Dragon Ball Z The Equestria Saga

"Oh man, what should I do today? I already trained this morning. What else is there to do here?" Raian asked himself as he walked through the streets of Ponyville. He then looked up to see everyone in the area staring at him.

"What?" Raian asked which made everyone avert their gaze. After that, he heard Pinkie Pie's voice yell something.

"Ah! Bats! Bats on my face! Help! Wait, these aren't. Tickets to The Grand Galloping Gala!" Pinkie then said something a little too fast and she started to sing.

"Oh, The Grand Galloping Gala is the best place for me! Oh the Grand Galloping Gala is the best place for-"

"No! None of that! Shame on you!" Raian yelled while sticking his hand up for emphasis.

"Wow, what a grumpy pants." said Pinkie Pie as she stopped her bouncing.

"Ah! Are these what I think they are!?" Rarity said as she walked up to Spike who was holding two golden tickets.

"Yes, yes, yes! Twilight's taking me to the Grand Galloping Gala in Canterlot!" Pinkie said happily.

"The Gala! I design ensembles for the Gala every year. But I've never had the opportunity to attend. Oh, the society, the culture, the glamour. Its where I truly belong, and where I'm destined to meet... him!" Rarity said happily.

"Him... Who?" Pinkie asked.

"Him." Rarity continued. She then stated what would happen if she was at the Gala and she also stated its where she would find her true love, Prince Blueblood.

"Twilight! I simply cannot believe you would invite Pinkie Pie so she can, party, and prevent me from meeting my true love! How could you!?" Rarity then turned her flank to Twilight while sticking her nose in the air. Right after that, a small bunny ran up to Spike and grabbed the tickets out of his hand using his mouth. The bunny then ran back over to Fluttershy and held the tickets in front of her face.

"Oh, Angel! These are perfect!" Fluttershy said as she looked at the tickets.

"Uh, listen guys. I haven't decided who to give the extra ticket to." Twilight told them.

"You haven't!?" Rarity and Pinkie Pie said together.

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

"You!? You want to go to the Gala!?" Rarity asked.

"Oh, no." The bunny then began to kick Fluttershy's leg. "I mean, yes. Or actually, kinda. You see." Fluttershy then went into an explanation about what she wanted to do at the Gala.

"Gee, Fluttershy. It sounds... beautiful?" said Twilight.

"Wait just a minute!" came Rainbow Dash's voice.

"Rainbow Dash! Were you following me?" Twilight asked.

"No! I mean, yes! I mean, maybe! Look, it doesn't matter! I couldn't risk a goody fore shoes like you giving that ticket away to just anybody!"

"Wait just another minute!" Applejack said as she walked up to Twilight and Rainbow Dash.

"Applejack! Were you following me too!?" Twilight asked.

"No! I was following this one to make sure she didn't try any funny business! Still trying to take my ticket." Applejack responded.

"Your ticket!?" Rainbow intervened.

"But Twilight's taking me!" said Pinkie as she and the other four surrounded Twilight and began to yell at each other. After a few moments, Raian stepped in and made them shut their mouths by him yelling at them.

"Shut up!"

"Thank you, Raian." Twilight said thankfully. Raian only nodded at her.

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

"But, Twilight." Rarity pleaded.

"This, is my decision, and I'm gonna make it on my own, and I certainly can't think straight with all this noise. Not to mention hunger. Now go on, shoo!" Twilight said and her friends began to walk away.

"And don't worry! I'll figure this out! Somehow." Twilight continued as she looked at the ground. Twilight looked up to see that Raian and Spike were standing there talking quietly to each other.

"Spike, lets go. You're welcome to come too if you want, Raian." Twilight said as she walked off towards the nearest restaurant. Raian decided to come just to see what kind of food they have in Equestria. When they got to the restaurant, they took a seat at an empty table. Raian laughed inside since the seats were made out of hay. Raian picked up a menu and began to read it.

"Aw, no meat." Raian thought to himself.

"Oh, Spike. What am I gonna do? All five of my best friends have really good reasons to go to the Gala." Twilight said as she used her magic to take one of the flowers from the vase that was set on the table.

"Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie or Fluttershy, Rarity. Who should go with me?" Twilight said as she used her magic to pluck the pedals of the flower as she called out each of her friends names.

"Have you made your decision?" came the waiters voice.

"I can't decide!" Twilight yelled which made everyone look at her.

"Twilight. He just wants to take your order." Spike said while pointing at his menu. Twilight ordered some sort of daisy sandwich while Spike got some hay fries. Raian didn't see anything appetizing so he got nothing.

"Raian, aren't you going to eat?" Twilight asked.

