Author's Notes:

The idea wouldn't leave my mind. It won't be a long story. (5-7 chapters or so)

If anyone would have bothered trying to go through the portal that day, they would have noticed that the thing was actually open. Luckily the statue was mostly ignored by the students of Canterlot High that day or else a certain princess would have quite the situation at her hooves.

For the most part it just seemed like another ordinary day at Canterlot High, with students reluctantly entering the school building. Of course no one was looking forward to school, either because they have trouble keeping up in class or they had simply no motivation or they just were too good in class, like Sunset Shimmer. Being a former student of Princess Celestia, the only issue she had to deal with in school, was learning the human history, which wasn't too hard.

So yeah, long story short everyone was bored.

Sunset was just stuffing her things into her locker, when she was approached by the vice principal of the school. "Sunset Shimmer?"

"Huh?" the Equestrian looked up and was a little surprised to see the Luna standing in front of her. "Vice principal Luna? Can I help you somehow?"

"I think I can rather help you."

Sunset just noticed that the woman was carrying a small plastic bag with her, from which she took out a...scroll? It was hold together by a red ribbon and had a wax seal on it. Kind of retro. Sunset thought to herself.

"These were inside the mailbox this morning. They're addressed to you and your friends." Luna held out the one scroll she picked out. "This one is for you."

"Okay..." Sunset took the scroll and firstly took a look at the seal. "Wait a second. That's the royal seal!" Sunset exclaimed. Luna raised an eyebrow at the sudden exclamation and the eagerness of how Sunset broke the seal.

"Hmm....hmm? What? Who wrote this? Yada, yada, yada, ya...da? Invitation to the....the...the..."

"Miss Shimmer? Are you alright?" Vice principal Luna asked worried, seeing the girl starting to tremble.

"THE GRAND GALLOPING GALA?!" Sunset finally exclaimed, getting the attention of everyone in the hallway. Just after the exclamation a golden ticket fell out of the scroll and landed on the ground. Luna picked it up and looked at it curiously. Aside from the gold color, it looked like an ordinary ticket. It had Sunset's full name on it, a date (next week's Saturday) and was simply titled "Grand Galloping Gala Ticket." Also, there was a small description as to where to whom to give the ticket.

Luna gave the ticket to Sunset, who dropped the scroll, which was caught by the vice principal. Now she didn't intend on reading her student's private mail, but she did get an accidental glimpse on the last part of the scroll. "P.S.: You're pardoned."

"Come again, sugercube?"

The Rainbooms were all gathered in the band room, with Sunset pacing back and forth rereading her letter over and over again. Rarity, Applejack, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash were watching her, while Pinkie Pie was laying on the piano, her head hanging upside down, while reading her own letter.

"Eh...sugercube? Are you alright?" Applejack asked again.

"Alright? ALRIGHT?!" Sunset and AJ were now nose to nose. The fiery haired girl noticed the personal space problem and took a few steps back. She inhaled deeply and let the air out slowly, before speaking up again.

"We just got invited" she held up the scroll "to the MOST sophisticated event in the entirety of Equestria, where the guests are all hoofpicked by Princess Celestia herself, where the high society, the most important ponies gather together. It is THE ONE EVENT everyone wants to attend, the one you rub under your friends' noses, when they don't get invited, but you did. AND YOU EXPECT ME TO BE ALRIGHT?!"

The farm girl was taken aback by the sudden exclamation. Fluttershy instinctively hid behind Rarity.

Rainbow Dash blew a raspberry. "So what? Sounds like the kind of thing where you wear those frou-frou dresses and eat all kind of not even tasty, really expensive food. What do eat ponies at your place anyway? Hay?"

"Oh please, Rainbow Dash." Rarity waved with her hand. "You're just as excited going to Equestria as everyone else here is. There's no need to uphold your image, when you're around us darling."

"Yeah, alright, maybe I'm a liiiiiittle excited."

"I think this super-exciting!" Pinkie exclaimed, throwing her arms into the air. She quickly got up and jumped off the instrument. She wrapped her right arm around Sunset and pressed their cheeks together. "I mean look at this!" she held up her own letter in front of Sunset. "They want us to play at the gala, as the "surprise band"."

"WHAT?!" Everyone exclaimed, looking at their individual invitation letters.

"Twilight wrote this part. It was behind where the ticket was hanging. It says: 'I invented a spell, which can temporarily turn a pony into humans. I'll see you in two days. Twilight.'"

Everyone looked at each other for a few seconds. "That. Is. AWESOME!" Rainbow pumped her fists into the hair.

"Whoa nelly. Haha, wonder how the ponies are going to react to "aliens"." Everyone, except Sunset, giggled at that. Then Sunset's prior explanation to the gala fully hit Rarity. Especially the part about the "hoofpicked", she guessed Sunset meant handpicked, part.

"Oh my gosh! We....we're going to meet a princess! Does that mean there's going to be a prince?! Ah! I need to prepare our dresses!"

"Really Rarity?" Rainbow Dash deadpanned. "We can just wear what we had on the battle of the bands."

"No! Those won't- well, maybe....but Sunset doesn't even have one! Good that I have already your measurements, darling. I better get to work, once school is over!"

"Oh no!" Pinkie Pie suddenly exclaimed. "Lunch is almost over! I hope they still have some cupcakes!" The girl zoomed out of the room.

"Now that she mentions it, ah could use somethin' in mah stomach as well."

"Yeah, totally." Rainbow, AJ and Rarity went after Pinkie. Fluttershy was about to go as well, but then she noticed Sunset leaning against the piano, looking at the letter with a sad expression.

"Uh...Sunset? Don't you want to come too?"

"I'm not hungry." the other girl replied.

Fluttershy walked up to the girl and put a hand on Sunset's shoulder. "Are you still worried about...the other Celestia?"

Sunset simply nodded. Instead of saying anything like "It'll be fine" or "I'll be there for you", Fluttershy hugged the girl in front of her. Sunset hugged back. "Thank you."