This chapter is based in the episode Sweet and elite. I do not own this episode. I've added and changed some things.

I'll be making a few episode chapters and they'll all be part of the story's plot.

Warning: long chapter.

Chapter 21: Sweet and elite

It's been a day since I confessed my feelings to Twilight and since then we've been feeling closer than ever before. My heart melts every time I look into her beautiful eyes. I've never been happier in my life.

During that time, Rarity's been planning to stay in Canterlot for a few days and she wanted me to come with her to help her.

With Twilight's birthday coming up soon, I didn't think I was right for me to go but she insisted. Given Twilight's kind and thoughtful ways, she suggested I go with Rarity and I just couldn't say no to her loving face.

Twilight had already sent a letter to Princess Celestia telling her that we were coming and she's given us a room at the castle to stay in while we're there.

Me, Twilight, Rarity and the rest of the main 6 said our goodbyes at the train station. I was carrying all the luggage and DAMN…how many bags does Rarity need?

While we were at the station, I promised Twilight that I'd be back in time for her birthday and that I'd get her a present for her from Canterlot. We then shared a loving goodbye before me and Rarity got on the train and set off to Canterlot.

After arriving in Canterlot and reaching the castle grounds, we met up with Princess Celestia and she led us to our suite.

While Celestia and Rarity were climbing the stairs of the tower where our suite was, Me and a bell-hop pony were each carrying half the luggage on our back. We were both struggling but we pulled through.

Once we reached the top of the tower, Rarity and Celestia entered the room with Me and the bell-hop pony following behind.

Once Rarity saw the room, her eye's widened as she gasped slightly. "Here? We get to stay here?" she said in delight.

"Twilight Sparkle said you were both coming to Canterlot for a visit and asked if I might accommodate you." Celestia said as Rarity marvelled at the room.

"Thank you so much Princess." Rarity said as Opal got comfy on the bed.

"You're very welcome." Celestia said with a smile.

Rarity then shot right up to Celestia. "No really, this is so nice of you."

"It's nothing, really." Celestia claimed.

Rarity shook her head slightly "Oh but it isn't nothing, it's everything. I-I just don't know what to say but thank you..thank you."

Rarity then got down the Celestia's front hooves and started kissing them repeatedly. "Thank you…thank you..thank you, thank you, thank you…." She said between kisses.

"Rarity, try to show some dignity." I said while trying to keep myself standing.

Rarity then stopped kissing Celestia's hooves. "You're very wellc-"

"Thank you." Rarity said; interrupting Celestia with a large smile on her face.

The bell-hop pony then moaned beside me, Rarity and Celestia then turned their heads to face us. "Your luggage madmazel." He said as we both struggled to keep ourselves standing.

"I'll leave you to get settled." Celestia said as she walked towards us.

"Your highness." The bell-hop pony said as he tried to bow. "Say hi to Discord for me!" I said.

Celestia looked down at me with a smile. "I will, enjoy your stay you two." She said as she walked passed me and out the door.

Once Celestia left, Rarity jumped out the door. "Thank you." she yelled down to Celestia.

"Errr…where would you like us to put these?" the bell-hop pony asked with a forced smile.

"Yeah, these things are starting to get a little too…HERE WE GO." I yelled as we both lost our strength and fell to the floor with all the bags falling on top of us.

I was completely buried in the luggage. "That's perfect." I heard Rarity say from under the luggage.

20 minutes later: Celestia's bedroom

Celestia entered her bedroom to see Discord was getting off the bed. The sight of this made her smile. "I'm glad to see you're feeling better Discord."

Discord then stretched his arms up. "Yep, I feel like a new spirit. It's taken a few days but I'm finally back in the game."

Celestia smiled warmly. "I glad to hear that, does this mean you'll be returning to Ponyville to stay with Twilight and Matthew?"

Discord's ears lowered. "Oh…yeah, about that…I don't really want to go back. I mean, Matt and Twilight are my friends but with their relationship growing; they'll be focusing a lot on each other and I think I'll just get in the way."

Celestia gave him a curious look. "Oh?...then where will you live?"

Discord then walked closer to Celestia. "That's what I want to ask you….I want to stay here in the castle..with you."

Celestia gave him a confused look. "You want to stay here with me?"

Discord's eyes shot open once he realized how it sounds. "Oh I don't mean here as in…this room. I mean, in a separate room. Dah, I don't mean in a separate room with you. You can have this room back and I can have my own room. Although, it would be nice if you visit my room sometimes. Errr…not that you have to….I mean…oh dear." Discord then blushed from embarrassment.

Celestia couldn't help but giggle. "Discord…I'd be delighted if you stayed here." she said with a sweet smile.

A small smile then came on to Discord's face. "You would?"

Celestia nodded. "Yes, you can stay in one of the quest rooms down the hall. I'll show you to it." She then turned around and walked out the door with Discord following behind with a warm smile on his face.

A few minutes later: Canterlot café

Me, Rarity and Opal were sitting by a table in the café. Rarity was wearing a large pink hat while admiring the sights. While she had a cup of coffee, I had a simple glass of water with a straw because I didn't like coffee.

The streets were filled with rich looking ponies, everything looked so civilized and posh. It sucked.

"Matt, Opal, do you know what I love about Canterlot?" Rarity asked me.

"No what? I asked as she took a sip of her coffee. "Everything." She answered.

"I may have been born in Ponyville but I…am a Canterlot pony at heart." She added.

"I could never be a Canterlot pony, they're far too snobby for my ta-" I stopped talking once I saw that she was looking at me with narrow eyes.

"I not saying you're snobby. If you lived here, you'd be the least snobbiest pony here. Besides from Celestia, she's not snobby. If you lived here, you both would be the least snobbiest." I said trying to make up for my earlier comment.

"Good save Matt. Anyway, I know that we're here to pick up some fabrics for the shop. But Twilight was such a dear to get me that suite at the castle; I simply must make her something to express my gratitude." Rarity said as she thought about what to make.

