Twilight eagerly sat at home, waiting for her date to arrive. She was wearing her dress which Rarity had made for her. It was a blue dress, similar to the one which she had worn to the Gala. She sat on her couch, awaiting Time Turner to get to her house. She looked at the clock, which had almost struck eight.

"I hope Time Turner gets here soon," Twilight said to Spike. "The ball starts at ten. I don't want to be late."

"Twilight, calm down." Spike said. "He's not supposed to be here for another ten minutes."

"I know, but I'm really nervous. I've never had a special somepony before."

"I know, I know. You told me that already. You're just freaking out a little." Spike said. "Tonight's gonna be fine, don't worry about it."

"I hope so." Twilight stood up and walked over to her mirror. "Hmm. Do I look alright? How does my dress look?"

"Twilight, you look beautiful. You should just calm down. How bad could it be?"

She smiled. "Thanks, Spike."

Suddenly, Twilight remembered how the Grand Gala ended. That was a disaster.

"But what if it ends up like the gala? That was really embarrassing."

"You know, you still didn't tell me what happened that night. I wasn't there, I was at the donut shop."

"Oh, it was a disaster. Rainbow Dash knocked over all the pillars in the ballroom, and Fluttershy made a heap of animals run wild through the castle."

"Aw, that doesn't sound good." Spike said. "Well, I'm sure tonight won't turn out like that. It'll only be you and him."

"Yeah..." Twilight said, still feeling bad about lying to Rarity.

"So anyway," Spike said, knocking her out of her thoughts. "how are you getting to Canterlot?"

"Oh, Time Turner said he'd be able to get us a carriage. He said he'd also get a couple of his friends to pull us."

Meanwhile, Back at Time Turner's House

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"Come on, please?" Time Turner pleaded. He was wearing a tuxedo.

"No," Caramel said. "I'm not pulling your carriage. Get somepony else to do it."

"Come on. You have to. I really want to make a good impression on my date." Time Turner said to the two stallions in front of him.

"You still haven't even told us who you're going with." said his other friend, Sunny.

"You guys know Twilight, right?"

Sunny and Caramel looked at each other, and then back at Time Turner. "Twilight Sparkle? The mare who lives in the library?" Caramel asked.

"Yeah, her." Time Turner said.

"Oh, okay." Sunny said. "Don't you have a crush on her?"

"Yeah... maybe."

"You know," Caramel began. "I've pulled her coach before, when she and her friends were going to the Grand Galloping Gala."

"Will you help me out? Please?" Time Turner asked.

Sunny and Caramel turned around and started having a discussion between themselves. Time Turner wasn't really sure what they were saying, but he was pretty sure that Sunny said "I've never been to Canterlot before". They turned back around to face Time Turner.

"Alright, we'll pull your carriage for you," Caramel said, "but whenever we need you, you have to do something for us."

"Sure, whatever." He looked at the clock. "Oh, we have to go!"

They went out to the carriage that was parked outside.

"I was able to rent this carriage just for tonight. How does it look?" Time Turner asked.

"Wow. It looks great. How much did you pay for it?" Sunny asked.

"Err... That's not important. Let's just go."

Twilight heard a knock on her front door.

"He's here!" Twilight panicked. "This is it!"

"Go get him." Spike said encouragingly.

Twilight opened the door to see Time Turner standing there in his tux.

"Good evening, Twilight." Time Turner greeted. "Are you ready to go?"

"I'm ready." She looked back at Spike. "Will you be alright on your own?"

"Yeah, I'll be fine." Spike said.

Time Turner led her out to the carriage. He opened the door, and let Twilight get in first, like a gentlecolt. He then got in himself and shut the door.

"Alright, guys. Let's go." Time Turner called out to Caramel and Sunny.

Twilight was very eager. She wanted her first date to be a night to remember; a special memory for the two of them.

"So..." Time Turner said, awkwardly breaking the silence. "How have you been?"

"Oh, I've been good." Twilight replied.

"You look very," he paused nervously for a moment. "nice."

Twilight smiled and blushed. "Thanks. So do you."

"Nice dress."

"Oh," Twilight said, looking down at it. "Thanks. Rarity made it for me."

"How was Rarity? Was she upset that you didn't invite her?"

Twilight put on a guilty expression. "Well... I sort of left out that detail..." she said.

"Oh, Twilight." Time Turner laughed. "You shouldn't lie, especially to your friends."

Author's Note

Actually, "Sunny" is just my OC from The Power of Love, but these stories are not related.