Dan was sitting around a corner from Twilight and the Princess, trying to think of a way he could help her. He had nothing better to do after all.
"Hmmmm," he mumbled struggling to think, "I could.... Nope, that won't work." This was a lot harder than he thought. "How about.... Oh God no way!" he grunted. "Meh, I'll just wing it." he decided.

He trotted over to Twilight and the Princess with a smile on his face.
"Hi Dan." sighed the lavender unicorn sadly.
"Hey Twilight." he greeted. "So, I was thinking, why doesn't the Princess just stop greeting people?" he asked.
"You don't get it, do you?" she sighed.
"No seriously, if you were actually that important to her, she'd just stop and talk to you; besides, it's a party she should be mingling." he explained.

Twilight face hoofed. He really didn't understand did he?
"Dan she's the princess. No matter how much she wants to stop and talk to me, it's her duty to greet her subjects." Twilight cleared up. "I just wish there was more time..." she sighed. Dan looked up in thought. Time? Time!

"Time! That's it!" yelled Dan happily.
"What?" asked Twilight perking up.
"I'll give you some time!" he exclaimed, stepping back.
"How in Equestria would you do that?" sighed Twilight.
"Like this!" replied Dan, his horn glowing a bright chocolate brown colour.

Seeing the light from the corner of her eye, Princess Celestia turned around to look at Dan. Just as she'd turned around Dan's horn sent a magical burst of light surging out of it. A bubble of magic surrounded Twilight, Dan and Princess Celestia, and everything on the outside was moving slower than normal.

Twilight looked around, inspecting Dan's spell. It was pretty much flawless. It was such a complex spell too. The ponies on the outside of the bubble were trotting around as if they were barely moving; yet the three of them moved as normal.
"You wanted time, I have your time." he chuckled happily.

Twilight's mouth was agape. How could this be? Even she couldn't complete this spell.
"You did it again Dan." gasped the Princess, "You do seem to have a talent for magic."
"Nah, this is just how my Slow Mo Guys stuff came through into Equestria with me, I can barely levitate something without getting a full on migraine." he countered with a shrug.

Twilight ran up to him and hugged him.
"Thank you so much!" she squealed, finally having an opportunity to talk to her mentor.
"No problem Twi." he said coolly, "I’m gonna leave now, if you wanna get into real time just step outta it or something? I don't really know."
"Goodbye Dan." said Celestia gracefully.
"Bye!" added Twilight excitedly.
"See ya." returned Dan, before stepping out of the bubble and returning to real time.

Dan looked back, the bubble seemed to be transparent from the inside, but from the outside it wasn't. Twilight and Celestia looked like they were in living version of a surrealist’s painting. What was even stranger was nopony seemed to even notice before the bubble popped and revealed Princess Celestia and Twilight Sparkle; both giggling like madmares.

"I wonder where Gav is." Dan murmured to himself whilst shaking his head at the sight. "Better see if anypony knows." he added, before trotting towards the hall to ask Rarity.

= = =

Gavin didn't really need to go to the bathroom. He needed to do something else. Ever since he'd woken up he'd been feeling incredibly guilty. He knew that he'd screwed up with Applejack. Though he didn't fully remember what he'd done, he vaguely recalled saying something not so nice.

He trotted over to her stall and saw her, her face flat down on the top of the stall. Three barrels of apples were behind the cart, and another was used as decoration at the front. You could tell she had really made an effort, but she'd hardly sold a thing.

He walked up to her slowly, trying to see if she was awake or not.
"Hellooo?" he whispered gently. "Applejack? Are you thereee?" he asked, whispering in her ear.
"Hmmmmphsh..." groaned the earth pony, waving a hoof in the air.
"Applejack!" Gavin said happily, hearing that she was conscious.
"Horse apples!" she yelled, popping her head up into its propped place and looking around frantically.

Once she'd calmed down she looked at Gavin. Her face softened and she smiled weakly.
"Howdy Gavin, ya'll feelin' better now?" she asked with a small laugh.
"I'm tippedy top thanks for asking!" he replied happily, "But the question is: How are you?" he asked with a slight frown.
"Ah'm.... Awful" she sighed, whacking her head back down onto the counter.

Gavin frowned; Applejack was usually happily and friendly. Now she looked as if she was about to slit her... Hoof? Gavin patted her back gently and smiled.
"It's okay, you just need a little help to shift all these apples!" he laughed happily.
"How? These ponies don't want mah apples..." Applejack mumbled, head still on the counter.