She then noticed a pony in a well-made dress walk by and she got an idea. "Oh…an outfit for her birthday party this weekend, perfect. And Matt, you can make it your present to her." Rarity suggested.

I tapped my chin as a smile came on my face. "Yeah, that could work. Why buy a present when we can simply make it." I said in a cheerful tone.

"That's right, don't you just love it here Opalescence?" Rarity asked. Opal did nothing but stare at her.

As Me and Rarity took a sip of our drinks, two shadows casted over our table which caught our attention. We both looked to where who was forming the shadows to see two smart looking unicorn ponies standing next to our table looking at us.

Rarity quickly put her cup down but the coffee left some foam on her nose. I noticed and made a fake coughing nose which got Rarity's attention. Once she was looking at me, I pointed at my nose.

She knew I was trying to tell her something so she looked down at her nose to see the foam and quickly wiped it off.

"Please excuse our interruption! I'm Jet Set and this is my wife Upper Crust. We saw you from across the café and just had to find out.." Jet Set then stopped talking.

"Where did you get that simply marvellous chapeau?" Uppercrust finished.

I raised an eye brow. "Chapeau?...must be talkin' about her hat. It's the only thing she has." I thought.

Rarity then tilted her hat a bit. "Huh this old thing? Oh it's just something I-"

"RARITY." I voice suddenly yelled from above Rarity as drops of water dripped on her hat.

We both looked up to see a pony with buck-teeth washing a window with a brush in his mouth. From the sound of it, he had some sort of hillbilly accent.

"HAY RARITY." He yelled before a rope on the strap keeping him up snapped and he fell but the second rope was attached to his leg so when he fell; he was dangling upside down in front of Rarity.

"Who the friv is this hillbilly?" I said to myself with an eye brow raised.

"It's me, Hayseed Turnip Truck. We met at the big how-down at Ponyville last fall." Hayseed said as he continued to dangle upside down.

"Hayseed what-now?" I said chuckling slightly.

"Oh…yes. Of cause….how are you?" Rarity asked with a forced smile.

"Good, real good." Hayseed answered in a cheerful way before the rope on his leg snapped and he fell to the ground.

Me and Rarity then heard Jet Set and Upper Crust make a critical hum. "You're from…Ponyville?" Jet Set asked with a raised eye brow.

"Well ye-yes but err." Rarity tried to explain before Hayseed wrapped his are behind her.

"She sure is, she's a real big-time fancy pants dressmaker there. Probably made that real purty thing she's got on her head." Hayseed said as he rubbed Rarity's head which caused her hat to shake.

"I thought it looked a little…country." Upper Crust said to Jet Set in an unimpressed tone.

"I told you it wasn't something you could get here in Canterlot dear." Jet Set said

"Hmph!" they both said as they shot their chins up and walked away with their eyes closed.

"Well aren't they a pocket full of sunshine" I said in an angry way as I watched them go. Rarity was bighting down on her lower lip with tears slightly forming in her eyes as also watched them go.

"Well they seemed real nice." Hayseed said as he waved his hoof fast.

Rarity then let out a disappointed sigh.

Later: Our suite

Me and Rarity walked into our suite and Rarity sat down in the middle of the room before she closed the door with her magic.

I could tell by the look on her face that she was upset. I let out a small sigh before I walked up and sat down beside her. "Hey…don't listen to them alright!...what do they know about fashion? Besides from the fact that they don't have it." I said in a comforting voice before chuckling slightly

I soon stopped chuckling once I realized it wasn't helping. Rarity then had a slightly angered look on her face and she got up and walked towards her designing table.

"Looked a little country." Rarity said before she used her magic to lift her hat off her head and place it on the bed. "Not something you can get here in Canterlot." She said as she levitated a sheet of paper on her designing table and her designing glassed over her eyes.

"I'll show you something worthy of Canterlot." She said in an assertive tone as she started drawing a new design. After a short while, she finished her design.

I walked over to her and looked at it. It did look like something somepony would wear in Canterlot and it wasn't bad ether. "Is that Twilight's dress?" I asked while looking at it in amazement.

Rarity turned her head to face my. "Yes, this will show those high class ponies that ponies from Ponyville aren't as country as they think we are."

I then looked at her and a smirk came on my face. "Then what are we waiting for? Let's do this!" I said before we high-hooved.

Later: Canterlot streets

Me and Rarity (with Opal in a cat carrier on her side) had been galloping around everywhere to collect fabrics and other things to help make Twilight's dress.

Me and Rarity were now quickly on our way back to the suite with bags filled with fabrics and stuff hovering around Rarity. "I have to get started right away, this new design is very ambitious and I've already written to Twilight to let her know she'll have something beyond fabulous to wear to her party and I've mentioned that it'll be your gift to her." She said while trotting along with me trotting behind her.

I then came up beside her. "Yeah thanks. Knowing you handy work, she's gonna love it. This is gonna be awes-UMF." I couldn't finish my sentence as we both bumped into somepony which caused us to fall backwards and Rarity to lose focus on levitating her bags.

I then got up off the ground and rubbed my head before I looked at the pony we bumped into and noticed he had one of our bags over his head.

The white female unicorn with a light pink mane and tail who was next to him then pulled the bag off his head; revealing a smart looking white male unicorn with a blue mane and mustache.

"(Gasp)…Fancypants." Rarity gasped.

"Who's Fancypants?" I asked.

Rarity then quickly placed both her front hooves on my face and turned my head to face him. "That's Fancypants."

"I say, that's…one way to make a good introduction." Fancypants said in his posh voice as he brushed the dust off himself.

"Oh goodness…I am so sorry. I-I didn't see you there, I-I've just got so many bags and I was trying to get back to my sweet at the castle and…" Rarity tried to explain as we picked up the bags.

