Once a Shadow

I'm back people! Now the moment (some) of you have been waiting for! Ahem* the Grand Galloping Gala!

Ugh. My head is fucking killing me. It hurts just as bad, if not worse than what it did when I had that hangover. Fucking wrenches and crazy-ass bosses...

Headache aside, I feel pretty good. Today is the day of the Grand Galloping Gala! I'm going to party like it's-wait, what year is it here anyways? I need to ask about that sometime. I glanced over at the clock, it said it was only 7:30. Damn, I woke up early. I guess that gives me more to do, because I don't exactly feel sleepy enough to go back to sleep.

I got out of bed and did my best to not wake Rainbow up. I trotted downstairs and made myself a small breakfast with fruit and (hay) bacon strips. God I miss real bacon...

I also took notice that the cooking equipment was made of cloud. I would bet anypony my life savings that I go insane in a year because of this. I sat down and ate my breakfast. I looked at the stairs and saw Rainbow emerging from them.

"Morning Dash."

"Hey Shadow." she responded

"Want some breakfast?"

"Nah, I'll just eat an apple."

"Alright, tell me if you change your mind."

"Thanks, but I'm good."

"Okay. So when do we leave for the Gala?"

"We don't have to leave until 5:30. We would arrive there in two hours."

"Okay, that gives me around nine hours to do a few things around here."

"Like what?"

"Well, as much as I hate it, I need to go see that crazy wrench throwing bastard to train some more."

"Do you really have to?"

"I guess I don't HAVE to, but I do WANT to. I want to learn how to kick some serious ass."

"Are you planning on stopping soon?"

"Not really. I kinda like doing it. Maybe if I keep doing it, I'll get my cutie mark."

"I thought you said cutie marks don't matter when I first met you."

"Yeah, but now I do. I want something that says I have a talent."

She laughed a little.

"What?"

"It's nothing, don't worry about it."

I raised an eyebrow. "If it were nothing, you wouldn't be laughing."

"It's just how much you've changed over many days I've known you. For the better. When we met, you were sort of closed off. Now that you have actual friends here, you seem much happier."

"I never thought about it, but I guess I am much happier."

We ate our breakfast for a little bit before Rainbow spoke up again.

"So after your training, what are you going to do?"

"I guess I'll go pick up my costume from Rarity."

"So I finally get to see it?"

"You are correct. After I pick it up from Rarity's and bring it here, I should have around six more hours before we leave. I'll probably hang around with Barry a little bit, then come here for the last couple of hours."

"Okay. I'll meet you back here then. I'll go out and take my daily nap in the clouds."

I gave a light chuckle. "Alright, I'll see you later."

"See ya Shadow."

I trotted out of the door and started flying towards the bar. The first sight of a wrench thrown at me, he was going to have to dodge a knife. I trotted in the bar, and Silver gave me a nod. I gave him one back, and hovered over to Thunder's office. I went inside and he greeted me without any wrenches surprisingly.

"No wrenches?" I asked

"Not today. While we may come back to that every now and then, I can't do it everyday. If I did, you'd get used to it."

"You're an evil bastard, you know that?"

"Don't blame me for not knowing how to dodge. THINK FAST!"

The wrench hit me right on the mouth, and I hit the ground holding it.

"AH! FUCK! You said you weren't doing that today!"

"All the more reason for you to keep your guard up."

"Go to hell."

I rose up. I think that asshole just chipped a tooth!

"So are you ready for your training today?"

"As long as there are no more wrenches, you crazy bastard."

"Nah, that last one I did was more for my amusement than actual training."

Did I mention I'm going to kill him one day? Because I will.

I just groaned and nodded.

"Alright, today we're going to work on how fast you can attack."

"Okay, how do we do that?"

"When you are able to directly hit me in the face, that means you're faster."

"We're doing this here?"

"Of course not, follow me."

He lead me outside of the bar, and out back. There was a large shed out there. I hope it isn't Fluttershy's. Fuck this if it is.

