My Little Pony - The Legend of Friendship

It was the day after Nightmare Moons return.

Star Twinkle was working together with Steel Hammer.

They are both carrying some wooden planks and walk down the road of Ponyville while talking about the recent events.

"So let me get this straight, I mean in case I got something wrong"

"Okay"

Steel Hammer took a moment to collect his thoughts, before asking.

"So after Nightmare Moons return, you thought it would be a good idea to go to the Everfree Forest"

"I didn't think it was a good idea but yes"

"To help some ponies to find something called The Elements of Harmony"

"Yes"

"Which were the reason why Nightmare Moon was imprisoned in the moon in the first place"

"Yes"

"And you were chosen by one of those Elements of Harmony"

"Yes"

"Which means that you pretty much helped to save all of Equestria"

"Yes"

"But not only that!

You also had the chance to meet Princess Celestia in person"

"Yes. What do you think?"

With an exciting face , he waited for Steel Hammers answer.

"Well, I guess it would have been better if I was there to see it myself."

Star Twinkle was clearly surprised by that answer.

"You don't believe me?"

"I do! It's just hard picturing YOU in all this! I saw you with all those other ponies so, I guess that's enough"

"Well, thank you," he said, giving Steel Hammer a rather disappointing look."

He looked up at the sky, thinking about what happened and what it meant for him.

"Yes...it is really hard to believe..."

A few days later

A little time later after the whole Nightmare Moon incident, everything seemed normal again in Ponyville.

With the exception of Star Twinkles life, who now spends most of his time with his new friends.

The only thing that bothers him now is the meaning of his element, which still remains unknown.

"Honesty, Kindness, Laughter, Generosity, Loyalty, Magic and …."

Star Twinkle was sitting outside of a restaurant on his table was an empty plate, meaning that he ate something there.

"And what!? Urgh! Not even Princess Celestia knew anything about a seventh element!"

He lied his head down on the table out of frustration.

"Why am I even thinking about that? I mean Nightmare Moon is defeated, so there is no reason to use the Elements of Harmony again. Right?"

He became silent for a moment, trying to find an answer, but couldn't find one.

"Why is my mind so focused on the elements?

It's sometimes the only thing I can think about.

But why?"

He lifted his head up again and put on a fake smile to cheer himself up again.

"Enough of that! I am probably the only one who has to worry about unnecessary things like that."

"I CAN'T DECIDE!"

Star Twinkle was startled by a loud voice coming from a table behind him.

He turned around and saw how Twilight and Spike sat on another table.

The waiter left the table, so Twilight seemed to have made her order.

They didn't seem to notice Star Twinkle, so he first thought about leaving them alone.

But Twilight was clearly bothered by something, so Star Twinkle left his table and approached them.

"Is something wrong?"

Twilight and Spike noticed him and greeted him with a smile.

He asked what that before was all about, so they explained it to him.

Apparently Princess Celestia has given Twilight two tickets for something called "The Grand Galloping Gala" .

But Twilight couldn't decide who should get one ticket and who doesn't.

"Oh yeah, that's a problem"

"Do you know what I should do?" She asked Star Twinkle in desperation.

But Star Twinkle just shakes his head, much to the disappointment to Twilight.

Star Twinkle was thinking about, what he would have done if he was in her position.

But in the end, he was glad that he didn't have to decide, but he couldn't say that to her.

"What is this "Grand Galloping Gala" anyway?"

"It's just some girly party, nothing more" Said Spike while rolling his eyes.

Twilight who also rolled her eyes protested, saying that it is one of the most important events in all of Equestria and that it is an honor to be invited by the princess herself.

Despite all this information Star Twinkle didn't seem to be so impressed because it sounded like any other party.

"So it's a really big thing I guess?" He asked, in an uninterested tone.

While a waiter brought in the food that Twilight and Spike ordered.

Spike already began to eat his hay that he ordered.

Twilight, on the other hand, could not stop worrying.

"Of course!

That's why everypony wants one of the tickets. But I can't decide who I should give one.

I have the feeling that if I don't decide soon, they will drive me crazy by the end of the day"

Star Twinkle couldn't help but smirk, seeing Twilight worrying about the whole situation.

"Aren't you overreacting a little?

I mean they can't be that bad."

"You're right I'm sure everything will be much clearer once I eat."

Suddenly Star Twinkle realized how a water dropped on his head, making him look up in surprise.

"You better hurry cause it looks like it's going to -"

But just in the middle of his sentence heavy rain was suddenly pouring down on his head, leaving him soaked.

"rain..."

Twilight was confused what was happening until she heard a familiar voice up in the sky.