"No. They don't have anything good here." Raian said while trying to avoid saying the word meat.

"Oh, alright then." Twilight passed it off as Raian not being hungry. She then went back to the topic of who to take to the Gala. She thought for several minutes until the food arrived.

"Your food, madame." said the waiter in his french accent.

"Oh thank you. This looks so good." Twilight was about to take a bite of her sandwich but was stopped when she saw everyone running to the inside of the restaurant.

"Madame, are you going to eat your food in the rain?" said the waiter.

"Its not raining." Twilight said before looking up to see a hole in to rain clouds above her.

"Hi best friend forever I've ever ever had." said Rainbow Dash as she came into view.

"Rainbow Dash, what are you doing?" Twilight asked suspiciously.

"What do ya 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 so to keep her dry so she could dine in peace. That's all." Rainbow said while Twilight clearly saw right through her and knew what she was doing. While that was going on, Raian was remembering the manticore he saw the other day when he was helping Twilight and her friends with Nightmare Moon. He then got up from his seat and walked out into the rain and headed to the Everfree Forest so he could get some meat in his stomach. Twilight noticed him go but was too busy talking with Rainbow Dash to say anything to him.

"Rainbow, I am not comfortable accepting unwanted favors, so I would appreciate it if you'd close up that rain cloud right now." Twilight said in a commanding tone.

"Fine." Rainbow said as she zipped up the cloud.

"That's better." Twilight finished. She then picked up her sandwich again and was about to take a bite but the rain came and soaked her and her sandwich. Spike was trying really hard not to laugh. Rarity then came by and saw Twilight sitting with her back hunched.

"Twilight! Its raining." Rarity said stating the obvious.

"No. Really?" Twilight said sarcastically.

"Come with me before you catch a cold!" Rarity said as she brought Twilight all the way back to the boutique. Spike followed them due to him always being with Twilight.

When they were in the boutique, Twilight shook herself dry, but got Rarity wet in the process.

"Oops, sorry." Twilight said apologetically.

"Oh no, its quite alright. After all. We are, the best of friends, are we not?" Rarity said while nuzzling Twilight. "And you know what the best of friends do?" Rarity asked.

"Uh..." Twilight hesitated.

"Makeover!" Rarity then proceeded to give Twilight a makeover. After she was done, Twilight was wearing a little ensemble which she thought looked really pretty.

"There. Oh your simply darling." Rarity said in satisfaction.

"Uh, yeah. It is kinda pretty isn't it?" Twilight said while admiring the attire.

"And you! Oh Spike, I have a dandy little outfit for the dashing gent."Rarity said and she began to give Spike his 'makeover'. After Rarity finished, Spike was wearing a jester looking outfit and he had a blonde wig on his head.

"Oh, Spike." Twilight laughed.

"Now you just need a hat." Rarity said as she placed a hat on Spike's head.

"I told you, I don't want any part of this Girly Gala Gunk! See you back at the library." Spike then ran off to the library.

"Oh who needs him anyway." Rarity said after laughing a bit. "Wait, where's Raian? I have a dashing suit I wanted him to try on."

Raian walked through the Everfree Forest in search of some meat to eat, but manage to keep it a secret at the same time. Raian came across a chicken like creature that had glowing red eyes. It saw him but before it could even react, its neck was already snapped.

"Alright! Found some chicken!" Raian said happily. "Now I just need to cook it."

Raian then tossed the chicken creature into the air and he blasted it with his ki which cooked it to perfection. He caught the cooked chicken and began to eat it.

"Mmm. This is some good chicken." Raian said with his mouth full.

After Raian finished his meal, he went back to Ponyville to look for Twilight.

"Man, that really hit the spot." Raian said while patting his belly. Raian went back to the library and right when he was about to open the door, Twilight did so for him.

"-any extra favors until I've made my final... Oh, there's Raian." Twilight said in realization.

"Surprise!" A few ponies yelled from behind Raian. They knocked Raian out of the way and pulled Twilight outside of the library and they began to throw her up into the air while Pinkie sang another song. When Twilight tried about three times to get Pinkie Pie's attention, she got mad and yelled.

"Pinkiiiie!" Twilight yelled which made the ponies stop throwing her up and made Pinkie Pie stop singing. The ponies backed away which led to Twilight landing on her back.

"Yes, Twilight?" Pinkie said as she looked down at Twilight.

"At least the other ponies tried to be subtle about the ticket." Twilight said annoyed.

"Wait. What ticket? What Gala?" asked one of the mares.

"Oh, you didn't know? Twilight has an extra ticket to the Grand Galloping Gala!" Pinkie told everypony in the surrounding area.