Most of you probably have, but if you want to get the reference, go watch all of the .MOVs on youtube. BACK TO ADVENTURE!

He unlocked a few locks on the shed, then opened it up. It had a few pieces of training equipment in it, including punching bags, some weights, and an arena in the middle. (Pretend it's a really big shed)

"Not bad." I said

"Glad I have your approval." he said with a roll of his eyes.

We went up to the arena and got in it.

"Okay, you ready for this Shadow?"

"As ready as I'll ever be."

"Alright. Begin!"

I gave a direct charge at him. He easily stepped to the side and clotheslined me, knocking me to the ground.

"What was that about?"

"Just because I said your objective was to hit me, doesn't mean I can't hit you."

Great. This just got even more difficult. I got up and charged at him again. This time at the end, however, I flew up five feet before I met him, then came crashing down on him. He responded by grabbing one of my hooves and slamming me down.

"Not a bad idea, but not going to work on me." he said

I got up again. I spread my wings and hovered about three feet off of the ground. I flew at him, and at the last second, I flew around. I had him now. Right before I hit him, he gave me a very painful applebuck to my gut.

"You're learning, at least. You use your superior agility against a slower opponent."

I rose holding my gut. "I'm not out of this yet." We kept up our fighting for about ten minutes.

Alright, I'm done playing around. I charged at him, and instead of adding a trick at the end, I just started swinging at him. Not wildy though, these punches were precision strikes. He was striking back, but thanks to the army of wrenches yesterday, I was avoiding his punches. He was starting to back up. Eventually he was at the ropes. I acted like I was going to give him a left hook, he responded by blocking on that side. That hook never came, instead, I gave him a headbutt, sending him over the ropes and out of the ring, and giving me a severe headache.

He rose up, dusting himself off. "Excellent! It looks like those wrenches worked after all!"

I hate to admit it, but they did. I slid out of the arena, and trotted over to him.

"You're getting better. I never thought you would, but you are doing very well in this training."

"Thanks. I have you to thank for that I guess."

"Don't sell yourself short. It takes skill to do what you're doing. Now lets go back to the bar."

I nodded and followed. We went back to his office.

"We'll continue your training when you get back from the Gala. Have fun."

"Thanks, I'll see you later then."

"Yeah. Goodbye Shadow."

I left the bar and headed over to the Carousel Boutique. I opened the door and saw Rarity at the desk.

"Ah, hello Shadow! Here to pick up your costume?"

"That's right."

"One moment please. I'll go get it for you."

She went into the back and emerged with my costume.

"Here you are darling." she said, holding up a large box.

"Thank you Rarity."

"It's no problem Shadow. How is your head by the way?"

"It's slightly better, thanks."

"That's good to hear."

"I'll see you when we go to the Gala, thanks again."

"Okay Shadow, goodbye."

I trotted outside, and flew back home. I went inside, and once again found Rainbow reading a Daring Do book. She looked up and noticed my box. She set the book down and flew over to me.

"Is that your costume in the box?" She said excitedly.

"Yes it is."

"Take it out! I want to see!"

"I don't know...you don't exactly look like you want to see it that bad."

She gave me a long kiss. "How about now?"

I had a stupid look on my face. "Okay." was all I said.

I opened the box, and held up my costume. The outfit and armor of an assassin. It was the armor from the cover of Assassin's Creed II. With a few modifications of course. For starters, the outfit had to fit a pony. Next were the weapons. While I still had two hidden blades, they weren't steel, and they weren't blades. They were now made of something that resembled steel, but wasn't as sharp and hard. It still had the same shine though. Next was where all of the Assassin's Guild crests would go. I left those blank. Whenever I got my cutie mark, I would have them put on there for any future events where this thing is needed. Next there was a space for my wings to fit through. Lastly, the colors were different. The main color was now deep black, but I still kept the red on there.

"So what do you think?"

"That's- that's so awesome!"

