My Little Pony Friendship is Magic/Love Season 1

"No... Nope... Nope..." Spike droned on as he inspected the apples in one of the baskets Twilight as carrying on her back, just as he threw them out onto the ground and hit Elusive’s head saying “Hey”. What was wrong with them, I have no idea, they all looked fine to me. It had been about two days since all that Nightmare Moon business, and I'd already felt like I'd settled in. Twilight had even taught me some basic magic techniques, like that levitation spell that all unicorns have learned at some point and also been telling me about Equestrian cultures and what they do in Equestria.

"Thank ya kindly you two, for helping me and Brianna out." AJ said as the four of us trotted towards the barn.

“Yeah it was very kind to do something like this for us,” Brianna said while trotting.

“Aw, it was nothing,” I answered while trotting.

“No really thanks,” Bri smiled at me and I smiled back.

"I bet Big Macintosh could get all these Golden Delicious in the barn by lunchtime. If I win, he's gonna walk down Stirrup Street in one of granny's girdles." she added with a chuckle.

Bri, AJ, and twilight started laughing at AJ comment, I in the other hand, “Uh,’ I just said without saying anything else.

Twilight and I had been helping AJ and Brianna buck apples all morning. Yes, Brianna thought of the idea to stay with Applejack and Sandra is staying with Pinkie while we are living in Ponyville. I'm not usually the one to accept hard labor, but I had nothing else to do today anyway. Besides, it turned out to be pretty easy when I started, heck it was even enjoyable! Still, keep doing this for a while, and you realize how tough it really is. Thank goodness it was nearly lunchtime, I was starving!

"No problem at all, you two." Twilight answered to Bri and AJ, snapping me out of my thoughts, "I'm glad the goal is lunchtime. All this hard work is making me hungry."

“Same here I can eat anything if I can,” I said.

"I know, right?" Spike cut in, throwing an apple behind him which hit Twilight on the head.

"Puh-leez," Twilight said, turning to glare at the dragon riding her,  "Spike, you've been lounging on my back all morning while we worked!"

"Exactly!" Spike protested, "The three of you are taking so long I missed snack time!"

At that moment, Twilight's stomach gave off an audible grumble. She looked at Spike again, laughing nervously. "I guess we better get some food." she admitted.

"Nope..." Spike continued sorting out the apples, throwing the ones he deemed bad onto the ground again, "Worm..."

“Seriously Spike,” I got annoyed with his commotion saying “nope’ all the time.

“It takes a fine eye in order to inspect an apple to every last detail James." Spike replied matter-of-factly.

"Yeah," Elusive answered back to him, "and it's something that you seem to be lacking and can you please stop throwing those apples at MY

HEAD!"

The purple dragon scowled at Elusive, before returning to his 'inspection'. He reached deep into the basket, and suddenly emerged with a very pleasant surprise. "A-ha!" he declared as he presented it for us all to see. In his claws he held a bright red, juicy looking apple, just ready to be eaten.

"Oh Spike," said Twilight, licking her lips, "that looks delicious!". But before she could say anything else, Spike almost immediately shoved the majestic fruit into his mouth, which he was now munching on.

"Spike!" Twilight scolded, glaring at him disapprovingly.

Spike gulped down the contents in his mouth, before letting out a simple "What?"

All of a sudden, Spike and Elusive clutched his mouth and let out a loud belch, letting out a green flame followed by a trail of smoke. In a small 'puff', a scroll appeared, which proceeded to gently levitate down to the ground.

"It's a letter from Princess Celestia!" Twilight exclaimed.

“Oo, I wonder what the princess have for me and Twilight today,” I excited answer.

They proceeded to pick up the scroll, clear his throat and open it.

"Hear ye, hear ye!" they read aloud, "Her/His Grand Royal Highness, Princess Celestia of Equestria, is pleased to announce The Grand Galloping Gala to be held in the magnificent capital city of Canterlot, on the 21st day of, eh, yadda yadda yadda, cordially extends an invitation to Twilight Sparkle/Jonathan Hill plus one guest."

Upon hearing this news; AJ, Twilight, Bri, Elusive, and my face lits up in amazement. "The Grand Galloping Gala!" we said together in excitment.

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As the little scene in front of us played out, Spike gave off an un-amused look; when all of a sudden he belched again, this time revealing two golden tickets which floated down into his claws.

"Look!" he declared, "Four tickets!"

"Wow, great!" Twilight declared, "I've never been to the gala. Have you, Spike?"

"No," Spike answered, "and I plan to keep it that way. I don't want any of that girly frilly frou-frou nonsense."