"You're..staying at the castle?" Fancypants asked as he levitated his monocle to his eye with his magic.

"The Princess invited me and my friend Matthew here to stay in one of her suites." Rarity said as we both continued to pick up the bags.

"You know the Princess?" Fancypants asked before he turned his head to face the female unicorn.

"Hmm, a pony with expensive taste I see." She said as she looked at one of our bags before she levitated it over to us before she wrapped her arms around Fancypants.

"Oh it's for an ensemble I'm making for a friend, her birthdays in a few days." Rarity said as she accidently shoved Opal in one of her bags.

"And…did you say your friends name was…Matthew?" Fancypants asked before he looked at me.

"Yeah…I'm Matthew." I answered with a raised eye brow.

"Tell me my boy! You wouldn't by any chance be the Matthew who saved Canterlot from being attacked by that Thorn character, are you?" he asked me.

I was surprised he knew that. "Yeah that was me, how'd you know about that?"

He smiled at me. "The newspaper travels in many different places Matthew…and I must say, your story intrigues me. Nopony in all of Equestria ever believed there would be a seventh Element; they said it was just an ancient myth. You and your friend probably made the biggest discovery of the century."

I smiled back. "Oh…thanks."

"Anyway we must be going, and I'm really sorry we bumped in to you." Rarity said as we both trotted passed Fancypants.

"I'm not." I heard Fancypants say behind me. Me and Rarity then turned around to face him.

Fancypants chuckled slightly. "You two…are obviously ponies worth bumping into."

Me and Rarity then smiled in delight. "Listen! I have a VIP box reserved at the Wonderbolts derby this afternoon. Would you…would you both be so kind as to join me and a few of my companions there hm?" Fancypants asked with a small smile.

"Us?" Rarity asked holding her hoof under her mouth.

"But of cause my dear." Fancypants answered.

"Well I-I'm..err..I..sure." Rarity answered in a stuttering tone.

Fancypants was preparing to walk away. "We'd love to see you both there errr..err."

"Rarity." Rarity finished.

"Rarity." Fancypants repeated as he walked away. The female unicorn then noticed he was leaving and shot off after him.

I looked at Rarity to see she had a large smile on her face. I gave her a slightly confused look. "But…Rarity, what about Twilight's dress?"

Rarity turned her head to face me. "Don't worry Matthew! We'll figure something out. Now come along! We have a lot to do." She said as she turned and trotted away with the bags hovering around her. I then started following her back to the suite.

Our suite

Rarity was pacing back and forth while I was leaning against the wall watching her.

"Pro, seeing the derby from a VIP box is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Con, going to the derby cuts into the amount of time I have to finish Twilight's outfit. Pro, Fancypants is the most important pony in Canterlot. His stamp of approval could mean big things for me here. Con, Twilight's party might not be a sophisticated as the derby. But that doesn't mean I should put all of my energy into creating her birthday ensemble. My Ponyville friends will appreciate my hard work more than anypony….I'd hate to let them down." Rarity said as she though hard about it.

She then finally came up with a decision. "And I won't." she said as she walked into the next room.

"Matthew, we're going to the Wonderbolts as guests of Fancypants." Rarity said as she came back into the room wearing a pink hat with a flower and two large feathers on it.

Rarity then let out a scream of excitement while trotting on the spot. My eyes then went wide with worry. "What?...B-but Rarity, Twilight's birthday's in a few days. It usually takes you more than a few days to finish a design, how are you gonna get it done in time?"

Rarity raised her hoof. "Matthew, I promise you that the dress will be ready for Twilight's birthday. I'm just asking to do this one little thing and then I'll get started."

I thought about it for a moment before letting out a small sigh. "Fine ok, we'll go."

Rarity then locked me in a tight hug which made me choke. "Thank you Matthew, how can I ever repay you?" she said as she hugged me.

"By not squeezing me in half." I said struggling to breath.

"Deal." She said as she quickly let go of me. Once she did I gasped for air.

That afternoon: Wonderbolts derby

We arrived at the Wonderbolts derby and the stadium was packed with ponies.

"Pardon me, 'scuse me, 'scuse me." Rarity said to the ponies we passed as we climbed the stairs to the VIP box. Once we reached the top, I noticed Jet Set and Upper Crust staring at us in a slightly angered way. As we walked passed them, I stuck my tongue out at them but they turned around fast and I quickly pulled my tongue back in my mouth and continued to follow Rarity.

We reached the stairs that led to the VIP bow; the entrance had a purple rope across it and a royal guard standing next to it.

We walked in front of the guard and while Rarity was beating her eyes at him, I smiled nervously at him. The guard gave us an examining look.

At that moment, Fancypants came down the stairs and noticed us. "Rarity, Matthew, jolly good to see you. So glad you both could make it." He said as the guard unhooked the purple rope and moved it aside with his magic; allowing us the go through and up the stairs with Fancypants. Jet Set and Upper Crust mouths hug wide open at the sight of this.

Once we reached the top, our eyes went wide at the sight of other high class ponies approaching us. But it turned out they were only walking up to Fancypants and started talking to him.

"Everypony, this is Rarity and Matthew…they're staying at Canterlot castle." Fancypants said which made them all go wide-eyed before they all looked at us to see us. They all then started muttering to each other.

"Fillies and gentlecolts, welcome to the Wonderbolts derby…the competitors are taking their place at the starting line and the race will begin momentarily." We heard the announcer say.

"I'll be rooting for Rabid Fire, of cause. He's sure to take home the grand prize." Fancypants said before the high class ponies nodded in agreement.

"I don't think he has a chance against Fleetfoot." Rarity said causing the high class ponies to gasp slightly as they turned to face us.

Rarity then had a nervous smile grow on her face.

"I think Spitfire might win, if you ask me." I said causing everypony to then look at me.

"But nopony's asking me so….yeah." I said nervously shifting my eyes. Suddenly, the race horn blew and we all walked up to the barrier to watch the race.