"I know it is." I said as I put the costume back in the box

"How did you come up with something like that? This seems TOO awesome."

"What? I can't be that awesome?" I said sarcastically

"You know what I mean."

"I'll tell you what I told Rarity; I have my sources."

She rolled her eyes.

"Okay, It's still around six hours until we leave, so I guess I'll go hang out with Barry for a few."

"Alright, see you."

I flew out of the door in the direction of the Library. I walked in to find Spike cleaning around the place.

"Hey Shadow, what's up?"

"Nothing much. Is Barry around here?"

"Actually, he's at Sugarcube Corner with Pinkie and Twilight."

"Alright, thanks." I said as I trotted out

I headed to the bakery. I walked inside and found Barry and Twilight at a table. Pinkie was nowhere to be seen. Oh God, it's just like that one Chuck Norris fact: If you can see him, he can see you. If you can't see him, you may only have seconds left to live. Maybe she wouldn't kill me, but still.

"HI SHADOW!" Pinkie yelled as her face appeared right in front off me.

"SHIT!" I yelled as I fell back.

"Oh hey Landon." Barry said.

"Did you know about this?"

"Not really. She said she had to go somewhere, took two steps away from where I was looking, and disappeared."

"Disappeared?"

"It's Pinkie Pie, what the hell do you expect?"

"Good point. So do you wanna hang out before we go to the Gala?"

"Yeah, sure. Me and Twilight were just about to go back anyways."

"I'll meet you back at the library Twilight." Barry said

"Okay, see you then." she responded

Me and Barry walked outside. "So where are we going?"

"I was thinking we went to Sweet Apple Acres."

"What for?"

"Iunno, I'm just bored."

"That's as good a reason as any, I suppose."

We trotted up to Sweet Apple Acres and found Applejack working in the fields and went over to her.

"Hey Applejack, what's up?" I said

"Oh, howdy Shadow, you too Barry. What can I do ya for?"

"We're just bored, and we're wondering if you have anything for us to do before the Gala."

"I reckon I do. Follow me."

She turned and started heading to the barn.

"So are you two excited fer the Gala?"

"You know it."

"What costume do you have?"

"It's kinda hard to explain, you'll see before we leave."

"Oh, okay."

We arrived at the barn and she turned around.

"If you two are lookin' for somethin' to do, then you can replace a few boards on the barn. There are some nails and hammers over 'yonder." she said, pointing to a corner

"This will pass the time I guess, thanks AJ."

"I should be the one thankin' you sugarcube."

I smiled and nodded. She returned it and trotted back off into the fields.

"You're really going to make me work?" Barry said

"You're really going to bitch?" I responded

He sighed and got to work. I did the same. More than a few times, I came close to putting a nail through my hoof. Barry actually did manage to hurt himself. It wasn't with a nail though. He brought his hammer back too far one time, and hit himself on the head.

"Oh shit are you okay?"

"Yeah, I guess."

I started laughing at him.

He lightened up and joined in. Once we decided we had spent enough time on Applejack's barn, we went to go talk to her again. We found her in the apple tree field again.

"Hey Applejack, me and Barry are going to go get ready for the Gala, we'll see you in a few."

"Alright. Thanks fer fixin' up the barn for me."

"No problem Applejack."

Me and Barry trotted back to town and arrived at the library pretty soon.

"Alright, I'll see you at the Gala." Barry said

"Okay, later man." I replied.

Barry went inside the library, and I took flight back home. I arrived back and trotted inside.

"Rainbow, you home?" I called out.

"Yeah, I'm upstairs. Come on up." I trotted upstairs and came across Rainbow in the bed.

"Why are you in bed?" I asked

"Because I'm bored, thats why."

"Gotcha. Mind if I join you?"

She didn't answer. Instead she smiled and made room for me. I got in next to her.

"We still have two hours until we leave." she whispered seductively.

"Well in that case, come here."