“How about you Jonathan?” Twilight turned around to me to think that I’ve been to the gala.

“Not really at all, but I was wondering what it was like there.” I answered.

Spike interrupted, “Good because you two have another ticket to the gala.”

“Wait both of us are going to the gala,” Twilight and I said in unison.

“Yes and you BOTH have another ticket to give to one of your seven friends,” Elusive continued saying.

“WHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!?” I yelled and while I yelled one of my cutiemark glowed. It was the string cutiemark that shaped part of the heart.

“Are you okay sugercube?”  AJ asked.

“No, because why do I have to choose who to give the other ticket too, I have a problem that,” I answered.

“With what,” Brianna asked

“I have to give my second ticket to either you, AJ, Pinkie, Sandra, Rarity, Fluttershy, or Rainbow Dash,” I answered.

“Oh, well I hope you can give the second ticket, I never been to the gala before because that would be nice” Bri said.

"Nice?" AJ cut in, "It's a heap good more than just nice! Ah'd love to go! Land sakes, if ah had an apple stand set up, ponies would be chowin' our tasty vittles till the cows came home! Do you have any idea how much business I could drum up for Sweet Apple Acres? Why, with all that money, we could do a heap of fixin' up 'round here. We could replace that saggy old roof, and Big McIntosh could replace that saggy old plow, and Granny Smith could replace that saggy old hip! Why, ah'd give mah' left hind leg to go to that gala."

“Uh, well, I, uh” I nervously said.

"Oh, well in that case," Twilight began to ask, "would you two like to...?"

"Whoa!" a new voice suddenly cried out from above. I looked up to see its' source, just in time to see a seeing a certain cyan mare crash on top of Twilight, AJ, Brianna, and me.

"Are we talking about The Grand Galloping Gala?!" Rainbow Dash cried out in excitement.

“Uh yes?” I said nervously.

"Rainbow Dash! You told me you were too busy tah' help me harvest apples! What were yah' busy doin'? Spyin'?"

"No," Rainbow answered , "I was busy... napping."

Really? She actually used that as an excuse? Who does that? Seriously?

"And I just happened to hear that you two have an extra ticket?" Rainbow continued as she hovered upside down on the two of us.

"Yeah," Twilight and I began, "but..."

"YES!" Rainbow cried out, performing a midair back flip, "This is so awesome! The Wonderbolts perform at The Grand Galloping Gala every year. I can see it now. Everyone would be watching the sky. Their eyes riveted on The Wonderbolts, but then in would fly Rainbow Dash! I would draw their attention with my Super Speed Strut! Then, I would mesmerize 'em with my Fantastic Filly Flash. And for my grand finale, The Buccaneer Blaze! The ponies would go wild! The Wonderbolts would insist that my signature moves be incorporated into their routine, and then welcome me as their newest member. Don't you see, Twilight? This could be my one chance to show 'em my stuff. You gotta take me!"

“Uh, well, I, uh” I said while my right eye started twitching.

Suddenly, she jerked backwards, as AJ pulled her away from Twilight by her tail (which she kept in her mouth).

"Hold on just one pony pickin' minute here." AJ said through her teeth, before releasing Rainbow's tail, "Me and Brianna asked for those tickets first."

Rainbow asked, “Wait two tickets.”

“Yeah, one for me to give away and one for Twilight to give away,” I answered.

"So?" Rainbow retorted, "That doesn't mean you own it."

"Oh, yeah? Well ah challenge you to a hoof-wrestle!" AJ challenged, " Winner gets the ticket!"

With those words, she and Rainbow dashed over to a nearby tree stump, trying to pin each other's hoof onto the surface. But before they could get very far, Twilight, popped up in between them and pushed them away.

"Girls!" she exclaimed, "These are our tickets, We’ll decide who gets it, thank you very much. Whoever has the best reason to go should get the ticket, don't you think?"

"Drummin' up business for the farm?" AJ inquired, taking a step closer.

"A chance to audition for The Wonderbolts?" Rainbow cut in, moving closer that AJ.

"Money t' fix granny's hip!"

"Living the dream!"

Okay , if I had to choose between those two, I'd say that AJ had the better reason. I mean, she wanted to expand her business right? And she needed to fix her barn and all that. So for me, this would be a no-brainer.

"Oh my," Twilight said, "those were all pretty good reasons, aren't they?". Suddenly, her stomach rumbled again. "Listen to that," she giggled "I am starving. I don't know about you, but I can't make important decisions on an empty stomach, so I'll, uh, think about it over lunch and get back to you two, okay?"