Down by the tracks, the Wonderbolts were all in a line waiting to star. Once the referee blew his whistle, they all shot off. We all watched in awe as they kept flying around and around on the tracks.

"And it's Fleetfoot by a nose." The announcer cheered.

Rarity then jumped up and cheered. "Damn it, I never could win a horse race." I thought.

"Bravo Rarity. I say, how did you know Fleetfoot would be victorious?" Fancypants asked as he came up to us.

"My friend Rainbow Dash talks about her all the time. She says that what Fleetfoot lacks in size, she makes up for it in speed." Rarity answered with a small smile.

"And…who is this..Rainbow Dash?" a female high class pony asked.

"Errr." Was all Rarity said. I wondered why I was taking her a while to tell them who Rainbow Dash was. She then gulped hard. "Why…she's…she's the Wonderbolts…trainer, of cause." She said before giving them a nervous smile.

"Yeah, she's the Wonderbolts trai-wait what? Rarity, what ya talkin' abou-" I couldn't finish my sentence as Rarity shoved her hoof in my mouth.

Fancypants and the other ponies were silent for a moment. "Staying at Canterlot castle and she knows the Pegasus training the Wonderbolts. I told you all this was an important pony." Fancypants said breaking the silence. The high class ponies then agreed with him.

Rarity turned her head to face me and saw the annoyed look on my face before she took her hoof out my mouth. She then dabbed her cheeks with a handkerchief.

"Three cheers for Rarity and Matthew! My new favourite party guests" Fancypants said as he raised rarity's hoof up with his own.

"Hip hip, hooray! Hip hip, hooray! Hip hip, hooray." The high class ponies cheered.

As they did and Rarity winked in delight, all I could do was put on a forced smile but I was still upset with Rarity for actually lying.

Later: Canterlot streets

Me, Rarity and three of the high class ponies were walking down the streets of Canterlot. While we were, Rarity had been entertaining the ponies with unfunny jokes. But for some reason, they found them funny. I was starting to get of my nerves.

"And then I said, please! That isn't a hat darling, that's a natural disaster that somehow landed on top of your head." Rarity said before the high class ponies laughed in a posh way.

"Oh, I think I'm gonna puke." I thought while rolling my eyes.

"Oh you are a delight Rarity, an absolute delight. You and Matthew simply must attend my art gallery opening this evening." One of the female high class ponies said before laughing in a posh way.

"Oh…I-I'd love to but I-" Rarity couldn't finish her sentence as a male high class pony interrupted her.

"And let's not forget my charity auction tomorrow morning!" he said.

"That sounds wonderful but I-" Rarity was once again interrupted by the second female high class pony who turned Rarity's head with her hoof to face her.

"And of cause, there's a seat for you two at my dinner party tomorrow night." She said.

"I'm flattered…really. It's just I have a project a really need to get started on and err-" Rarity said.

"We really don't have time for things like auctions and dinner parties." I finished before we started to walk away from the high class ponies.

One of the female high class ponies the showed up to us. "Oh but Rarity, I may as well close down the whole gallery if you both can't attend." She said in a devastated tone.

"My auction is for charity dear, for charity." The male high class pony said cutting the other pony off.

"And my dinner party will be a disaster if you two don't come." The second female high class pony said cutting in between the two others.

They all looked at us with begging eyes. I was about the refuse the offers again until Rarity cut me off. "Of cause we'll be there." She said with a forced smile.

The three high class ponies rejoiced in delight. I was shocked at Rarity for saying that. What about the dress? What about Twilight's birthday?

I couldn't help but quietly groaned in frustration over this.

Later: Our suite

"Looks like we'll be spending a few more days here Matthew." Rarity said as she put a pink ribbon around one of her dress forms while going through her jewellery box.

"Turns out bumping into Fancypants like that was the best thing that's ever happened to Me." she said as she levitated a necklace in front of her neck while looking in the mirror.

I then walked up beside Rarity. "Yeah, he's a nice guy and all but we've been here for two days and you haven't even started on Twilight's dress." I said in a worried tone.

Rarity turned her head to face me. "Don't worry Matt! Finishing Twilight's dress in time for her birthday party is still my top priority….but we can't possibly disappoint the Canterlot elite by rejecting their invitations now, can we?"

I looked down at the ground and thought about it. "I…guess not." I said in an unsure voice.

Rarity nodded. "That's right, so does this mean you're coming?"

I nodded slightly. "Fine, I'll go."

"Good, now let's enjoy this while we can!" she then levitated a tiara out of the box with her magic and lifted it high up in the air. It did some flips before she brought it back down and placed it on her head.

Rarity: "I'll be the toast of the town, the girl on the go

I'm the type of pony everypony, everypony should know

I'll be the one to watch, the girl in the flow

I'm the type of pony everypony, everypony should know."

Art gallery

"Becoming as popular as popular can be

Making my mark, making my mark in high society."

The next morning: Charity auction

"I'm the belle of the ball, the star of the show, yeah

I'm the type of pony everypony, everypony should know."

That night: Dinner party

"See how they hang on every word that I speak

My approving glance is what they all seek

I'm the crème de la crème, not just another Jane Doe

I'm the type of pony everypony, everypony should know."

Other parties all around Canterlot

"At home, at the opera, on a fancy yacht

Becoming the talk, the talk of all of Canterlot

I'm the crème de la crème, not just another Jane Doe, yeah

I'm the type of pony everypony, everypony should know."

That night: Our suite

"Because I'm the type of pony

Yes, I'm the type of pony

Yes, I'm the type of pony everypony should know."

The next day: our suite

We were getting ready to leave and go back to Ponyville. I couldn't help but worry about what Twilight would think about her dress. With all the parties lately, Rarity hasn't made much of it.

It was just a short cream coloured dress with a pink ribbon around it. Twilight's expecting something fancy.