1 hour and 45 minutes of bowchickabowow later.

"That. Was. Awesome." Rainbow said.

"Yeah." was all I could manage.

"Well, we have fifteen minutes left. We should get ready."

"Alright." I said as I struggled to get up.

I trotted over to the box containing my costume. I opened it and took out my assassin armor. It was actually pretty difficult to put on. I've never had to put on any clothing as a pony. Eventually I was able to get it on.

"You ready Shadow?" Rainbow asked.

"Wow, you look fantastic." I said. Her costume was a slightly modified Wonderbolt uniform. For starters, it had no goggles. It also had nothing covering the face, so you could still see who it was, and had her cutie mark designed on her flank as well.

"Thanks. You don't look bad yourself."

"Ready to go then?"

"Yeah, lets go to the train station and meet up with the others."

We trotted outside and flew to the train station. Everypony was waiting for us.

"There you are. Where were you guys?" Barry asked

"We were grabbing a bite before we left." I lied. Personally I didn't care, but it would probably embarrass Rainbow, so I didn't say anything more.

"Oh, okay."

We all got onboard the train. We sat in pairs. Pinkie Pie with Applejack, Rarity with Fluttershy, Barry with Twilight, and me with Rainbow.

"AALLLLLL ABOARD!" the conductor yelled.

The train started up, and we all got settled in. It was a two hour ride to Canterlot after all.

"So you decided to dress like an assassin?" Barry asked.

"No, I decided to dress like the master fuckin chief." I said sarcastically

"Alright, alright...dick."

I laughed "Don't ask stupid questions then."

I never really paid attention, but I was now noticing everypony's costumes.

Fluttershy was dressed like a bunny rabbit.(hnnnnnnngh) Rarity was dressed in a very fancy dress. Applejack was dressed fairly similar in what she had on season 1's finale. Pinkie Pie was dressed like a cupcake. Twilight was dressed like who I guessed was a pony version of Albert Einstein. Rainbow had her modified Wonderbolt costume, I had my assassin armor, and Barry was dressed like Slash. I fell out laughing at Barry.

"Yeah, yeah. Laugh it up asshole."

I wiped a tear from my eye. "Sorry, you just look so stupid."

"Go to hell."

"I believe I went here instead." I said with a smirk.

He just turned away to talk to Twilight instead of responding.

I turned to Rainbow myself.

"Did you enjoy yourself earlier." I whispered

She blushed. "Lets not talk about this now in front of everypony."

I chuckled. "Alright, have it your way."

While everypony was talking, me and Rainbow went to sleep. We were pretty tired from earlier. I woke up just as we were entering Canterlot. This place is amazing. The city is beautiful. The train pulled up to the station and called out it was time to depart.

"Right, well lets get going." Twilight said.

We all exited the train, and started trotting to the royal palace.

"So how long does the Gala last?" Barry asked

"It usually lasts until 1:00 AM, although I imagine we will be gone by then."

"Thats plenty of time to party." I added in.

We all arrived at the palace pretty soon. This was the coolest place I've ever seen! It looks just like it did in the cartoon, except somehow even better. Probably because it's real this time.

"Coming Shadow?" Rainbow asked, snapping me out of my trance.

"Yeah, wait up." I said as I hurried to catch up.

We were met by a royal guard at the entrance. He let everyone through until he got to me.

"Halt! Submit your weapons!" He said, raising his spear.

"What? Oh, these aren't real." I said holding one of my hidden blades up.

"Yeah I bet. Submit them or I will be forced to detain you!"

"I'm serious! Look!" I said as I hit it against my arm. It didn't cut anything, because it was fake, but he still wasn't convinced.

"Last warning. Hand them over!"

"You gotta be kidding me. Here, take one of them and see for yourself." I said as I took one off.

He took it from my hoof and inspected it closer. After a moment of looking at it, he handed it back to me with a blushed look on his face.

"Uh, sorry sir, I thought it was real. Please forgive me, go on in."