“Same,” I said.

We both, with both our dragons, ran away from AJ and Rainbow, and while we ran, I turned around seeing that Brianna is trying to break the hoof-wrestling…again!

"So, who are you going to give the ticket to, Twilight and Jonathan?" Spike/Elusive asked as we made through town.

"I don't know Spike," Twilight admitted, "but I really can't think straight when I'm hungry, so where should we eat?" She was turning to me to answer the question, I just shrugged at that question.

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Suddenly out of nowhere, as we walked past Sugercube Corner; a sudden force coming from our left sent us hurtling to the right, unintentionally taking me with her.

"Gah! Bats! Bats in my face! Help" cried Pinkie Pie, unaware that the 'bats' were actually the two tickets, and now running around in panic.

“I’ve got you,” Sandra called out, “Hey Jonathan.” Sandra was about to tug on Pinkie’s tail until…

"Wait," she said, stopping abruptly in front of the tickets, which were now lying on the ground; "these aren't... tickets to the Grand Galloping Gala?!" she cried out, her eyes now seeming to sparkle.

“For real,” Sandra also cried out.

"It's the most amazing incredible tremendous super-fun wonderful terrifically humongous party in all of Equestria! I've always always always wanted to go!"

And with those words, they began bouncing around us and burst into song:

"Oh the Grand Galloping Gala is the best place for me

Oh the Grand Galloping Gala is the best place for me

Hip hip

Hooray! It's the best place for me

For Pinkie/Sandra..."

"With decorations like streamers and fairy-lights and pinwheels and piñatas and pin-cushions. With goodies like sugar cubes and sugar canes and sundaes and sun-beams and sarsaparilla. And I get to play my favorite-est of favorite fantabulous games like Pin the Tail on the Pony!" she rambled on before continuing the song.

"Oh the Grand Galloping Gala is the best place for me

Oh the Grand Galloping Gala is the best place for me

'Cause it's the most galarrific superly-terrific gala ever

In the whole galaxy

Wheee!!"

" Oh thank you Twilight/Jonathan," Pinkie said as she shoved her face right in front of Twilight's, "it's the most wonderful-est gift ever!"

“Well,” I started saying.

" Um," Twilight continued.

"Actually..." we continued.

Suddenly, a new voice gasped in awe. Turning to see its' source, I saw Rarity standing next to Spike, who now held the two tickets in his claws.

"Are those what I think they are?" Rarity asked.

"Yes, yes, yes!" Pinkie/Sandra exclaimed, " Twilight's/Jonathan’s taking me to The Grand Galloping Gala in Canterlot!"

"The gala?" Rarity gasped, "I design ensembles for the gala every year, but I've never had the opportunity to attend. Oh, the society, the culture, the glamor! It's where I truly belong, and where I'm destined to meet him!"

"Him?" I asked, "um, not being rude, who’s him?"

"Him." she emphasised, her eyes becoming misty, " I would stroll through the gala, and everyone would wonder, 'Who is that mysterious mare?' They would never guess that I was just a simple pony from little old Ponyville. Why, I would cause such a sensation that I would be invited for an audience with Princess Celestia herself, and the princess would be so taken with the style and elegance that she would introduce me to him, her nephew: the most handsome, eligible unicorn stallion in Canterlot. Our eyes would meet, our hearts would melt. Our courtship would be magnificent. He would ask for my hoof in marriage, and of course I would say, 'Yes!' We would have a royal wedding, befitting a princess, which is" she giggled, "what I would become upon marrying him, the stallion of my dreams!"

“Really,” I said in a deadpan voice.

"Twilight," Rarity declared. "I simply cannot believe you would invite Pinkie Pie so she can... party, and prevent me from meeting my true love!

How could you? Hmph."

"Well, actually Rarity..." I began.

"Hey!" Spike suddenly shouted out. Turning around in his direction, I spotted a small white bunny dashing way from him, with the four tickets in its' mouth, towards a certain yellow mare.

"Angel," Fluttershy gasped, "These are perfect."

"Uh, listen guys," Twilight said, "We haven't decided who to give the extra tickets to.”

"You haven't?!" Rarity, Pinkie, and Sandra exclaimed at the same time, turning to face usher with their eyes wide.

“Yeah, and it’s our choice to choose who we want to bring to the gala,” I said.

"Um... excuse me, Twilight, Jonathan." Fluttershy quietly inquired, "I would just like to ask, I mean, if it would be alright, if you haven't given it to someone else..."

