yo yo yo , heres the latest chapter id like to dedicate it to Travis 5412 he gave me some good advice on how to continue this story.

Once you got over the awkwardness of having to plan your own holiday celebration (and it was hers, sort of, hers and her mother's even if Rainbow Dash hadn't learned how to raise the sun yet) the festival was becoming, dare she say it?

Fun.

The air was filled with happiness as ponies prepped, prepared and partook in the festivities. Stalls were going up, signs were being raised and the entire town smelt of baking goods and food.

Prince Blueblood was thriving on it all. He was surprisingly good at keeping everybody in line, breaking up fights (and there were a few to be noted) with a few kind words and reassuring everypony that everything was going according to plan.

It was odd to see the airheaded colt so collected and focused. Where was the Blueblood she knew? The one who flirted with anything that moved, looked down upon the lower rungs of society's ladder and never lifted a hoof for anybody but himself and sometimes not even then?

It was the Ponyville air, she decided, it did everybody good. Even snotty, uptight princes.

Well, Ponyville air and pretty mares, she added slyly as Prince Blueblood lifted a particularly heavy plank as Rarity walked by. She giggled and he nearly dropped it on Minty*

Whereas ditzy, absentminded Blueblood was stepping up to the plate, calm and level-headed Twilight was coming to pieces.

"Raise the sign!" she shouted. "No, to the left! No, my left! Higher! Lower! Now to the right! Threee-quarters of an inch! NO! NO! THREE-QUARTERS! THREE!"

"Hey, there, Twilight, having a bit of trouble?" she cut in dryly before anyone decided to murder her friend.

"No! Not at all! The festival is tomorrow and there is still so much to do! LOWER!"

"Why is this so important to you?"

"Why is this so important? Why is this so important? WHY is this so IMPORTANT? I don't know maybe because this is a festival dedicated to the Princesses themselves especially Princess Celestia who is basically the reason my life is so great and I would just like to show some respect to the pony that gave me my magic, my friends, Spike oh yeah and my job? Is that important? Huh? NO, I guess you're right I'm freaking out over nothing, I guess. NO BIG DEAL, NO PRESSURE, NONE AT ALL, AHAHAHA."

Rainbow Dash blinked. "I think we have some issues to work through, my friend. Big ones. You should talk to a therapist or something."

"Not to mention the entire crowd of nobility that's tagging along," she continued, rambling, "they're going to bring a lot of money into the economy and it's super important that they like what they see and spend money here so everypony who's been so nice to me can continue to support themselves and live in Ponyville and let's be honest Blueblood's nice but he's not the best-bound book on the shelf so it is up to me to make sure that everything goes off without a hitch," she took a deep breath, "do you understand now?"

"Yeah, I think I do. You're afraid something's gonna go wrong and everything's gonna go to buck because you weren't good enough. Like you always do. And you think everypony's going to hate you and shun you. Like you always do. You need to relax, Twilight Sparkle, it's gonna be great."

She smiled weakly. "Yeah, I guess, you are right. I mean, if anypony has anything to worry about it's you. Princess Celestia is your mother and you are going to have to see her along with everyone who last saw you storm out of the palace two and a half months ago. You're being so brave about this, Bright. I don't know how you do it. Bright?" she asked, waving a hand in front of her stunned friend's face.

AN; The festival will be next chapter! And I got a lot of mixed feelings from the people over pairing requests so we're getting Big Mac-Pinkie Pie, onesided Rarity-Spike and mayyybbbeee onesided Prince Blueblood-Rarity. Review, review, review, review, review, review, review!

*Minty being a G1 pony and not a part of Friendship is Magic.