Me and the bell-hop pony were once again each carrying half the luggage on our backs and we were struggling to stand. "Oh I hope I haven't forgotten anything." Rarity said as she looked around the room.

"Me…..too." The bell-hop pony said as he struggled to stand.

"We better get going! I must get back to Ponyville with enough time to finish Twilight's ensemble." Rarity stated as she pulled Opal off the bed with her magic and shoved her in her cat carrier.

"It's about time too." I said as I tried to follow her towards the door.

Just then, a letter came through the mail slot. "For me?" Rarity said curiously before she levitated the letter off the floor and hovered it in front of her face as she read it.

"Dearest Rarity and Matthew, your presents is requested at the Canterlot Garden party tomorrow afternoon. Yours Jet Set and Upper Crust." Rarity then gasped in delight.

"The Canterlot Garden party! Why, next to the Grand Galloping Gala that is the premier event in Canterlot." Rarity said before she let out an excited scream.

Her excited smile then turned into a concerned frown. "Ooh, but if I go I'll miss Twilight's birthday. But if I don't go, my new reputation in Canterlot as a very important pony might be ruined. I might never be invited to another high society event again. Friend's birthday? Very important pony?"

I watched as she held her breath while she thought hard. I was hoping she was going to make the right decision. "It's just too important."

"What?" I said to in a slightly devastated tone.

Rarity then picked up a sheet of paper and a quill with her magic and took a deep breath before she started wrighting a letter. "My dear Twilight, I am afraid I won't be able to make it to your birthday party tomorrow because….BECAUSE POOR OPAL IS QUITE ILL. And she is in no condition to make the long journey back to Ponyville. I do hope you understand, your friend Rarity."

"I suppose this means you don't need me to bring down your bags?" the bell-hop pony asked once Rarity finished wrighting her letter.

"No." Rarity answered with a smile.

I looked at the bell-hop pony to see he had a relived smile on his face. "But, I will need some help unpacking them." she added.

At that moment, Me and the bell-hop pony lost our strength again and collapsed to the floor with the bags falling on top of us.

I pulled myself out from underneath the bags and saw Rarity walk into the next room. I stood back up and I felt devastated. She would sooner go to a garden party then go to her friend's birthday party? At that moment, all my devastation turned to anger. "That's it; I'm putting my hoof down on this." I said to myself in an angered voice.

The next day

Rarity trotted into the main room wearing a yellow dress and flowers on her tale. "What do you think? Too much?" she asked Opal.

Opal did nothing but lick under her leg. "You're right, too little." Rarity said before placing a large yellow hat with pick flowers and light blue ribbons on her head with her magic.

"Garden party, here we come. Come along Matthew." Rarity said calling out to me. She then noticed that I wasn't in the room with her. "Matthew?"

I then stormed in from one of the other rooms while holding a brown suitcase in my mouth. Rarity noticed this and gave me a confused look. "Matt? What are you doing? What's with the suitcase?" she asked me as I walked over to her.

I then placed the suitcase down so I could speak. "I'm going back to Ponyville. I promised Twilight that I'd be there for her birthday and that's what I'm gonna do." I answered in an assertive tone.

Rarity then gave me a shocked look. "What? But Matt, this is our big chance to be like Canterlot ponies."

I gave her a serious look. "I already told you Rarity, I could never be a Canterlot pony. Because I live in Ponyville, all our friends are there and their happiness is more important than anything, or has your new found popularity made you forget that?"

Hearing what I said made Rarity go wide-eyed in shock. There was a moment silence between us until Rarity broke it. "Oh…Matthew…have you felt this way all this time?" she asked before I nodded.

"Then why didn't you say anything?" Rarity asked as she came closer to me.

"Because I know you've been waiting for an opportunity like this for a long time and I didn't want to ruin it for you so I just….went along with it. But its gone way too far for me now, I'm sorry Rarity but….Twilight's my girlfriend and this is the first birthday we'll share in our time together. Again…I'm sorry." I said with my ears low.

I then picked up the suitcase in my mouth and walked passed Rarity who had a slightly upset look on her face as she watch me walk towards the door.

Once I reached the door, I placed my hoof on it to open it. "Matthew." I heard Rarity say behind me.

I then turned around to see Rarity with an understanding smile on her face. "I understand Matt; this is a very important day for you and Twilight. So…you can go and I hope that….you can find a way to forgive me!"

I then put the suitcase down so I could speak again. "Yeah well…I don't hold a grudge against my friends. How 'bout we have a nice talk when you come to Ponyville?" I asked with a warm smile.

She smiled warmly back. "I'd like that."

I then nodded. "Ok then, well….see ya Rarity. I'll be sure to give Twilight you regar-AHH." I yelled after I opened the door to see Twilight and the rest of the main 6 standing behind it.

"SURPRISE." They all yelled. The sudden sight of her friends showing up here at this particular time caused Rarity to gasp and faint.

My eyes were wide in surprise. "Twilight….w-what are you doin' here?"

She stepped forward. "When I heard that Rarity couldn't make it, I asked Pinkie if we could move my party here." she explained with a joyful smile.

She then noticed the suitcase next to my hooves. "What's with the suitcase?" she asked curiously.

I looked down at the suitcase. "Oh that? I errr….was on my way to your party in Ponyville, I did promise I'd be there."

Twilight smiled. "Oh…well there's no need for that now, we're all here for the party."

I looked around and noticed something. "Where's Spike, Jeff and Peewee?" I asked.

"Oh, when the library was all set up for my party, Spike ate all the cupcakes and got a really bad stomach-ache. He had to stay behind with Jeff and Peewee who offered to take care of him while we came here." Twilight explained.

"Oh, well, we'll find a way to make it up to him." i said with a smile.

At that moment, we all heard Rarity start to wake up and we all gathered around her.

"Did you see her fall? She was like swoosh, right before she hit the ground, shoom, she- hi again." Pinkie Pie said to Rarity as she fully woke up.