"You?" Rarity asked in disbelief, "You want to go to the gala?"

"Oh, no." Fluttershy said flatly, before bunny tapped it's foot rapidly on her leg, "I mean, yes, or, actually, kind of. You see, it's not so much The Grand Galloping Gala as it is the wondrous private gated garden that surrounds the dance. The flowers are said to be the most beautiful and fragrant in all of Equestria. For the night of the gala, and that night alone, would they all be in bloom... and that's just the flora! Don't get me started on the fauna. There's loons and toucans and bitterns, oh my! Hummingbirds that can really hum, and buzzards that can really buzz. White-blue jays, and red jays, and green jays, pink jays and pink flamingos!"

"Gee, Fluttershy," Twilight was unsure of what to say, "it sounds... beautiful?"

"Wait just a minute!" a new, but familiar voice said from above. Looking above to see its' source, we saw that it was none other than...

"Rainbow Dash." I said as she swooped down to land in front of me and Twilight, "Are you stalking us?"

"No?" she asked in an embarrassing voice.

“Uh huh, are you sure?" I said bluntly.

"No!" she declared,  "I mean, yes! I mean, maybe! Look, it doesn't matter. I couldn't risk a goody-four-shoes like you two giving those tickets away to just anybody!"

I just stare at the audience in deadpan face and back at Rainbow Dash.

"Wait just another minute." a southern voice suddenly cut in.

"Oh, AJ." I groaned as the orange pony trotted towards us, "Please don't tell me you were following us too?"

"No. I was followin' this one to make sure she didn't try any funny business." she answered, pointing at Rainbow Dash, "Still trying to take mah ticket."

“Really…again,” I said again in a deadpan voice.

"Your ticket?!" Rainbow retorted, now hovering in the air.

"But Twilight's taking me!" Pinkie cut in. “And Jonathan’s taking me,” Sandra added in.

With those words, all of the girls surrounded us, arguing to each other over who should get the other ticket.

"Girls." I said, trying to catch their attention. It did no good.

"Girls." I repeated, louder more sternly. Once more, they ignored me.

I was going to yell a third time, but it turned out that I didn't need to.

"QUIET!" Twilight yelled, causing everyone to fall silent.

"And then I said, 'Oatmeal? Are you craz...?'" Pinkie faltered before letting out a small "oh."

"Girls," Twilight declared, "there's no use in arguing."

"But Twilight..." Rarity moaned.

"Eh!" Twilight cut her off, "This is our decision, and I'm gonna make it on my own, and I certainly can't think straight with all this noise..." her stomach suddenly rumbled, "not to mention hunger. Now go on, shoo."

The seven ponies and my dragon trotted/walked off, grumbling with their heads drooped down except for Elusive who I intentionally snatched him with me.

"And don't worry," Twilight called out to them, "We'll figure this out..." her dropped down dejectedly. somehow."

“But how?” I asked.

“I don’t know,” she answered. I thought about it and there was only one thing that I can do...

"Come on," I said, placing a comforting hoof on her shoulder, "let's just go and find somewhere to eat. We can clear our heads and think this through, right?"

Twilight gave off a sad sigh, before turning to me with a small smile on her face.

"Yeah," she said, "let's do that. Maybe we can make a decision over lunch."

"Sure." I said. With that, we started trotting off towards our destination.

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As we sat down with our menus, Twilight's face began to fall, and she placed her head on the table.

"Something wrong?" I inquired.

"Oh, Jonathan" she sighed sadly, " what am I gonna do? All seven of our best friends have really good reasons to go to the gala." She began picking the petals of a flower in a vase on the table, "Applejack, or Rainbow Dash? Pinkie Pie or Fluttershy, Rarity or Brianna, Sandra... Oh, who should go with me?". She then stuck out her tongue and used it to place the petals in her mouth.

“Well mostly five out of the seven had good reason for the gala,” I answered.

"Have you made your decision?" the waiter asked as he walked over to our table.

"I CAN'T DECIDE!" Twilight yelled in frustration. Several other ponies looked up.

"Twilight," Spike said, "he just wants to take your order."

"Oh." Twilight realized, "I would love a daffodil and daisy sandwich."

"Same as Twilight please." I ordered.

"Do you have any rubies?" Spike asked.

“Oo rubies?” Elusive said, “Can I have that too waiter.”

The waiter gave them an un-amused look. "No? Okay, I'll have hay fries. Extra crispy." Spike/Elusive said disappointedly, tossing the menu behind him.

"What do you think, Jonathan?" Twilight asked me.

"Think of what?"