"The Grand Galloping Gala!?" Everypony yelled at once. Everypony then began to try and bribe the ticket out of Twilight. Spike quickly came and ran away with Twilight but were stopped by more ponies.

"What are we gonna do?" Spike asked.

"We're... Gonna... Ruuuun!" Twilight yelled as she took off with Spike on her back and the crowd of ponies chasing after her. Raian watched as Twilight ran down the street and he began to run after her to try and save her from the Gala ticket wanting ponies. Raian caught up to Twilight and Spike in less than five seconds and he proceeded to pick them both up and he took flight into the sky to get away from the crowd of ponies. Twilight and Spike flailed around in Raian's hands for a bit but settled down once they knew who it was that was holding them.

"Thank's, Raian." Twilight said while turning her head to look at her savior.

"No problem." Raian said while flying through the clouds so he could lose the crowd. He went back to the library after doing so and he set Twilight and Spike down on the ground and they all walked inside. Twilight and Spike quickly tuned off all the lights and locked the doors before letting out a sigh of relief. The lights of the main room turned back on and Twilight's best friends were standing on the floor above looking down at her.

"Aaaahhhhh! I can't decide I just can't decide! Its important to all of you and I just can't stand to disappoint any of you and giving me gifts and doing me favors doesn't make any difference cause you're all my friends and I want to make you all happy and I can't! I just can't!" Twilight said while laying down and putting her hooves on her head.

"Twilight, sugar. I didn't mean to put so much pressure on you, and if it helps, I don't want the ticket anymore. You can give it to somepony else. I won't feel bad, I promise." Applejack said comfortingly.

"Me too. I feel just awful that I made you feel so awful." Fluttershy came and landed near Twilight.

"And me too! Its no fun upsetting your friends!" Pinkie said apologetically.

"Twilight. It was unfair of me to try and force you as I did." said Rarity.

"Yes! That means the ticket is mine! I got the ticket! I got the ticket!" Rainbow said happily. Her friends gave her an angry stare.

"You know, I haven't perfected my signature moves for the Wonderbolts anyway. I don't need that ticket either." Rainbow said nervously.

"We all got so gung ho about going to the Gala, that we couldn't see how un-gung ho we were making you." Applejack said for all of them.

"We're sorry Twilight!" they all said in unison.

"Spike! Take down a note!" Spike pulled out a piece of paper and a quill and he wrote down everything that Twilight said.

"Dear Princess Celestia, I've learned that one of the joy's of friendship is sharing your blessings. But when there's not enough blessing's to go around, having more than your friends can make you feel pretty awful. So, though I appreciate the invitation, I will be returning both ticket's to the Grand Galloping Gala."

"What!?" The other's yelled in unison.

"If my friends can't all go, I don't want to go either." Twilight stated.

"Twilight, you don't have to do that." Applejack told her.

"Nope! I've made up my mind. Spike, you can send the letter now." Twilight told her assistant. Spike then walked over to a window, pushed it open, and blew fire onto the scroll which sent it to Princess Celestia.

"Now you won't get to go to the Gala either." Fluttershy added.

"Its okay girls. I couldn't possibly enjoy myself without my best friends there with me. So I'd rather not go at all." Twilight and her friends began to give each other hugs. Spike pointed a finger at himself while sticking his tongue to show that he didn't care much for things like that. He then began to make noises that made people think he was going to vomit.

"Well, wallop my withers Spike. Isn't that just like a boy, can't handle the least bit of sentiment." Applejack said while walking up to Spike. He then let out a large burp and green flames came out of his mouth which formed into a scroll.

"Whoa nelly!" Applejack said as she was almost hit by the flames.

"A letter from the Princess? That was fast." Twilight said while looking at Spike expectantly. Spike got the scroll and began to read it off.

"My faithful student Twilight. Why didn't you just say so in the first place?" six tickets then popped out of the scroll.

"Six tickets to the Grand Galloping Gala!" Spike shouted while holding up the tickets.

"Now we can all go!" Twilight said happily. Her stomach then growled and she let out a nervous laugh.

"Allow us to treat you to dinner." Rarity said as she and the others walked out the door while collecting their tickets on the way out. When all the tickets were handed out, Spike began to feel a little left out.

"How come I don't get to go to the Gala?" Spike asked himself. He then let out another burp and another scroll formed. He opened it and read it.

"And two for you boys." Spike read. Two more tickets came out of the scroll. Raian and Spike grabbed their tickets and headed out the door. They caught up to Twilight and the others and they began to talk about what they were going to do at the Grand Galloping Gala.