Rarity then stood back up. "W-what are you?…how did you?…why are you?" she said in a confused tone.

"Listen to her! She so excited to see us she can hardly talk." Applejack said.

"What I mean to say is, what are you all doing here?" Rarity asked nervously.

"When I got your letter saying you were stuck in Canterlot, I asked Pinkie Pie if it wouldn't be too much trouble to move my birthday party here, so you wouldn't have to miss it." Twilight explained.

Pinkie Pie the leaned in closer to Rarity. "Balloons are super easy to pack." She said before she opened a suitcase and balloons burst out of it.

"Wow, first you get me and Matthew a suite at Canterlot castle and now this. I don't know what to say, Twilight." Rarity said with a warm-hearted look on her face.

Rainbow Dash then flew up to her face. "How about you start by saying what you're doing in that fancy get-up." She said giving Rarity a suspicious look.

"This? Err…well I…I always put on something a little fancy when…Opal's feeling under the weather haha, cheers her right up." Rarity said hoping they'd fall for it.

I then quietly face hooved myself.

Fluttershy then walked up to Rarity with a concerned look on her face. "Oh poor Opal, where is the sick darling?" she asked sweetly.

Fluttershy tried to look through the door but Rarity blocked her view. "Oh errr…she's…hold on a minute! Matthew can you come help me?" Rarity asked.

"Rarity, I was about to ask you the same thing." I said as I walked into the suite with Rarity before slamming the door behind me.

Once I did, I turned to Rarity with my eyes narrow. "Got anymore bright ideas?"

"Relax Matt, I have an idea." Rarity said before she levitated Opal off the bed and walked towards the bathroom with her. "I am so sorry about this." She said as she entered the bathroom.

I then heard the shower running and Opal screeching. "Oh my." I said with my hoof over my mouth.

Rarity then walked out of the bathroom with a completely soaked Opal hovering in front of her. She then placed Opal back on the bed before walking back to the door.

"You do know she's never going to forget that, right?" I said as Rarity place her hoof on the door.

"Yes, I do." Rarity answered before she reopened the door to see our friends waiting for us. "She's resting on the bed." She told them.

Fluttershy then shot passed Rarity and up to Opal. Fluttershy then picked her up while she was flapping in the air. "Poor baby, she looks awful." Fluttershy said as she hugged Opal tightly.

I looked up at Opal to see her growling down at us. While feeling slightly scared, I quickly pointed at Rarity who was standing next to me.

"Is…that my dress?" Twilight asked as she examined the dress.

"Yes." Me and Rarity answered nervously.

"It so simple, so practical, so ME. It's the perfect dress for my birthday party. I love it, thank you Matt." Twilight cheered as she pulled me into a warm hug before she gave me a loving kiss on the cheek that made me blush.

I then smiled and hugged back. "Awww." Everypony in the room said as they watched us.

Rarity then exhaled in relief. "You don't know how glad I am to hear you say that." She said before she waved her tale against the old design of Twilight's dress; causing it to blow off the table and land in the bin.

Early that night: outside the ball room

We were all walking down a hall outside the castle towards the castle ballroom.

Twilight had her new dress on and it actually looked good on her.

"When I told the Princess that I was moving the party to Canterlot, she was kind enough to offer us the Canterlot castle ball room." Twilight said before she opened the double doors revealing the ball room. The entire room was decorated with party decorations.

"Isn't it fancy pants?" Pinkie Pie asked with a large smile.

"Fancypants, where?" Rarity asked as she hid behind Rainbow Dash in fright. She then noticed they were all string at her in confusion.

"Err…I mean, where did you find the time to put up all these decorations? Haha." Rarity asked as she walked out from behind Rainbow Dash and into the ball room; hoping they didn't notice her frightened act.

"Oh I never leave home without my party cannon." Pinkie Pie said as she pulled a cannon out of nowhere.

I raised an eye brow. "Your party what?" I asked nervously.

"Here, I'll show you." Pinkie said before she pushed down on the flint and decorations shot out of the cannon; leaving a trail of confetti in the air. The decorations were set perfectly as they landed on a table. "Ta-da." Pinkie cheered.

Twilight then walked over to the window. "I thought about having my birthday outside. But they're having another party on the castle grounds today."

Me and Rarity looked out the window and went wide-eyed in fear after discovering that it was the garden party that we were invited to earlier. Me and Rarity hid behind the wall next to the window; hoping nopony saw us.

Pinkie Pie then slowly rose up between us. "LETS PARTY!" she yelled before pulling us both away from the window.

The party was wild. The gramophone was play jazzy music; it was actually a good tune. First we repeatedly threw Twilight up in the air, caught her and threw her up again.

Then we had some cake but Rainbow Dash threw some in Fluttershy's and Applejack's face. As she was laughing, we all gave her devious grins before throwing cake at her before we all burst out laughing.

Then we all danced the conga with Twilight in the front, followed by me, followed by Fluttershy, followed by Applejack, followed by Rainbow Dash and finally Rarity at the back.

As we did, Rarity looked out the window to the other party. "Errr…no reason I can't at least make an appearance." She said.

As we danced passed the window, Rarity somehow made it outside to the other party without any of us knowing.

Rarity walked through the entrance of the garden. "I'm here." she announced.

At that moment, Upper Crust walked up to Rarity. "Darling, I'm so glad made it." She said.

Fancypants then walked up to Rarity. "Rarity, so happy to see you here." he greeted.

"I wouldn't have missed this for the world." Rarity stated.

Fancypants then looked around before looking back at Rarity. "And…where's Matthew?" he asked.

"He…errr…couldn't attend, he had an important errand to run." Rarity said; hoping he'd believe her.

"Oh….well, let's hope he gets back soon. The night is still young, after all." Fancypants said. At that moment, Fancy Pants started sniffing the air.

"I say, what is that sent you're wearing? It smells like (sniff, sniff) is that…cake frosting?" he asked in a confused tone.

