an hour just working on the references! Most are pretty obvious, so I'll talk about the 2 that aren't. At some point, Symfore mentions Rivera, that's a reference towards fellow fanfic writer, whom I'm going to be working with on an upcoming story, Riveraisreal. He's a cool guy whose made many stories that would probably fall under "so bad their good." I don't know about all of them, but I've read one that would fit pretty well under that category. And also, the nickname "Chrysi" is a reference to Fluffle Puff. If you don't know whom that is, you might want to rethink your life.