Grand Galloping Gala

I looked myself over in the mirror of the room Celestia gave me while staying in her castle. I smiled as I looked at the black button-up shirt and white pants. I straightened out my white tie and nodded as I walked over and pulled the last item for my suit, a white suit coat. On the back was the cutie marks of my harem, well most of them. Barb and White Claw didn't have cutie marks, so Rarity made cutie marks that would fit them. Barb's was of green flames, and White Claw had a cat face.

I smiled as I looked at each mark on the back. Applejack's and Twilight were in the middle showing their role as my alpha and beta. I slipped it on and looked at the mirror as I buttoned it up. Huh, I don't look bad in this suit. I turned as I heard the bathroom door open. I saw Flame stepping out where a white button-up shirt with black pants, tie and black suit coat. He had his belt around his pants holding them up. He looked himself over before looking up at me.

"I am fully impressed with Rarity." Said Flame

I just rolled my eyes at Flame. So I bet you're all wondering what's happening? Well, it was time for the Grand Galloping Gala. From what the girls told me, it was a party held once a year in the Fall where the nobles come together and talk about their money and striking new bargains and trying to suck up to the princesses. So here we were, about to attend the Grand Galloping Gala.

It was a week after Emperor Cho Lang came that Barb belched up a letter from Princess Celestia. Celestia had sent us Gala tickets. Of course, Rarity squealed at seeing the tickets. She was already thinking about the attire for the Gala. Flame, as usual, rolled his eyes at Rarity as she murmured about the fashion designs. So here we were, staying Canterlot at the castle for the Gala. We arrived a day early to get settled in and so Twilight, and I could hand Moon over to Twilight's parents, who were happy to watch her. We would stay a day or two after the Gala to give Moon some time with her grandparents.

"Your suit looks nice as well, Xavier." Said Flame

"Yeah, Rarity knows what she's doing. Now I think it's time we see what the girls are wearing," I said

He nodded as we pushed the door of the room open. I closed the door and proceeded down the hallway to find the girls. They told us they would meet Flame and me at the entrance to the ballroom. It didn't take long for us to reach the doors, but the girls weren't there.

"Where are they?" Asked Flame

"Maybe they're still getting ready," I said

"Still getting ready, they were getting ready since they finished breakfast." Said Flame

I rolled my eyes, but that's when I heard the sound of hooves going clip-clop on the marble floor of the castle. I turned with Flame to see the girls coming up to us. I smiled as I saw them all wearing a dress perfect for them. They all looked perfect on them and fit perfectly with their coat and mane colors. I looked at Natasha as she was wearing an aquamarine dress with the same color ribbons around both of her ears. I saw Flame practically drooling at the sight of Natasha. I chuckled at Flame' reaction.

I turned back to White Claw and Chi following right behind the girls. White Claw was in an elegant white dress that didn't have straps. It had gold strips running down the side of her dress. She had a gold colored ribbon around her tail, and around her left ear. She looked cute in her dress. Chi was next to White Claw wearing a dark blue kimono with black strips covering it. She had a black tie around her waist. I was happy that Chi decided to come to the Grand Galloping Gala. But because Chi still wasn't trusting of males, Pinkie agreed she would stay next to Chi to make sure she didn't try to attack any of the nobles.

"How do we look?" Asked Rarity

"Just perfect," I said

"Yeah, you girls look beautiful, especially you, Natasha." Said Flame

I watched Natasha blush at Flame's comment, "Oh, thank you Flame, and you look quite handsome in that suit."

"Thanks, I think it works well for me." Said Flame

"You also quite handsome as well, Xavier." Said Barb

"Well, we can thank Rarity for my suit," I said

"No problem, it's what I do. I'm just glad your suit came out perfect. Now turn around so I can see the back of the suit." I turned around and heard the girls awing at the back. "Perfect, everything came out perfect."

"I like my cutie mark." Said White Claw

I turned back around to face the girls, "So should we enter the Gala?"

"I believe it's time." Said Twilight

The others nodded as we pushed open the doors of the ballroom. We all stepped inside, and it felt like we were stepping into another world. The room had decorations of both the sun and the moon. It looked like a formal party that only the rich get to attend. Ponies stood around in suits and dresses talking among themselves. A gentle music filled the air giving it peaceful vibe.

"Man, there sure are a lot of ponies." Said Flame

"Ponies from all regions of Equestria come to the Grand Galloping Gala. Canterlot and Manehattan always have the biggest turnout for the Gala." Said Twilight

"I could guess why." Said Flame

"Well, I think instead of standing around, let's go have fun." Said Pinkie

We all nodded, and everypony split off. Flame seemed to be heading right towards the buffy. Pinkie and Applejack followed after him with Chi following closely to Pinkie. I told Pinkie to bring Chi by if she felt uncomfortable because I didn't need her splitting her tails and going for kills. Rainbow flew off to find her idols, the Wonderbolts. She said something trying to spend time with them, unlike last time the girls came. Fluttershy was heading off to the royal gardens. Twilight and Natasha went to see the princesses. Rarity decided she would go and mingle with the ponies, saying something about selling her fashion to ponies attending the Gala. That now left White Claw and me.