"How do I choose which one of our friends to take to the gala? And when I do choose, will the other four be mad at me? I mean, I could give up my ticket and give away two, but that would still leave three disappointed ponies. What if I..."

“Hold up here, if I was in your position, I would go with my gut, however, I’m in the same situation with you Twilight, so I don’t really know.” I stated.

Twilight sighed sadly again, "I know."

The waiter returned with three plates. One with a sandwich containing daisies and daffodils, another  holding a huge pile of fries (or as I would call them, chips, even though they aren't. Don't question me, I'm British!"), and the third with same sandwhich Twilight wanted. The scent entered my nostrils, and I felt the inside of my mouth beginning to water.

"Ah, your food." he said as he placed them on the table.

Spike didn't hesitate to dig in. As Spike shoved the fries into his mouth, I just didn’t had time with food because I was a little worried for Twilight.

I came over to Twilight and said in a whisper, “Hey Twilight your food is here.”

"Hu, oh thank you." Twilight said in "This looks so good. I'm sure everything will be much clearer once I eat."

As she was about to take a bite out of her sandwich, all of the other ponies that were sitting outside suddenly raced inside the restaurant.

"Em, madam? Monsieur?" The waiter asked, now standing just in-between the door leading inside, "Are you both going to eat your food in ze rain?"

Rain? What was he  talking about? There weren't a cloud in the sky.

"It's not raining." Twilight said. She spoke too soon. Around us, it was chucking it down, yet for some reason the sun seemed to shine around us. "What's going on?" she asked to no one in particular, looking up to see a hole in the clouds, which was where the sun's rays were coming from.

I had suspicion that somepony or someponies were up to this.

"Hi there best friend forever I've ever ever had!", said a voice I'd heard enough times today to know who it was. A certain cyan pegasus made herself visible from the other side of the hole. "Enjoying the sunny weather?" another voice I also heard asked, it was Sandra, one of my best friends.

But before Twilight had to speak I told her, “I’ve got this Twilight.” She nodded in agreement.

"Rainbow Dash, Sandra," I questioned suspiciously, "what are you doing?"

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

"Rainbow, Sandra, you're not trying to get extra consideration for the extra tickets by doing Twilight and I extra special favors, are you?"

"Us? No no no, of course not!"

"Uh-huh."

"Seriously," Sandra insisted, "We'd do it for any pony." they then chuckled nervously, realizing that many other ponies around us were getting soaked to the skin.

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

"Fine." Rainbow groaned, before zipping up the hole in the cloud.

"That's better." I said.

“Thanks Jonathan,” Twilight thanked.

We started levitating the sandwich towards our mouth. Before we could take a single bite, the rain hit the three of us, soaking us and our food. A real pity as well when Rainbow did that to us.

"Twilight, Jonathan,"

I turned my attention towards the new, but familiar voice, and there was Rarity. She was keeping dry thanks to an umbrella connected to a saddle on her back.

"it's raining."

"No, really?" Twilight asked sarcastically.

"Please don’t think she’s trying give us a favor too." I said in my head.

"Come with me before you catch a cold!" Rarity exclaimed, grabbing Twilight and pulling her away from the table. Not wanting to spend much more time standing outside getting wet, I quickly followed post haste.

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We were now safely inside the confides of Carousel Boutique, where me and Twilight shook ourselves like dogs until we were dry.

Unfortunately, as we turned round, we saw that Rarity was now twice as soaked as the both of us were.

"Oops," Twilight chuckled meekly, "sorry."

"Oh no," Rarity smiled it off, "it's quite alright. After all, you, me, and Jonathan are... the best of friends, are we not? And you know what the

best of friends do?"

Wait what did she just say?

"Uh..." Twilight was clueless.

"Makeovers!" Rarity trilled, using her magic to cover herself and Twilight with a screen. And I would say that only God knew what happened behind there, but he's not real is he? I could swear that I heard the sound of drills behind there!

"Ugh, Rarity," I heard Twilight protest, "ow, this really isn't fixing it. I mean, thank you but, ooh, that's too tight!"

“Rarity what are you trying to do here?” I asked

"Oh nothing darling, and there." Rarity said, "Oh, you're simply darling."

"Uh, yeah," Twilight admitted, "it is kinda pretty, isn't it?"

"And you two." Rarity directed towards Spike and Elusive, "Oh Spike, I have a dandy little outfit for the dashing gent!"

"D-ah," Spike/Elusive cried out as he tried to escape, before being obscured by the screen, "ow, oh, hey, wow, watch it, whoa, can you please get off of me!?"