Rarity eyes widened before she came up with something. "Yes, I always like to dap a little frosting behind my ears before I go out, hahaha. After all, who doesn't like the smell of cake frosting?" she said nervously.

"I know I do." Fancypants said before Upper Crust nodded in agreement.

Rarity the exhaled in relief. "Well, all this talk about cake has made me hungry. Think I'll go and see what on the old dirt table, if you'll excuse me?" she said before she shot off into the garden.

A while later, Rarity returned to our party and we started playing piñata. I was trying to hit the same one Twilight was trying to hit while Rarity took off her blind fold and slowly backed away into the other party.

All night, Rarity kept going back and forth to each party. And each time, she came up with a different excuse to leave…until. "Err…what's with the croquet mallet?" Rainbow Dash asked with a raised eye brow while holding a balloon in her hooves.

"What croquet mallet?" Rarity muffled with the croquet mallet in her mouth.

"Duh, the one in your mouth!" Rainbow Dash said.

Rarity looked down at her mouth and dropped the mallet. "Haha, oh…that croquet mallet…I…well I. you know, the truth is…the truth is." Rarity tried to come up with something before Twilight cutted in.

"Were you at that other party in the garden?" Twilight asked with wide eyes.

"Busted." I thought as I bit down on my bottom lip.

"I…I..err." was all Rarity could say.

"Rarity, I'm surprised at you." Twilight stated.

Rarity then shot down to Twilight's front hooves. "Twilight, let me explain!...I."

"I hadn't realized you were such a savvy business pony." Twilight said with a small smile.

"You must understand!...I." Rarity tried to explain before Twilight cutted in again.

"All those ponies look so posh and with the Grand Galloping Gala coming up, I bet you could totally get some of them to buy your dresses. Very smart, what do you think Matt?" Twilight asked as she looked over to me.

"Oh…yeah, totally. Good idea, hahaha." I said as I laughed sheepishly.

"Woo, why yes, I-I didn't want you to think I was being rude so that's exactly the reason I didn't tell you. The one and only reason." Rarity said before laughing nervously.

Twilight smiled. "Oh well, you didn't have to do that. You should totally go over there and mingle!"

Rarity went wide-eye in surprise before giving Twilight a sweet smile. "Twilight, you really are the best friend a pony could ever ask for." Rarity then gave Twilight a loving hug. "I don't know why I ever thought you wouldn't understand."

"Understand what?" Twilight asked as Rarity continued hugging her.

Rarity's eyes then shot open. "Nothing." She answered quickly.

"See you girls later!" Rarity said as she let go of Twilight.

I then raised my eye brow. "Hey!" I moaned. Rarity then turned her head to face me. "Oh, and Matt. Of cause." She said with a sheepish smile before shooting off towards the door.

As Rarity trotted towards the door, Rainbow Dash flew up behind her. "Hey, wait up!" she called.

Rarity stopped and turned her head around to face her. "We're your friends, I'm sure they won't mind if we checked out the party too." Rainbow Dash said before she turned to us.

"Come on you guys! Let's show'em how to party Ponyville style." Rainbow Dash said.

I raised my hoof. "Err Rainbow, I don't think that's such a good i-" I couldn't finish my sentence as they all shot passed me and out the door. "-dea." I finished with my eyes narrow.

"Oh no." Rarity said with fear in her voice before shooting off after them.

"This…will not end well." I stated with my eyes still narrow before galloping after her.

When we came to the entrance of the garden, we watched in worry at the sight of our friends partying like crazy in the garden with all the high class ponies looked at them strangely.

Rainbow Dash was trying to hit a croquet ball with the mallet but ended up accidently letting go of the mallet as she swung it and it flew across the garden and knocked a wig off a high class mares head. I was surprised the mare didn't even notice.

Fluttershy was feeding some birds with bird seed above some high class ponies and got bird seed and feathers all over them

Pinkie Pie shoved her face in a cake and stated eating it like a pig.

Applejack was pulling flowers from the ground thinking that a garden party meant actual gardening. "How come ya'all aren't doin' any gardenin'? this is a garden party, isn't it?" she asked.

And Twilight was dancing funny dance moves to the music of the gramophone which made some of the high class ponies back away from her. I couldn't help but chuckle at her dance moves.

"Can you believe what that pony is wearing?" Jet Set said to me and Rarity.

"It's just so plain." Upper Crust added. I couldn't help but growl slightly at them for their comments about Twilight.

"Haha, yeah." Rarity said nervously.

As Twilight was dancing, Fancypants walked up to her and she stopped dancing to face him. "Excuse me! Might I ask where you got your…ensemble?" he asked as he used his magic to hover his monocle in front of Twilight's dress before placing it back over his eye.

Twilight smiled. "Why yes, yes you may. A very, very close friend of mine from Ponyville made it for me. And my sweet-hearted coltfriend who's also from Ponyville gave it to me as a present."

At that moment, Rarity did a spit-take before she galloped over to them. I noticed that Rarity accidently spat her drink all over Jet Set and Upper Crust. I then walked up to them. "Sorry." I said with a sheepish smile before galloping off after Rarity.

"Ponyville? You don't say?" Fancypants said with a raised eye brow.

"I do say, their names are-" Twilight couldn't finish her sentence as Rarity cutted in.

"Fancypants, come with me! I'd like to show you…this, errr, thing that's over there. On the other side of the room." Rarity said trying to get Fancypants to come with her.

Fancypants raised his hoof. "In a moment my dear, this lovely filly from Ponyville was just about to tell me who made her…charming dress and who gave it to her."

Rarity waved her hoof. "That dress? Oh come now! Who cares? It's just a plain old-"

"Oh don't be so modest! This dress you and Matt made is beautiful." Twilight said cutting in.

From hearing that, all the high class ponies gasped in shock as they all looked at me and Rarity. "We all think so." Twilight added.