"So," she looked up at me. "What do you wish to do first?"

She shrugged her shoulders, "Whatever you want to do, is fine by me."

"Just want to walk around?" I asked

She nodded interweaving her left paw with my right hand. I smiled as I placed a kiss on her cheek as we began to walk around the Gala.

***

I rubbed White Claw's back as she purred into my chest as we swayed back and forth. She kept herself as close as she could. Her tail wrapped tight around my leg to continue to make sure I didn't disappear. I didn't mind as that was her cooping method. She, like Chi, wasn't trusting of any male except for me, though they were working to grow trust in the stallions of Equestria, it was a slow process.

So after a while of walking around the Gala, we decided to head off to the dance floor. We fought our way through the crowd and found a spot on the dance floor. White Claw didn't know how to dance, so she decided to just hold onto me and sway with me because I wasn't all too good at formal dancing. So we just swung back and forth to the music with White Claw just enjoying her closeness to me.

"I like this." Said White

"I can tell by how loud you're purring," I stated

She rolled her eyes as she closed her eyes and rubbed her head back into my chest and continuing to purr like a motorboat. I chuckled as I looked around for the others. I saw Flame at a table continuing to stuff his face with food. Pinkie was following right behind him with face stuffing. Applejack was just shaking her head at both of them. Chi seemed to just look around at the Gala. She appeared at ease, but that was because she glared at any male that got too close to her. I smiled that she seemed to be ok.

I kept looking around to see if I could find anypony else I knew.I knew I wouldn't find Fluttershy as she was out in the garden. I spied Rainbow speaking to a few pegasi in blue tracksuits. I couldn't understand why the pegasi were in tracksuits, but it seemed Rainbow knew them, so I guessed they were the Wonderbolts. I then spied Twilight talking with Princess Celestia and Luna with Natasha perched on her shoulder. The last pony I saw was Rarity talking and laughing with ponies that seemed to have that sense of high up on the food chain.

It seems like everypony is having a nice time. I still remember Twilight telling me how the last time they were at the Gala, they all had dreams that ultimately failed. Twilight didn't get to spend time with Celestia; Applejack couldn't sell any of her product, Rainbow couldn't talk with her idols, Fluttershy went crazy when the animals wouldn't love her, Rarity didn't find her love, and Pinkie didn't have any fun. But it seemed they were all having a good time, and I assumed Fluttershy wasn't going crazy in the garden. Note to self, check on Fluttershy.

"Xavier." White's voice snapped me from my thoughts. I looked down at her. "After this can we go somewhere less crowded."

"Sure, how about the garden?" I asked

"Yeah, that's ok." She said

After the song ended, I took hold of White Claw's paw and led her out of the dance floor and to the doors that led to the garden. The air had a slight cold touch to it. But it wasn't unpleasant out here, especially when the ballroom was quite hot with all the bodies in it. I sighed as I felt at peace out here. I looked around and spotted Fluttershy sitting on a bench with a hurt expression on her face. I noticed White was off examining some flowers. I decided that she would be ok, and she could easily defend herself.

I walked on over to see what was wrong with Fluttershy as I didn't like seeing her looking down.

"What's wrong, Fluttershy?" I asked

She looked up at me, "Xavier, what are you doing out here?"

"Getting some fresh air with White Claw. So now back to my question, what's wrong dear?" I said

"The animals." Said Fluttershy

"Huh?" I asked

"The animals of the garden are still untrusting of me." Said Fluttershy

"I guess because of how you tried to force them to love you," I stated

She nodded her head as she looked at the garden. I turned my head to see some animals looking at both of us, but hiding behind trees, bushes or flowers. I looked back at Fluttershy as she looked at the ground. I chewed on the inside of my cheek as I tried to think of a way to get Fluttershy back to her happy self.

"Have you tried to make amends?" I asked

"Tried, but they just run away." Said Fluttershy

"Hmm, maybe you just need somepony to speak on your behalf," I said

Fluttershy looked at me as she cocked her head to the side. I stretched out my hand to her. She looked at it and took it as I helped her to her hooves. I then led her into the garden. The animals scampered away as we stepped closer to them. I stopped and pointed for Fluttershy to stay. I walked forward and bent down to a tree where a squirrel hid behind.

"Hello, little fella." The squirrel poked its head from behind the tree. "Hi there." The squirrel walked out from behind the tree. It looked at me with its little nose twitching as it sniffed the air. I stretched out my hand, and it smelled it before climbed into my the palm of my hand. It then began to crawl its way up to my shoulder. "You sure are friendly."