The screen once again moved away, now revealing Spike wearing bright blue Georgian Style suit and a blond wig, much to his horror and Elusive wearing a dark green Georgian Style suit and a white wig, which really didn’t mind Elusive a lot. Elusive started laughing at Spike’s outfit and Spike got angry but also was blushing too at the same time.

"Oh, Spike." Twilight giggled at the scene.

"Now you just need a hat" Rarity finished, placing a large black hat on the both dragon's head.

"Ugh," Spike groaned, "I told you, I don't want any part of this girly gala gunk, see you back at the library." With that, he immediately dashed out through the door, leaving behind his embarrassing outfit.

Rarity and Elusive giggled somewhat forcefully; "Oh who needs him anyway?" she asked, pulling forward a mirror in front of Twilight, who began to check herself out. "This is all about you, and how fabulous you'll look at The Grand Galloping Gala!"

I knew it, Rarity was just using us to get the ticket to the gala.

"Wait," Twilight realized, "The Grand...

"And oh, my goodness," Rarity gasped, "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. Everyone 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. Ah, and Twilight Sparkle, of course." she added, laughing nervously.

"I see what's going on." Twilight said, clearly agitated, "You're just buttering us up so we give you the extra ticket. Well it's not gonna work." she threw off the saddle she was wearing, "You're going to have to wait for mour decision just like everyone else. Now, if you'll excuse us, We've been trying all day just to get some lunch, come on Jonathan and Elusive." she finished as she headed for the door.

“On my way Twilight, let’s go Elusive,” I responded.

“Nah I’m fine, I’m just gonna stay with Rarity,” Elusive said. I just started getting angry and growl, so there was one thing that I did, I used my magic on Elusive and we headed towards Rarity’s door to Twilight.

“Hey put me down,” Elusive demanded.

I just responded saying “Nope”

Lunch. Jeez, I forgot, I was still hungry. Damn I was going to have some delicious garlic bread earlier, but I only managed one bite out of it!  Clearly the weather didn't like me, or else in wouldn't have rained!

"Did somepony say lunch?"

Twilight was suddenly yanked outside by a certain orange pony. I rushed out of the boutique with Elusive, and there was Applejack with Brianna having a cart fool of food products.

"You've got to be kidding me!" Twilight exclaimed in disbelief at the site.

"Ah got apple pie, apple fritters, apple tarts, apple dumplings, apple crisps, apple crumblers, and apple Brown Betty!" AJ declared, "Uh, the dessert, not my auntie. What do ya say there, best friend?"

Twilight's stomach grumble once again, "Is that a yes?" AJ asked.

"No. No." Twilight said in clear frustration, "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. Ugh!"

"So, that's a maybe?" Brianna guessed as the purple unicorn galloped away.

"Brianna, you know that I love you as best friends," she shook her head in agreement, "but can you do yourself and Applejack a favor, and stop all of this alright? No good is going to come out of you and Bri continuing!" I said.

I didn't wait to her answer; I just galloped off in the same direction which Twilight had galloped away.

"Ugh," Twilight groaned as we trotted towards the library's front door, "I never thought being showered with favors would be so aggravating.". Opening the door, what we didn't expect to see inside were  four birds and squirrel, led by a yellow pegasus mare who was humming to herself as they tidied up the library.

"Fluttershy," Twilight said in disbelief, "not you too?"

"Oh, well, hello Twilight. Hello James." Fluttershy said sweetly, "I hope you don't mind, but we're all doing a little spring cleaning for you."

"It's summer." I deadpanned.

"Oh, well, better late than never, right? It was Angel's idea.". The white bunny in question was wearing a chef's hat and mixing up a salad.

"You're not doing this for the ticket, are you?" Twilight questioned, arching her eyebrow in suspicion.

"Oh no," Fluttershy insisted, "I'm doing this because you're my very best friend. Right Angel?". The white bunny gave her disapproving glance.

"Oh, yes," she admitted, still smiling, "we are just doing this for the ticket." With those words, Angel rushed up to Twilight, offering her the bowl full of salad. Twilight and my stomach rumbled once again.

"No, no, no!" she exclaimed, "Well, this was all very nice of you and Angel, but we are not accepting any extra favors until I've made my final decision, so we are going to have to ask you to leave." she said sarcastically, opening the door.

"SURPRISE!" a band of voices suddenly cheered outside, accompanied by the sound of party whistle and some confetti. Suddenly, two pairs of pink hooves grabbed Twilight and me and yanked us outside. Elusive rushed out to see what was going on, and saw a crowd of ponies, including Pinkie Pie and Sandra, toss Twilight and me into the air. As they did so, Pinkie/Sandra began to sing:

"Twilight is my bestest friend

Whoopie, whoopie!"