"It's all good, you were just doing your job." I said as I trotted past.

He smiled and nodded, then went back to guarding the entrance.

"You alright Shadow?" Rainbow said

"Yeah, I'm fine. I guess these things look pretty real then, huh?"

"I'll say."

The first thing we had to do before we all went our separate ways was greet the princesses. We trotted up to the thrones of Princess Celestia and Princess Luna.

"Welcome, Twilight Sparkle and friends, to the Grand Galloping Gala!" Princess Celestia said.

We gave a bow, and each went up to personally greet the princesses. It was my turn to greet Princess Celestia. I knelt down.

"Welcome Shadow Flash. It is good to see you again."

"Thank you, your majesty. The pleasure is all mine."

"There's no need to be so formal you know."

"Sorry, I just feel I should be respectful to you."

"It's fine, please, enjoy yourself."

"I will, thank you."

I went over to Princess Luna next. I knelt down just as I did before.

"You're name is Shadow Flash, correct?" She asked

"That's correct Princess."

"We are impressed with what you call the 'shadow pulse.' That was most unexpected from someone who isn't orginally one of us."

"You mean you know?"

"Of course, did you think that we were ignorant of your situation?"

"Sorry, but kinda, yeah." I responded

"We know who you really are Landon Flash, but that is not the reason I'm interested in talking to you. It is the fact that you can perform a feat that so few in history have been able to do."

"It was actually pretty simple, sorry for bragging, but it was."

"Is that so? Perhaps he could..." She thought aloud.

"I'm sorry?"

"It's nothing young one, go enjoy yourself at the party."

"Okay, well, nice meeting you Princess Luna."

"Yes...you as well..."

That was strange. Oh well. I decided I would hit up the bar.

"What can I get for you sir?" the bartender asked

"I'll just have a beer for now, thanks."

He pulled out a bottle, popped the top, and handed it to me. "Thanks." I said.

I took a drink. I looked at the bottle. It read 'Colt Lite'. It was pretty good. I paid the bartender plus a decent tip.

"Thank you."

"Anytime." I said as I trotted away the my beer.

I met up with Rainbow.

"Hey, you wanna go talk to the Wonderbolts?" I asked

"You bet!"

"Lets go then."

We trotted over to the V.I.P. Section, and I showed the guard our passes. He let us through, and we trotted by.

"There you two are!" Spitfire said, trotting over to us. She had her Wonderbolt uniform on.

"How's it going Spitfire?" I said, holding up my beer.

"It's going pretty well. How about you Rainbow Dash? Nice costume by the way. Maybe in time, you can have a real one."

"You really mean it?" Rainbow said, having a fangasm on the spot.

"Of course, along with us and Shadow here, you're one of the fastest fliers in Equestria."

"Don't faint again Rainbow." I teased

She responded by slugging me on the head.

"Ow, easy on the head!"

Spitfire chuckled. "Follow me, you can meet Soarin and Blaze."

"Alright, cool."

Rainbow could only nod and follow.

We arrived and found Soarin and Blaze just chatting. Soarin turned to me.

"Hey, nice costume." He said.

"Thanks, I appreciate it." We gave a quick bump of hooves.

Blaze trotted up to me. She looked pretty similar to Spitfire, except she didn't have lighter orange streaks in her hair. She also looked much younger from what I could tell.

"What's up?" she said

"Nothing much with me. You look pretty young for a Wonderbolt you know."

She smiled. "That's because I'm fourteen. I'm the youngest Wonderbolt ya know."

"Impressive. You must be quite the flier to make it for your age."

"That's right. So you're trying to get into the Wonderbolts too, eh?"

"That's right. Both me and Rainbow Dash here."

"You don't look like much, but looks can be deceiving. I of all ponies know that, not to mention I saw that little shadow pulse of yours, and her sonic rainboom."

"So you think we could become Wonderbolts."

"I wouldn't be surprised if you did, but you'll have your work cut out for you. Who knows, you might even get to be one of the few."

