Digital Equestria

The Ticket

"It seems the ponies here are getting used to us." Said Gomamon

Matt, Guilmon, and Gomamon were walking through the town of Ponyville. A few ponies would stare at them or wave before they would return to what they were initially doing. A few still didn't know what to think of the humans or Digimon that were now residents of Ponyville.

The humans and Digimon had now spent the past three days in Ponyville. The first two days were introducing the group to the residents of the town. It went pretty well, and the group felt right at home. Matt was heading down to the town center to try and find a job. He heard that ponies post jobs at the town center. He knew that they couldn't live off the kindness of Princess Celestia forever.

"So whatcha hoping to find?" Asked Gomamon

"Anything that makes a good profit." Said Matt

"I thought we had plenty of money." Said Guilmon

"Yes, but that's money from the princess. I would like to have our own money, and not mooching off on the princess." Said Matt

"Is there something wrong with the money the princess gives us?" Asked Guilmon

"No, there's nothing wrong, I thought it's time to move past the princess's charity." Said Matt

The group made it to the town center and entered the town hall. The inside was a large circular room with a few doors leading to offices. A stage rested in the front of the doors. Matt looked around and found a large bulletin board on his right side. He walked up to it and began to scan the papers for a job.

"If you see something, tell me." Said Matt

"Can I help you?" Matt and his Digimon turned to see an older mare looking at them.

"Sorry, who are you?" Asked Matt

"I'm Mayor Mare, the mayor of Ponyville."

Mayor Mare was an older mare, but not elderly. She still seemed to have plenty of youth in her. Mayor Mare had an amber coat with a grey mane and a light grey streak. She had phthalo blue eyes. She was wearing a white button-up shirt and a black skirt. She also had a pair of glasses resting on the bridge of her nose. Mayor Mare also was an earth pony from the fact that she didn't have a horn or a pair of wings.

"So you're the mayor of Ponyville, it's nice to meet you. I'm Matthew, but you can call me Matt for short." Said Matt

"Same here, I've been a little busy that I haven't been able to meet you or your friends formally." Said Mayor Mare

"Hey, no worries, Mayor Mare. By the way, I'm Gomamon, a Digimon or Digital Monster."

"And I'm Guilmon."

"Nice to meet you both as well." Mayor Mare turned her attention back to Matt, "So, as I said before, can I help you?"

"Yes, I was looking for work. I heard through the grapevine that ponies post jobs here." Said Matt

"Yes, that is true. What job are you looking for?" Asked Mayor Mare

"Something that has good pay that doesn't need formal education and something part-time." Said Matt

"Well," Mayor Mare walked up and looked at the board. She made a mental note to come out and clean it up. She pulled down and few flyers and handed them to Matt, "I'm not sure about your interest, but these jobs do cover all your other requirements."

"Thank you, Mayor Mare." Said Matt

"You're welcome, and if you have any more questions or concerns, my office is right next to the stage." Said Mayor Mare

She waved to Matt, Gomamon, and Guilmon as she went back to her office.

"She sure was nice." Said Gomamon

"So what did she give you?" Asked Guilmon

"Let's see," Matt held three job offerings in his hands. He looked over them. "We got a hospital night guard, construction worker, and a repair stallion. I would say I'm not cut out for construction or a repair stallion." Matt put up the two job offers.

"What about the night guard, me and Guilmon can help you watch the hospital?" Asked Gomamon

"True, but people who work night jobs find to have lower lifespans, and I prefer to spend my days doing stuff and not sleeping." Said Matt

"So that's a no." Said Gomamon

"Yeah." Matt put it back on the board, "Well, I guess there's nothing out there for me."

"I still don't understand why you don't want to be a construction worker or a repair stallion?" Asked Gomamon

"Sure I could do them, but they're not something I'm interested in doing. I'm not much of a hands-on person like those jobs require me to be." Said Matt

He sighed as he decided to leave, but a voice stopped him. "I might have something for you." He turned to see Mayor Mare.