"Hi there, best friend forever I've ever ever had. Enjoying the sunny weather?"

It was Rainbow Dash, sitting on a cloud above the table where Twilight sat.

She left a space of clouds open so that the sun would shine through right where Twilight sat.

"Rainbow Dash, what are you doing?"

"Whaddya mean? I just saw the smartest, most generous pony about to get rained on, so I thought I'd kick a hole in the clouds to keep her dry so she could dine in peace, that's all."

Figuring out what was behind Rainbow Dash's action, Twilight knew what was going on.

"Rainbow, you're not trying to get extra consideration for the extra ticket by doing me extra special favors, are you?"

"Me? No no no, of course not."

" Uh-uh," she responded in disbelieve.

"Seriously, I'd do it for anypony."

Twilight looked at Star Twinkle to confirm Rainbow Dash's statement.

Star Twinkle was just wondering what he is still doing there, standing in the rain, waiting for something to happen on its own.

To which Rainbow Dash just responded with an embarrassed laugh.

"Rainbow, I am not comfortable accepting unwanted favors, so I'd appreciate it if you close up that rain cloud right now."

"Ugh, fine"

Rainbow Dash closed the cloud just like Twilight asked her to, leaving her happy and Star Twinkle worried because he knew exactly what was about to happen.

Now it started to rain on Twilight as well.

Making it impossible to eat the sandwich she ordered, cause it is now soaked.

Twilight let out a growl in frustration while Spike could just laugh.

Rarity who had an umbrella to keep herself dry approached the two soaked ponies

"Twilight, it's raining."

"No, really?"She said in a sarcastic tone.

"Come with me before you catch a cold"

She dragged Twilight with her and Spike and Star Twinkle followed her.

Rarity took care of Twilight and Spike while Star Twinkle looked around the Boutique.

It was the first time for Star Twinkle to see the "Carousel Boutique" from the inside.

There were Mannequins, where Rarity probably put her dresses on, a podium surrounded by mirrors, colorful curtains, and dresses that were hanging all around the place.

He came to the conclusion that it was a little too colorful for his taste.

He noticed how Spike approached him in a rather fancy light blue outfit, paired with a blonde wig and a black hat.

While Star Twinkle thought that Spikes looked hilarious, he tried his best to not laugh but couldn't help to at least grin a little.

"Why do you look like that?"

"Don't ask" he annoyingly replied.

The little dragon left the Boutique after getting out of his funny garment and Star Twinkle walked up to Twilight and Rarity.

Twilight was also dressed very fancy while Rarity seemed to fantasize about something.

"*Gasp* And oh, my goodness, what a coincidence. I happen to have an ensemble of my own that matches yours to a T. We would be the belles of the ball, you and I. Everpony would be clamoring for our attention. All eyes would be on us, and then everyone would finally know, the most beautiful, most talented, most sophisticated pony in all of Equestria is Rarity the unicorn."

She looked over to Twilight who gave her a mean look, realizing what this was all about.

"He he...And Twilight Sparkle, of course."

"I see what's going on. You're just buttering me up so I give you the extra ticket. Well, it's not gonna work. You're going to have to wait for my decision just like everypony else."

She walked to the door removing her clothes at the same time while Star Twinkle followed her.

"Now if you'll excuse me, I've been trying all day just to get some lunch."

"Did somepony say lunch?"

Out of nowhere Applejack appeared and dragged her out of the door to present her a carriage full of  food.

"You've got to be kidding me!" Twilight said in an annoyed tone.

Applejack on the other hand proudly presented all of her delicious treats.

"I got apple pie, apple fritters, apple tarts, apple dumplings, apple crisps, apple crumblers, and apple Brown Betty. Uh, the dessert, not my auntie. What do you say there, best friend?"

Star Twinkle could hear a grumbling stomach sound, which came undoubtedly from Twilight who became more and angrier and frustrated.

"No. No. I don't know who I'm giving the ticket to, and all these favors aren't making it any easier to decide. In fact, I'm less sure now than I was this morning.

Come on Star Twinkle we're leaving!" She said while running angrily away.

"We?...err I mean yes, right behind you"

Of course, Star Twinkle followed her, even if he wasn't really sure why.

He walked her home,but they didn't talk much.

Probably because they were both annoyed about this ticket situation.

But it, at least, gave Star Twinkle time to think.

Aren't they suppose to be friends?

Don't they realize that they put too much pressure on Twilight?

Why doesn't Twilight tell them that she can't decide because she doesn't want to let anypony down?

It's all those questions that he had no answers for, that made him unsure if he really belongs in this group of friends.