"One of the few?"

Spitfire popped Blaze on the back of the head.

"Ow, what was that for?" Blaze shouted

"Nothing. And what she means is one of the few ponies who are the best of the best fliers in Equestria."

"Oh, okay." I decided not to press.

Soarin whispered something in Spitfire's ear, and she turned to me. "I agree. I think it's about time we added some new members."

"Wait, do you mean-?" I started

"That's right, for both you and Rainbow. Any objections Soarin or Blaze?"

"None here." Soarin said.

"Let's give 'em a shot." Blaze said.

"Alright then. It's settled. You two will receive a tryout in ten days."

"Ohmygosh ohmygosh ohmygosh ohmygosh ohmygosh ohmy-"

"Easy there Rainbow." Soarin said

"Right, sorry. It's just that I can't believe it, I'm finally getting my chance!"

"It's not a guarantee you know. I don't want you to get your hopes up for nothing." Spitfire said

"I can't help it. I've been waiting for this opportunity for years!"

"I understand, I just don't want you to get hurt."

"She'll make it, and I will too. You guys won't regret this." I said.

"That's the spirit!" Blaze said.

"In ten days, come to our building in Cloudsdale. We'll be there."

"Alright, sweet." I responded.

"Well it was great talking to you guys. I'm going to hang out with the others now. See you guys later, and thanks for the tryout!" Rainbow said

"Take it easy Rainbow." Spitfire said

Rainbow trotted away after giving me a quick kiss.

"Hey you three, would you mind doing me a favor?"

"That depends, what did you have in mind Shadow?" Soarin asked

I leaned in and told them.

"Nice. We'll do it, but you'll owe us." Blaze said

"Alright, thanks. Just wait until we go outside."

"Sure thing. See you then." Spitfire said

I waved as I trotted away. I got quite a few compliments on my costume. There was still one special feature that nopony knew about except me and Rarity. She had to know about it since she was designing it. She loved the idea and agreed without hesitation. I looked around. I saw Rainbow talking with Barry and Twilight. Applejack was talking to Fluttershy. Pinkie was God knows where, and Rarity was trotting away from some high society ponies. I trotted over.

"Oh, hello Shadow. Have you showed off that special feature from your costume yet?" She asked with a hopeful look.

"Not yet, I'm waiting until we are outside. I have a surprise for everypony."

"I'm looking forward to it. I'm proud of you, just so you know."

"Thanks, you can say it later too."

"I certainly hope so."

"I'm going to the bar. I'll be there if anypony needs me." I was done with my Colt Lite anyways.

"Will do Shadow."

"Thanks."

I trotted back to the bar and requested another Colt Lite. I sat at the bar for a little while longer until Rainbow trotted over.

"Hey." She said

"Hey yourself." I responded

"How's it going?"

"Pretty well. I think we should go outside for a bit."

"Okay, that sounds cool."

We headed outside, and I nodded to Spitfire, Soarin, and Blaze. They nodded back and went through a different exit. I also nodded to Rarity, who gathered the rest of our friends to go outside as well.

Me and Rainbow arrived outside. "So what's up?" she asked

"Rainbow, do you love me?"

"What kind of question is that? Of course. I also remember asking the same question myself, but you were asleep."

Our friends arrived next to us then.

"What's everypony doing here?" Rainbow asked

"Look up." I said

She looked up, along with everypony else. Just then, Spitfire, Soarin, and Blaze flew overhead in a specific pattern. They left a trail of electric smoke behind them. When they finished, the words Will You Marry Me Rainbow? were floating. Rainbow looked back at me in shock. I activated a hidden button on my armor. My chestpiece opened up, revealing a bracelet. It was made of gold, with some gems on it. Rainbow was stunned.

"I- I don't know what to say."

"You could say yes." I said with a smirk.

She jumped over to me and gave me a long passionate kiss.

"Yes, I will!" She exclaimed.