Gavin smiled smugly, he had a perfect plan, but he'd need Dan.
"Hey AJ, I have an idea." he whispered with an excited giggle. She looked up and raised an eyebrow inquisitively.
"What ya thinkin' Gav?" she asked.
"Apples aren't just good for eating ya know." he said with a smile. Applejack just got more curious, and confused, about the light brown stallions idea.

He grabbed an apple and tossed it up and down in his hoof.
"Gavin, just tell me yer plan already." she sighed, not expecting a good idea.
"Apples are good for throwing." he giggled.
"Huh?" asked Applejack, confused.
"If me and Dan go and hype up the crowd in the hall, I'm sure they'll pay two bits at the least to chuck an apple at us!"

Applejack shrugged. "Go fer it Gavin, these apples'll go rotten soon anyways." she sighed.
"Alright! Let’s go!" he shouted happily, grabbing the cart and pushing it hastily towards the hall.

He raced down the hill, the cart rolling down with him.
"Gav, wait up!" yelled Applejack, galloping behind the stallion. Dan saw Gavin heading towards him on the cart and decided to join in, he was looking for Gavin after all.
"Orrrrrrrrr!" screamed Gavin, digging his hooves into the ground to slow the cart down. The ground sprayed back at the orange pony, as Gavin's hooves made deep gashes in the earth. The cart slowed and slowed, until eventually it came to a stop, just outside the hall.
"Perfect." mumbled Gavin happily.

Applejack stopped running and trotted up to him.
"That was darn lucky, Gav." she said with a smirk.
"Pfft," he remarked, "that was pure skill AJ". They trotted into the hall with the cart and took it to the front.

Pinkie Pie bounced up to them and smiled wildly.
"Hey guys! Hey, hey, hey guys!" she greeted excitedly. "Whatcha dooooooin?" she asked. Gavin chuckled and looked at AJ for a brief moment.
"Just helpin' AJ sell some apples." he giggled. Applejack face hoofed and smiled before walking over to the benches at the side of the hall.
"Let’s hope nopony gets hurt..." she sighed.

The hall was filled with dancing ponies, all letting their manes down and having a good time.
"Hey everypony!" yelled Gavin happily. Everypony turned to look at him, puzzled and curious expressions plastered to their faces.
"Does anypony want to play a game?" he asked, still shouting. The ponies cheered and whooped, all having drunk cups full of punch.

Gavin threw an apple to Pinkie who was at the front of the crowd.
"The game is: Try and chuck apples at me and Dan!" Gavin announced, making Dan look to him in horror.
"What?!?" asked Dan.
"Calm down, they won't be able to hit a thing, and AJ will sell more apples." explained Gavin before getting walloped in the leg by a flying apple.

He looked at his fore leg, then to Pinkie Pie who had a smug smile.
"I'll take ten!" she yelled, racing over to Applejack's cart. Applejack shot up from her seat and over to the cart, passing ten apples to the pink pony in exchange for twenty bits.
"Great doin' business with ya." Applejack chuckled as Pinkie Pie ran over to her spot in front of the stallions.
"Just like dodge ball, eh?" chuckled Gavin.
"I better not break anything." grunted Dan, swiftly dodging an apple from Pinkie.

As soon as Pinkie had thrown that apple a swarm of ponies fled over to Applejack and bought armfuls of apples. She was trading away whilst watching Dan and Gavin artfully dodge apples, occasionally using their abilities. The stallions ran around working together to dodge the apples.
"We're like North and South!" yelled Dan happily.
"Not quite!" wheezed Gavin, having just been hit in the stomach.

Long Shot trotted into the hall, hearing shouting.
"What in Tartarus is going on in here?" he yelled over the noise. Pinkie galloped up to him and smiled.
"Hi Long Shot!" she greeted happily. "We're all playing a game!" she explained.
"What game?" he asked.
"Try and chuck apples at Gavin and Dan!" she replied. "Come play!"

Pinkie then grabbed the stallion's hoof and dragged him to the 'throwing zone'. She gave him an apple and nodded.
"Just throw it!" she yelled.
"At them?" he checked.
"Yep!" she replied, nodding vigorously. Long Shot turned and smiled, then moved his fore leg back behind his head. He chuckled to himself as he lined up his target.

With a swift action, the apple was hurdling though the air, heading towards Gavin. Then, the apple struck him, in the groin. Gavin fell to the ground, clutching his 'John Thomas' and yelling in pain, while Long Shot was rolling on the ground, laughing his flank off.
"Dick shot! Dick shot!" he wheezed. Dan knelt down beside him and whispered in his ear.
"It's on now."

Author's Note

To make up for the lack of a chapter yesterday, this one is longer! :)