Fancypants turned his head to face us. "You two know these ponies?" he asked us.

We were both silent as we saw Twilight and the others give us confused looks. Seeing Twilight's face like that made me want to say the truth but before I could, Rarity turned around and walked towards the high class ponies.

I watched her thinking she was going to choose them over us until she spoke. "Yes, yes we do know them. They may not be as sophisticated as some of you Canterlot ponies, but they are my best friends and they are without a doubt…the most important ponies I know."

I then gave Rarity a proud smile and she smiled sweetly back.

"Important ponies? These ruffians?" Jet Set asked. "Don't make me laugh!" Upper Crust said before she and Jet Set laughed in a snobby way.

I then stepped forward. "Hey, watch it! The unicorn in the plain dress happens to be my girlfriend." I said in an angered voice.

The high class ponies then gasped again. "Yeah, I said it. She's my girlfriend and I love her with all my heart. And if you have a problem with it? You can just go jump in a muddy ditch." I snapped before I turned around and walked towards Twilight.

Jet Set gave me a sharp glare. "Fine, and you can just go back to Ponyville with your ruffian friends!" he and Upper Crust then laughed again which mad me grit my teeth.

When I walked up to Twilight's side, Fancypants turned his head to the high class ponies. "I for one, find them charmingly rustic."

After hearing that, Jet Set and Upper Crust stopped laughing and the other high class ponies gasped.

Fancypants then walked up to Twilight. "I think the dress you made for your friend is lovely and I find it absolutely adorable that you gave it to her as a present." He said to me and Rarity.

We both had a surprised look on our faces. "I dare say, every mare in Canterlot will be wanting one." Fancypants added.

Rarity had a large smile on her face before Upper Crust came up to her side. "Oh, I'd like to place my order right now." She said.

Jet Set then came up to Rarity's other side. "I think you should get two." He suggested. Rarity then shot off from between the two; causing them the bump their heads together.

Fancypants gave them an awkward look. "Er, yes, now then. How about you introduce me to your friends?" he asked Rarity.

"My pleasure!" she answered.

The next day: our suite

We were yet again preparing to leave and go back to Ponyville; Rarity was starting to wright a friendship report the Princess Celestia.

She grabbed a quill with her magic and started wright on a sheet of paper. "Dear Princess Celestia, I wanted to tell you about the important lesson I learned during my visit."

"Now that, I would like to hear." A voice said behind her. She turned around to see Princess Celestia smiling down at her.

Rarity smiled back and continued tell her what she learned. "I learned that no matter where you go in life, you should never forget that you are the product of your home and your friends. And that is something always to be proud of, no matter what." She finished.

Celestia's smile grew. "A very valuable lesson to have learned."

"It certainly is." A voice said across the room. Rarity and Celestia turned their heads to see Me and the bell-hop pony each once again carrying half the luggage on our backs.

"But, might I ask that we hurry things up a bit?" the bell-hop pony asked.

"Yeah, this is the third time we've done this and to be honest, we're not getting any better." I said trying to keep myself up.

"OH NO." the bell-hop pony yelled as he lost his strength and collapsed to the floor with the luggage falling on top of him.

"OH, HERE WE GO AGAIN." I yelled as I did the same.

Rarity and Celestia then smiled sheepishly at each other.

That night: Canterlot castle guest room

After escorting me and Rarity to the train station to catch the train that took us back to Ponyville, Celestia walked down the hallway towards to the guest room to check on Discord.

She entered the room to see Discord adjusting his bed sheets. "I see you're getting settled well." She said with a warm smile.

Discord turned around to face Celestia and smiled back. "Oh yes, a little tweaking here and there and it'll be home sweet home."

Celestia then stepped forward. "So is there anything you need before I go to my room?" she asked.

Discord then gave her a nervous look. "Errr, yes, there is actually. You see! I want to be useful to you and pull some weight around here so…are there any jobs that are available?"

Celestia was surprised at his request for a moment before she tapped her chin. "Well…there is one; we need somepony to be our new bell ringer."

Discord smiled. "Ah yes, bell ringer….what's that?" he asked with a confused look.

"It's when somepony rings the castle bells in the morning to for all of Canterlot to hear. We've been needing one for some time now." Celestia explained.

Discord's smile returned. "I'll do it, at least it's something."

Celestia smiled and nodded. "Very well Discord, I'll show you where the bells are tomorrow." She then turned around to walk out the door.

At that moment, Discord stuck out his talon hand. "Celestia wait!"

Celestia then turned around to face Discord with a curious face. "Yes Discord."

Discord had a nervous look on his face. "Errr….are…there any activity's happening this week? Any at all?"

Celestia gave him thought about it for a moment. "Well, there is a bonfire happening in the Canterlot square this Thursday, we do it in memory of the ponies that have died over the years. Why?" she asked curiously.

"Well…errr…would you like, if it's not too much trouble…to go with me?" Discord asked nervously.

Celestia gave him a confused look. "You mean, like a…date?"

Discord's eye went wide. "Oh, you don't have to call it a date if you don't want to! We can call it a simple night out…as friends." Discord then smiled sheepishly.

Celestia then gave him a sweet smile. "I'd sooner call it a date."

Discord then had a surprised look on his face. "Really, then does this mean you'll go with me?"

Celestia nodded. "Of cause Discord, I'll have a seat ready for you on my balcony where we'll be watching the fire. Sound good?"

Discord gave her a sweet smile. "Sounds wonderful."

With that, Celestia turned around and walked out the door before shutting it behind her; leaving Discord alone in a stunned position.

Discord was silent for a moment before he bent down his lion arm. "YES, HAHAHA." He cheered in joy.

Hope you enjoyed the chapter, sorry for the long read.

You're probably noticed I followed Rarity instead of myself at the party scene. The reason for this is, I couldn't think of anything to do with myself in the party. Remember, I don't own this episode.

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