I held up her hoof and placed the bracelet on her wrist. All of my friends, including the three present Wonderbolts, gave a few stomps of applause. Me and Rainbow turned to face everypony.

"Rainbow, I'm so happy for you!" Fluttershy said.

"We all are Rainbow. Congratulations to the both of ya." Applejack added.

"Yes, congratulations, to the both of you." Princess Celestia said as she walked out.

We gave a quick bow before she continued. "As a present, how about I let you two hold your wedding here in the castle?"

"That-that's great! Thank you Princess Celestia!" I exclaimed.

"You're quite welcome Mr. Flash. When would you two like to hold your wedding?"

"If it's okay with you Rainbow, I was thinking somewhere around a month or so."

"Anytime is fine with me." Rainbow said, putting her two front hooves around me.

"It will be in exactly thirty days from now, if that is fine." Princess Celestia said

"Yes Princess, thank you." I said

"You're welcome. I must get back to my guests now, but good luck you two."

We bowed once more before she went back inside.

"This is the best day of my life!" Rainbow exclaimed

Spitfire trotted over to us next. "Way to go you two."

"Thanks. I appreciate the favor."

"You're welcome. Just remember, you owe the three of us a favor."

"As long as it isn't insanely outlandish, I'm happy to oblige. You guys did just get me engaged, and probably laid tonight."

She laughed. "Well we're about to head out. Congratulations again." She said as she flew away with Blaze and Soarin.

"So Shadow, I really don't feel like taking a long train ride back tonight. How about we just get a hotel room for tonight?" Rainbow said

"You read my mind. So you guys, me and Rainbow are going to get a room. We'll see you tomorrow."

Barry had a large grin on his face, Twilight, Applejack, and Rarity were smiling. Pinkie Pie was asking what was so funny about us being tired, and Fluttershy was blushing furiously.

"Alright, have fun you two." Barry said.

Rainbow and I just smiled and flew away as fast as possible. We arrived at a fairly nice hotel and hurried in to talk to the pony behind the counter.

"Do you have any rooms available?" I asked

"Yes, but all we have is a one bed room." she replied

"That's all we need." I replied.

"Oh, I see." She said, blushing. She looked and noticed the bracelet on Rainbow's hoof. "Ah, congratulations you two. Take the room complimentary."

"Wow, thanks." I said.

"It's no trouble. Your room number is 804."

We waved and headed up to our room. We went inside and Rainbow headed to the bathroom. "I need to get out of this costume. One sec."

"Alright, I'll be here."

About three minutes later

"Okay, are you read-what the hay?" Rainbow said as she trotted out.

"ZZzzzZzzZzzzz"

"You gotta be kidding me."

I know everypony was missing me. Don't try to deny it. I was in Destin, Florida for those who weren't paying attention. I didn't have as much free time in the place I was staying as I thought I would. I would go out all day, get drunk, go back to condo, sleep, repeat. I probably spent a total of three hours on this there, which surprises me that I got this much done. I also didn't realize that I COULD have made another chapter before I left :3, so sorry about that. I wrote more than I thought I would before everyone arrived at the Gala. I can also start writing longer chapters, the catch would be that it would take a bit more time to write. Tell me in the comments if you would rather have the average length chapter like I've been doing, or start writing slightly longer chapters that could take a little bit more time. One more thing, then you can get back to your lives. If anypony wants to play xbox with me let me know in a pm. I would like to know my fans a little bit more. I mostly play Guitar Hero III, MW3, MW2, any Halo game, Resident Evil 5, The Orange Box, and Left 4 Dead 2. (Also, if you haven't noticed yet, some of these notes don't exactly apply anymore, and that's because this story was originally just on fanfiction. I'm just too lazy to edit these things.)Now the long-awaited quote of the day!

Quote of the Day: "This is a leprechaun's cherry." -My friend says holding up a green cherry that came with his drink in a certain Irish pub while I was in Destin.