"You do." He said

"As you can see, I'm not the best at keeping things tidy. I also have a reputation for getting things mixed up or missing deadlines. I could use an assistant if you're up for it." Said Mayor Mare

"How would you know if I'm a good assistant?" Asked Matt

"Trust me, Matt, I've been working politics for a long time. I can tell when someone is good for the job. So how about it?" Said Mayor Mare

She put out her left hand for Matt to shake. Matt wasted no time in grabbing her hand and accepting the job offer.

"Welcome to politics, Matt." Sais Mayor Mare

"So when do I start?" He asked

"Tomorrow, 7 am sharp. Also if you find the time, I would drop by Rarity's and see if you can get some more formal clothing, but nothing too formal." Said Mayor Mare

"Ok, and thank you again, Mayor Mare." Said Matt

"No problem, I needed an assistant anyways before everything goes crazy." Mayor Mare was heading back to her office when she turned back to Matt, "Feel free to bring your Digimon friends with you. You might need there help as well."

"Ok, and thank you once again, Mayor Mare." Said Matt

Matt and his Digimon exited the town center and saw Twilight walking away huffing as she walked with Spike following next to her.

"What do you think is up with her?" Asked Gomamon

"Not sure, let's go see." Said Matt

Matt picked up Gomamon and ran over to Twilight and Spike with Guilmon following close to him.

"Twilight!" She stopped and turned to see Matt, Guilmon, and Gomamon, in his arms, running up to her. "Hey, what's up?"

"Nothing." Said Twilight

"You don't look like nothing is up." Said Gomamon

Twilight's stomach grumbled, "Sorry, but I'm a little hunger. I'm on my way to a little cafe if you want to follow and we can talk there."

"Sure." Said Matt

The group went over to the cafe and got a seat outside. The waiter came over and took Twilight and Spike's order. Matt declined any food.

"So what's up?" Asked Matt

"Yeah, you look frustrated." Said Gomamon

"It's these tickets I got." She pulled out two golden tickets, "You see, these tickets are for the Grand Galloping Gala."

"The what?" Asked Guilmon

"The Grand Galloping Gala is a famous party held in Canterlot by Princess Celestia. Ponies say that if you attend, your dreams will come true." Twilight paused as she tucked the tickets away, "The princess sent me one and Spike one, but Spike doesn't want to go, so I'm allowed to give it away. All my friends found out about it, and now all of them want it, and I can't decide who I want to give it to!"

The crowd looked at Twilight. She realized what she did and sunk to hide as a blush spread across her face.

"So why does everyone..." Spike stopped Matt before he could continue.

"Everypony."

"Right, why does everypony want to go?" Asked Matt

"Well, Rarity hopes to meet Prince Blueblood, Princess Celestia's nephew, Fluttershy wants to become friends with the animals of castle gardens, Rainbow wants to hang out with the Wonderbolts, Applejack wants to sell her treats, and Pinkie Pie wants to party." Said Twilight

Matt could see Spike didn't like the name Blueblood when Twilight brought it up. He wasn't sure why, but let it go as it wasn't all that important.

"Sounds like they all have big dreams for this gala." Said Gomamon

"They do, and I don't want to hurt any of those dreams by not giving them the ticket." Said Twilight

"Yeah, that does sound hard." Said Matt

"Yeah, but let's stop talking about that. What were you doing at the town hall?" Asked Twilight

"Oh, I was looking for a job. I found one as an assistant for Mayor Mare." Said Matt

"Glad to hear, I hope you enjoy it." Said Twilight

The waiter returned with the table's food.

"Well, I need to get going. I have to see Rarity about making some clothing for me." Said Matt

"Well, good luck to you, Matt." Said Twilight

"When did it start raining." Said Guilmon

"It's not raining." Stated Twilight

"Actually, yes, it is." Matt pointed out that it was raining around them. "But what's odd it isn't raining on us."

"Hey, Twilight!" The group looked up at the rainbow mane Pegasus

"Rainbow are you doing this?" Asked Twilight

"I have no idea what you're talking about, Twilight. I'm only helping out a friend from getting wet." Said Rainbow

"I hope you aren't thinking that this is going to help you get the gala ticket." Said Twilight

"Of course not, I would do this for anypony." Matt and his Digimon turned to look at a few ponies running trying to get out of the rain. They turned back to look at Rainbow as she chuckled while rubbing the back of her neck.

