In Canterlot, a blue stallion was walking down the busy street, his messy wind blown mane waving slightly in the breeze. His name was Soarin’ and he was feeling very happy with himself. The reason was that he was invited to a special dinner in Canterlot for stallions only.

A party without mares is fine with him, but when he told Spitfire at the Wonderbolts Headquarters that mares were not allowed at the dinner party, she was furious.

“WHAT?! No mares allowed?!”, she yelled so loud that everypony in the cafeteria heard her and turned to look at the two famous Wonderbolts in all of Equestria.

“Oh come on, Spitfire. A party without mares is not that big of a deal”, said Soarin’, trying to calm her down and he was also trying not to wet himself.

“Well for your information, a party that mares are not allowed sounds really sexist to me!”, Spitfire yelled again and stormed out of the cafeteria in a rage.

Everypony was scared a little, they know what Spitfire is like when she’s angry and they know better not to make her angry. Soarin’ sighed sadly, he wasn’t happy when he accidentally hurt Spitfire’s feelings.

They have been friends since childhood and they do everything together, but this time Soarin’ has to go somewhere without Spitfire. He walked out of the cafeteria and went on his way to Canterlot and to the party. He soon came back from that flashback and took out the invitation again and it said,

Dear Soarin’,

You are invited to a dinner party at Princess Celestia’s Castle in Canterlot. It will be on this Saturday at 3:00 p.m. at the ballroom. I hope you will like everything that we will serve for you. And this is a stallion only party, so you can’t bring any mares or children with you. I hope you will be at the party.

P.S. We also have your favorite desert, Apple Pie and we have a pile of it ;)

Soarin’ put the invitation back in his saddlebag and we all know what he’s like when it comes to the thought and site of pie.

“Mmmmmm, Pie,” said Soarin’ happily and he started drooling over the thought of pie.

He could see it now, pies everywhere in the ballroom, he started to eat them, he ate, and ate, and ate, until he was fat as a dragon who had eaten a thousand gems in one day. It was beautiful, until when he had finished fantasizing his love for pie, he noticed a crowd of ponies staring at him.

The ponies started saying, “Is that Soarin’?” and “Oh my, is he.........drooling? How revolting!” Soarin’ was very embarrassed, he blushed into a deep shade of red. He could see the tall, for the most part, silent white palace looming in the distance as Soarin pushed through the chaotic crowd and flew to the castle without a word.

Just as Soarin’ arrived at the castle, he surprised to find that there were no guards at the gate. He started to worry with the thought that ‘without anypony guarding the gates of the castle, what will happen to the Princesses, Celestia and Luna?’ He ran into castle to find anypony of the Royal Guard, but everywhere he looked, he couldn’t find anypony of the Royal Guard. Soarin’ gave up and decided to go to ballroom to have that special dinner, when he arrived at the doors to the ballroom, he was surprised to see Shining Armor, Big Macintosh (most ponies call him Big Mac), Thunderlane, Caramel, Hoity Toity, Fancy Pants, Braeburn, Prince Blueblood, and Flash Sentry waiting for the doors to open.

Soarin’ trotted towards them, the nine waiting stallions turned to him.

“You’re all invited there too?”, he asked.

They all said “Yes” and Big Mac said “Eeyup”. “We’ve been waiting for five minutes”, said Braeburn, “But the doors won’t open.”  “This is ridiculous”, Blueblood complained, “I am Princess Celestia’s nephew! I don’t deserve to wait this long.”

Hoity Toity grew tired of waiting too, he started to knock on the doors and he said in his fancy accent “Come on. Come on. We haven’t got all day.”

Fancy Pants checked his watch, it was 3:06, and he said “I’m going to have to agree with Hoity, it’s 3:06, and the party should have started by now.”

Everypony else agreed, they all started arguing about not being let in yet. Braeburn began banging on the lock doors to the ballroom,

“C’mon I’m hungry and I haven’t ate anything since breakfast!”, he complained.

“I’m more hungry than you are, cous”, replied Big Mac.

Shining Armor was just about to join argument, until something came up on his mind,

‘Where are the Princesses and the entire Royal Guard’, he thought.

He then asked, “Has anypony seen the Princesses and any member of the Royal Guard”, that got everypony’s attention and they all had confused looks on their faces. Caramel was the first to speak,

“Now that you mentioned it, I haven’t seen any of the Royal Guard when I arrived at the castle.” “Same there, I haven’t seen any of them either”, said Thunderlane.

“Could they be on vacation?”, suggested Flash Sentry.

“I don’t think so, their vacation is not in three months”, said Shining Armor.

“Where are your aunts, Blueblood”, asked Soarin’.

“Well, I do remember Aunt Celestia has gone to Ponyville for royal business, she won’t be back till tonight. And Aunt Luna is asleep in her chamber, and she can’t be disturbed”, Blueblood replied.

Everypony started to get worried, then the doors to the ballroom opened, the ten stallions turned to the doors, and out walked another stallion. He had a brown coat, a black mane and tail, a white mane tuft, red eyes, and was dressed as a butler.

“Good afternoon, gentlemen”, he said, “I am so sorry for the six minute wait. But, I had some things to do in there, like preparing the food, the tables, and................other things to make this dinner special. Now, right this way please”, he said with a slight grin.

Soarin’, Shining Armor, Big Macintosh, Thunderlane, Caramel, Hoity Toity, Fancy Pants, Braeburn, Prince Blueblood, and Flash Sentry all entered the ballroom, it was dark, and they couldn’t see anything.

Suddenly, they heard the sounds of chains and multiple clicks coming from their front and back legs.

“Hey, what’s going on? I can’t move my legs!”, cried Flash Sentry. Everypony else tried to move, but they couldn’t.

“I demand an explanation for this!”, Blueblood ordered.

“Yeah! What the hay gives?!”, cried Braeburn. Then, a spotlight turned on and right in front of them, was the butler pony. He had an evil grin on his face.

“YOU! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY LEGS?!”, yelled Hoity Toity to the mysterious butler stallion. The answer then came when spotlights shone down on the ponies and reveled the reason why they couldn’t move because shackles had fasten their legs.

Blueblood was furious, “TELL ME YOUR NAME, SO I CAN THROW YOUR ARSE IN THE DARKEST CELL OF THE DUNGEONS, YOU SON OF A BITCH!!!!!!”

At that moment, the butler started to change shape and with a bright flash, he reveled his true form, a Draconequus, and we all know who he is, don’t we?

End of Chapter 1

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