"Pinkie/Sandra..." Twilight said, failing to get the pink pony's attention.

"She's the cutest, smartest, all around best pony, pony!"

"Pinkie/Sandra." Twilight repeated, again getting no reaction.

"I bet if I throw a super-duper fun party, party!"

"Pinkie/Sandra!" Twilight said, now protesting.

"She'll give her extra ticket to the Gala to me!"

"PINKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIE/SANDRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Twilight finally yelled, making all of the other ponies the back away, and causing US to fall to the ground with a *thud*.

"Yes, Twilight/Jonathan?" Pinkie/Sandra asked innocently, blinking her eyelids rapidly.

"At least the other ponies tried to be subtle about the ticket!" Twilight exclaimed.

"Wait, what ticket? What gala?" one of the ponies asked.

"Oh, you didn't know?" Pinkie declared, "Twilight has an extra ticket to the Grand Galloping Gala!"

"The Grand Galloping Gala?" all of the ponies cried out in unison, before surrounding me, Twilight, Spike, and Elusive.

“Oh no,” I said in my head.

"Ever told you how much I love your mane?" I heard one them ask.

“Oh no,” I said again in my head.

"I'll wash your dishes." I heard another say, but by that time the three of us were trying to get away from it all. However, before we could escape, we ran into another pony holding some unearthed flowers in her hoof.

Oh no,” I said again in my head.

"Would you like any help with your gardening?" she asked. We turned around, but there was another mare standing right in front of us.

Oh no,” I said again in my head.

"I have a cartload of extra carrots." she offered, as the others proceeded to surround us.

Oh no,” I said again in my head.

"What are we gonna do?" Spike/Elusive asked Twilight and me, as we tried to climb onto her back.

"We're... gonna... RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN!" Twilight and me exclaimed, leaping into the air and dashing off, Spike holding on to her tail. I didn't need telling twice, and I followed her just as quickly.

I don't really know how I can describe what happened next, it all happened so quickly. To put simply, we went all Benny Hill with this, which I don't really think is very funny. I mean, all he does is run around like an idiot. League of Gentlemen is way better! As well as Monty Python of course! But I digress, back to the story.

Eventually, we reached a dead end, and the mob surrounded us. This day was turning out to be the worst ever! I'm starving, got my lunch ruined before I could enjoy it, and now I'd been chased by a mob of ponies obsessed with going to a royal ball!

Suddenly, Twilight and I started using our magic and there was a flash of white light, accompanied by a *poof*ing sound. When everything was visible again, we were suddenly back in the library. Then it dawned on me. Twilight had told me about a teleportation spell during our little lessons, something that I was unable to do at the present time. If I tried doing it now, I don't think the results would be very positive. She must have used it to get us away from the mob, thank goodness! Spike looked the worse for wear however, looking like he'd been set on fire to put it bluntly.

"Warn me next time you're gonna do that." he moaned at Twilight, struggling to keep his balance.

“Same for you too Jonathan,” Elusive moaned also at me.

"I didn't even know it was gonna happen!" Twilight protested, "Now quick, lock the doors!". With that, we turned out all of the lights inside the library, and locked the doors like she said. The three of us sighed in relief, only for the light turn on, revealing our five friends (or four in my case) standing by our beds.

"Yaaaargh!" Twilight screamed, "I can't decide, I just can't decide. It's important to all of you and I just can't stand to disappoint any of you, and giving me gifts and doing me favors won't make any difference, because you're all my friends and I wanna make you all happy and I can't, I just can't!" she exclaimed, crouching on the floor in despair.

That did it for me. After seeing Twilight get so worked up because of what they had been doing, I couldn't contain my own rage and frustration.

“Guys, me and Twilight can’t think while you guys try to brag us to give you guys two tickets to the two of you, so if I were you I would of apologize for your inconceivably behavior!” I yelled, “Sorry I just can’t see Twilight like this.”

“Thanks,” Twilight said.

“You’re welcome, besides, what are friends for,” I said.

"Twilight, Jonathan, sugar," AJ said to Twilight and I, sounding concerned and sincere, "ah didn't mean to put so much pressure on ya, and if it helps, ah don't want the ticket anymore. Ya can give it to somepony else. Ah won't feel bad, I promise."

"Me too." Fluttershy added, "I feel just awful that I made you feel so awful."