"You see what I mean?" She asked Star Twinkle who was still in deep thoughts.

"Huh? Oh! Yea!"

They arrived at Twilight's library. Where Twilight just wanted to forget about the ticket for today.

"Thanks for walking home with me," she said giving him a little smile.

"No problem"

Star Twinkle turned around and attempted to leave but he heard a humming from inside the treehouse as soon as Twilight opened the door.

The humming came from Fluttershy, who seemed to clean Twilight's library, much to the despair of Twilight.

"Fluttershy, not you too?"

Star Twinkle felt bad for Twilight but he had enough of this whole "ticket situation" and pretended he didn't notice Fluttershy and tried to leave.

Thankfully Twilight walked inside hear house to talk with Fluttershy, so it was safe to leave.

At least, that's what he thought...

As soon as Star Twinkle turned around to walk away from the treehouse, a Squeaky voice greeted him.

"Hi, Star Twinkle!"

It was Pinkie Pie. So things will become difficult, he thought.

All he wanted to do is trying to escape from Twilight so that he never has to hear something about tickets for the rest of the day.

But knowing Pinkie Pie, that was probably not an easy option right now.

So Star Twinkle talked to her, in hope that it would be a short conversation.

"Hey! Um....What are you doing here?" He asked, clearly not knowing what he should talk about with her.

"Oh, just trying to convince Twilight to give me the ticket to the Grand Galloping Gala".

Star Twinkle was surprised to get such a direct answer, but he wasn't surprised to hear the word "ticket" again.

"Yeah I don't think this is a really good idea now."

"Don't worry I have a very good plan!" She said while turning around to a group of ponies, that Star Twinkle just noticed.

"Ready girls?"

The ponies replied with a motivated cheer and Star Twinkle didn't know what this all was about.

Twilight was standing in front of the door now. She pointed with her hoof outside of the door, probably trying to make Fluttershy leave her house.

She then was surprised by a loud"Surprise!" that the group of ponies who dragged her outside, throwing her in the air multiple times, while Pinkie Pie was singing.

Twilight didn't seem to happy about this "Surprise" at all demanding Pinkie Pie to drop her.

Star Twinkle could only imagine how annoyed Twilight was at the moment and watched.

She knew what Pinkie was planning because it was quite obvious.

"Yeah, this will totally work..." He said in sarcasm.

After a loud scream from Twilight, Pinkie Pie finally let her down or rather forcefully dropped her on the ground

"Yes, Twilight?" She said while excitingly waiting for Twilight's answer.

"At least, the other ponies tried to be subtle about the ticket."

One of the ponies stepped out of the group, to ask what ticket Twilight was talking about.

Pinkie Pie explained to them that Twilight had one ticket left for the Grand Galloping Gala.

Star Twinkle saw where this was all going and tried to interrupt Pinkie in any way but it was too late for that.

Ponies all around Twilight now tried to somehow get the ticket, from compliments and gifts to personal services, Twilight was now harassed from every direction.

The only thing left for her to do was running away from this crowd of ponies.

Star Twinkle and Pinkie Pie just watched how things got out of control real fast.

"What's wrong with her?" Pinkie Pie asked in confusion. To which Star Twinkle didn't even responded in disappointment.

"What in the hay was that all about," Applejack asked as she witnessed how a crowd of ponies walked by her, as she approached Star Twinkle and Pinkie Pie.

"Well" Star Twinkle was about to explain the situation but he noticed how Rarity showed up, who carried another rather fancy light blue dress.

Applejack asked what she was trying to do with that dress, cause it was obvious what her intent was.

"Well, I just wanted to give Twilight one of my dresses as a gift. That is all"

"And you're sure it has nothing to do with that ticket she promised to me?"

Suddenly a voice from above could be heard, which was familiar one everypony recognized.

"Don't you mean MY ticket!?"

It was Rainbow Dash who landed in front of Applejack with a mean look on her face.

"And just what are you doing here?" Applejack asked

"Me? I just wanted to remind Twilight what good friends we are. But the question is what are YOU doing here?" She asked back to Applejack.

Fluttershy who was inside the Treehouse the whole time overheard the conversation and came outside.

As the other ponies noticed her, Rainbow Dash approached her, to ask her what SHE was doing in Twilight's house.

"I...um...just wanted to...ehm.."

Rainbow Dash suddenly realized that Fluttershy also wanted the ticket for herself.

Applejack tried to defend Fluttershy while also making sure that she is the one deserving the ticket.

Soon Rarity and Pinkie Pie joined in and they all started to argue about the ticket.