"Right, Rainbow I'm not comfortable with accepting unwanted favors. Now please close up the rain clouds." Said Twilight

"Fine," said Rainbow as she closed up the clouds.

Matt thought a second before speaking up, "If Rainbow closes up the clouds that were keeping us dry and its raining still around us, wouldn't that mean it should start..." The rain began to downpour on the group, "To rain on us."

Twilight growled as the rain began to soak her and destroy her food. Matt looked at her and began to blush as he saw that the rain was soaking her clothes so much that it was starting to show off her light purple bra. Matt moved his eyes away so that Twilight wouldn't get the wrong message.

"You all know it's raining, right?"

The group turned to see Rarity coming up to them with an umbrella and a raincoat.

"Yes, yes, we know." Said Twilight

"Well, you all need to get out of the rain before you all catch a cold. Now let's get going, my shop isn't far from here." Said Rarity

The group followed Rarity to her boutique.

***

Twilight, Spike, Matt, Gomamon, and Guilmon all stood at the front door as they dripped water from their clothes. Guilmon and Gomamon shook themselves of any water dripping from them to dry themselves off. The water covered Twilight, Matt, and Spike. The two Digimon turned and shyly smiled at the trio as they stared daggers at them.

"Sorry." Said Guilmon

Twilight huffed as her horn came to life and surrounded herself, Matt, and Spike. In a second they were dry and warm.

"Now that's much better." Said Twilight

"Magic sure is impressive." Commented Matt

"Well, I see you're all dry." Said Rarity

"Thanks to Twilight, now can I ask you a favor, Rarity?" Asked Matt

"Sure, what can I do for you?" She asked

"I need some formal clothing made up for tomorrow. I got a job as Mayor Mare's assistant." Said Matt

"I'm glad that somepony is willing to help Mayor Mare out. I swear she is one of the most unorganized ponies I have ever seen. I swear that pony would lose her head if it weren't attached to her body." Said Rarity

"She's that bad." Said Gomamon

"Trust me, she is. But we keep her as mayor because she's the best at dealing with the politics of running this town. Now I should have those down and delivered to your place in a few hours." Said Rarity

"Thanks, Rarity." Said Matt

Matt turned to Twilight, "Good luck with finding somepony to give that gala ticket to, Twilight."

"Yeah, see you around, Matt." Said Twilight

Matt exited the shop and started to make his way home. Twilight, on the other hand, got pulled into a mess of a day as her friends tried ever so desperately to get the second ticket to the Grand Galloping Gala. It turned into Twilight getting chased all over town with a crowd of ponies wishing to get the ticket from her. She would later get trapped and quickly teleporting back to the library. She found herself in the library were here friends apologized for the way they acted. Twilight understood what she had to do and sent her first friendship report to Celestia and returned the two tickets. But moments later Spike burped up a message from the princess that contained enough tickets for every one of Twilight's friends, and six more tickets were for the five humans and one bat pony.

***

The beauty of Luna's night now covered the town of Ponyville. Stars twinkled in the sky as the beautiful moon illuminated those still wake. Matt was resting on the couch, reading a book. He stopped when he heard a knock come to the door. Matt closed the book and placed it on the coffee table. He went over to the door and opened it to find Twilight.

"What can I do for you, Twilight?" Asked Matt

"I came by to give you these," she brought out six golden tickets. "Celestia gave me a ticket for you, and others to attend the gala. I do hope you'll all plan to attend."

Matt took the five tickets and looked at them, "I guess if Princess Celestia is giving them to us, I guess it would be a good idea to at least head down and see what's it's all about."

"Glad to hear. Now I'm heading back to the library. Have a nice day tomorrow at work." Said Twilight

"Thanks, Twilight." Said Matt

Twilight smiled and waved as Matt closed the door and looked at the five tickets in his hands. I guess we get to see what makes this party so important. He walked up to the other's rooms so he could hand them their ticket.