"And us too." Pinkie, Sandra, and Brianna cut in and Pinkie then said, "It's no fun upsetting your friends."

"Twilight, it was unfair of me to try to force you as I did." Rarity admitted.

"Yes!" Rainbow exclaimed, "That means the ticket is mine! Ha ha, I got the ticket, I got the ticket..." she chanted in a sing song voice, until everypony in the room glared at her dissaprovingly. "you know," she said quickly, "I haven't perfected my signature moves for The Wonderbolts anyway. I don't need that ticket either."

"We all got so gun-ho about going to the gala that we couldn't see how un-gun-ho we were making you." AJ said.

"We're sorry, Twilight." they all declared in unison. Twilight smiled in relief, getting back up on her hooves.

"You two should take someone who hasn't tried doing any favors for you like we did." Rarity added.

Twilight and I nodded in understanding. She paused for a moment, before saying, "Spike, take down a note." Spike had a scroll and a quill at the ready as Twilight read her note aloud:

"Dear Princess Celestia,

Jonathan and I learned that one of the joys of friendship is sharing your blessings, but when there's not enough blessings to go around, having more than your friends can make you feel pretty awful.” Twilight said.

I continued saying, “So, though we appreciate the invitation, I will be returning all four tickets to The Grand Galloping Gala."

"What?!" the girls cried out in disbelief.

"If our friends can't all go, I don't wanna go either." Twilight announced.

"Twilight, Jonathan," AJ protested, "ya don't have to do that."

"Nope, we've made up my mind." Twilight reaffirmed, "Spike, you can send the letter now."

With those words, Spike opened the window.

“Hey Spike, can I try to blow fire to the scroll so that the letter can be send to Princess Celestia please,” Elusive asked.

“After for laughing at my goofy outfit,” Spike said angry while about to punch Elusive in the face, “Sure,” but that didn’t happened, instead

Spike gave him the scroll to do his job.

Elusive blew a purple flame onto the now sealed scroll. The flame flew out of the window, turning into smoke before disappearing.

“I’m gonna like this new ability that I have,” Elusive said excitedly.

“I hope enjoyed it because you will not be blowing flame to bring the letter to the princess, you will also writing the letter too,” Spike told Elusive.

“YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!” Elusive bursted out in excitement, “We are going to best assistance ever,” Elusive puts arms around Spike and they smile widely at each other.

"Wait, that means now you two won't get to go to the gala either." Fluttershy said sadly.

"It's okay girls." Twilight reassured, "We couldn't possibly enjoy myself without my best friends there with me," we all crowded round her

happily, "so I would rather not go at all."

Suddenly Elusive covered his mouth tightly, as if he was going to hurl.

"Well wallop mah withers, Elusive!" AJ scolded, "Isn't that just like a boy? Can't handle the least bit of sentiment!"

Suddenly, Elusive belched loudly, a wisp of smoke emerging from his mouth.

"Whoa Nelly!" AJ exclaimed in surprise, ducking down as the smoke flew through her the gap between her head and her hat. The smoke formed into another scroll, which Spike proceeded to catch.

"A letter from the princess?" Twilight said, "That was quick."

“Yeah real quick,” I said.

Elusive cleared his throat and began to read: "

My faithful students Twilight and Jonathan,

Why didn't you just say so in the first place?"

He grabbed something that must have come with the letter, and presented them to everypony in the room, "Nine tickets to the Grand Galloping Gala!"

We gasped in amazement. "Now we can all go!" Twilight declared, and the other girls cheered. Then, Twilight's stomach rumbled loudly. She

laughed nervously as Rarity trotted up to her.

"Allow us to treat you to dinner." the white unicorn said.

"What a great way to apologize!" Rainbow declared as we all walked out of the door.

"And to celebrate!" Pinkie added, "Come on everyone, the cupcakes are on me!"

This was the best thing I'd heard all day! As we walked out, there was another belch coming from behind me, as well as a flash of green light. Soon enough, Spike and Elusive rushed out through the door, holding two more tickets and Spike giggled to himself while Elusive walked next to him. Then he realized that I was standing right there next to him, to which I gave off a small smirk.

"I mean, gross, I have to go to?" he moaned, before rushing off, continuing his giggling.

Elusive started to giggle, “Hu, I don’t know what to do with Spike.” He continued to giggle while rushing off  next to Spike.

I couldn't help but chuckle as well. Some things never change it seems. Suddenly, I heard my own stomach rumble and realization, I needed to eat something.

“Hey wait for me, I’m hungry!” I yell while catching up with the girls.