"Girls!"

Star Twinkle tried to make them stop but they weren't listening, making him feel kind of helpless as he could just watch how this so-called "friends" argued about one stupid ticket, for one stupid gala, forgetting how Twilight must feel in this situation.

A mix of frustration and confusion was building up inside him, watching this until it turned into sadness and even anger ,ultimately exploding in a loud shout.

"ENOUUUUUGH!"

Suddenly all ponies were startled by Star Twinkles outburst and stared at him in surprise since they probably never saw him like that. Except for Pinkie Pie , who just said "Whoa Deja vu".

Star Twinkle let out a relieved sigh after getting everyponies attention back, but he soon realized that this is not exactly what he is used to, making him nervous at first.

But he came this far, so he mind as well finish it by saying what he wanted to say.

"Listen I don't know why that ticket is so important to you all but I don't think it's up to you who Twilight gives her ticket to.

Besides the problem is not that she can't decide who to take with her, but who she CAN'T take with her.

At least, that's what I think...

You are all her best friends and she doesn't want to let anypony down, so don't put even more pressure on her!"

The five ponies who argued seconds before were completely silent and looked at each while listening to Star Twinkle.

"If you really think one day on this Gala is worth all this then do what you want.

Some friends you are."

Everypony looked at the ground in shame after hearing the last sentence, realizing their mistakes.

Star Twinkle just walked away not even bothering looking back.

"I'm going home now.

I've had enough of those tickets for one day."

He was not used to such stressful days, aside that Nightmare Moon incident, so he was In a really bad mood to begin with.

He was still thinking about what he said to them and was surprised to hear those words coming out of him.

"Some friends you are..."

This sentence made him feel the worst.

How can HE, who never experienced friendship in the first place, say that they are bad friends?

He stopped walking for a moment and decided to go back to them to apologize.

No matter if it was needed or not, he just wanted to do it, to make himself feel better.

The sun was already gone till he arrived at the Treehouse, but it looked like he was too late anyway.

Nopony was in front of the Treehouse, so he couldn't apologize, making him feel bad again.

The lights of the Treehouse were on, so Twilight must be home.

Suddenly the door opened and a six happy ponies walked out of the tree house.

Each with a ticket floating above their heads, probably from Twilight's magic.

"What's going on here?" The Confused pony asked

"Oh, Star Twinkle! Perfect! Here!"

She walked up to him, making one of the tickets fly above his head.

"Are those all tickets for the Grand Galloping Gala?"

"Yes! I gave my tickets back to Princess Celestia, so she gave me enough for all of my friends.

Here this one is for you."

"Gave them back? Why did you do that?"

The other ponies approached him as well, explaining the situation.

"We have you to thank for that" Rarity said in a grateful tone.

"Yes! If you hadn't told us what bad friends we were, then we would have never realized, how bad we would make Twilight feel" Pinkie Pie said in an unfitting happy tone.

"They came and apologized to me, saying that they didn't want to go to the gala anymore.

That's when I realized that I didn't want to go either if it means leaving one of my friends behind.

After all, it wouldn't be as much fun, if not all of my friends could come."

"Come on Star Twinkle, we gonna get Twilight something to eat, because of all the trouble we caused, you should come too" Applejack said.

They all walked away happily, laughing and smiling.

It was surprising how good this all turned out at the end, judging from rest of the day.

Was it really that easy? Is what Star Twinkle thought, but he was kinda glad, to see them all having fun again.

Spike also walked by him now, having one ticket himself in his claw and giggling, which he stopped after he noticed that Star Twinkle was looking at him.

"I mean, gross, I have to go too?" He said while he continued giggling.

Star Twinkle just gave him a light smile, while thinking about what Twilight said.

"It wouldn't be as much fun if not all of my friends could come.

Yes It must be bad if you have to leave even one friend"

He followed the others slowly and noticed how Twilight looked back at him, giving him a smile, that almost said thank you, making Star Twinkle look away kind of embarrassed.

After the day was over, as usual, Star Twinkle lied in his bed, spending some time to think about stuff.

He again thought about the seventh unknown Element of Harmony, what it was, why he was chosen by it and other stuff.

"I AM the only one thinking about this, am I?"

He looked to his left, where a wooden table stood, where the Ticket for the Grand Galloping Gala was laying on.

"I don't know what I am supposed to do on he gala, but that doesn't matter, right?

Cause I will be there with my friends, THAT'S what I should think about"

He closed his eyes and decided to go to sleep now, trying to forget that whole Element of Harmony Stuff and thought about the Grand Galloping Gala and all the fun that he will have there with his new friends.