I smiled as it rubbed its head against my cheek. I chuckled as I got up and walked back over to Fluttershy. The second it saw Fluttershy, it tried to hide behind my head.

"Its ok, she's not going to hurt you," I said

The squirrel poked its head out from behind me and looked at Fluttershy she had a sweet smile on her face. I took her hand and placed it palm up. The squirrel slowly walked down my hand and sniffed at Fluttershy's hand before climbing up her arm.

"Hello, Mr. Squirrel." Said Fluttershy

The squirrel chirped at Fluttershy. I didn't know what it was saying, so I stood and watched.

"I know, and I'm very sorry for scaring you and your friends. I never meant to do that; I assumed that since I got along with the animals in Ponyville that I could make friends with any animal." Said Fluttershy

The squirrel once again began to chirp.

"Oh, no, I never meant you any harm, and I'm sorry for making you think that. If you want to hear it from somepony else, hear it from my harem stallion." She pointed her finger at me and looked at me. "Xavier, please tell Mr. Squirrel that I'm not out to hurt him or the other animals."

"Fluttershy would never hurt you or your friends. She's the sweetest pony I know and loves all woodland creature," I said

The squirrel looked at Fluttershy before hopping down to the ground and ran over to the other woodland creatures. He spoke to them in chirps, which all the animals understood. The animals looked at the smiling Fluttershy before a few birds went over and landed on her shoulder.

"Oh, hello, little birdes." Said Fluttershy

The birds chirped at her.

"I promise I won't scare you or your friends anymore." Said Fluttershy

Soon the animals began to gather around Fluttershy. She walked forward and planted a kiss on my cheek.

"Thank you, Xavier." She said

"No problem, now you have a nice time," I said

I waved goodbye to Fluttershy as she began to spend time with the animals of Celestia's garden. I looked to see White Claw holding a flower up in the moonlight. I walked up to her as she kept looking over the bulb.

"Find something interest."

She turned and smiled as she let me see the flower. It had red petals with a white cat eye on each of the petals.

"It's called a Cat's Eye, an extremely rare flower. I remember seeing them growing in the gardened my mother had. I remember her telling my sisters about the bud while I cleaned the floors of the castle. My mother said that you pluck the flower and give it to the one your heart desires. So Xavier, as a symbol of my love, I offer you this Cat's Eye." She held out the flower for me. I took and looked at it as I placed it in the pocket of my suit jacket. "Now may Cat's Eye bring us love and affection for all time."

"I think I can already feel the effects," I said

I bent down and planted a loving kiss on White Claw's lips. I felt her arms wrap around my head as she wished to deepen the kiss. I placed my left on her head and the right on her back as I pulled her closer. I felt her tongue beginning to run over my lips. I shivered as her tongue was corse like a cat's tongue. So her tongue is like a cat's tognue. White Claw kept trying to get me to open up my mouth for her. I decided to give in to her request and opened it. Her tongue wiggled inside and ran itself over everything she could. More shivers ran down my spine as her rough tongue went over everything in my mouth. But I could feel White Claw shiver as I ran my tongue all over her carnivore teeth. Then with a wet pop, we came apart with lines of saliva pulling away from our mouths as we looked at each other. A small tinge of blush covered both of our faces.

"I think a few more dates, and I'll finally be ready to mate." Said White Claw

"I told you, I don't care how long it takes before you feel comfortable mating," I said

She smiled as we went into another kiss, getting right back to exploring each other mouths. But our tongue only did that a second before coiling together. Our saliva mixed with each other as our tongue wrestled to see who was the dominant one. I won out the wrestling match against White Claw.

"I now understand why it's so warm out here."

I opened my eyes to see Applejack smirking at me with Twilight giggling next to her. I broke the embrace from White Claw as I began to use the sleeve of my suit to wipe the spit trails from my face as White cleaned her mouth up as well.

"What are you two doing out here?" I asked

"Watchin' ya make out, but we were originally lookin' for ya." Said Applejack

"Why?" I asked

"We were hoping you would dance with both of us." Said Twilight

"I don't see why not, but it's got to be ok with White Claw, as I am on a date with her," I said

"I'm ok with it. Plus I want to go see how Chi's doing." Said White

"Well, I guess I'm yours, girls," I said

Applejack and Twilight smiled as they both took a hand and led me back into the ballroom. White Claw followed right behind us. Once inside, White Claw went off to where Chi was, and I went off to the dance floor. The next song was about to begin, which gave me and my alpha and beta time to find a place before the song starts playing. We found a large enough spot for all of us.

"So who do you want to do this?" I asked

"Just loop your hand around us and pull us close. Applejack and I don't need any fancy dance; we just want to sway with you." Said Twilight

"I can do that," I said

I put one hand on each of their hips and pulled them into my chest. Twilight and Applejack wrapped their hands around me, and the music began to play. As the music started to fill the air, I began to sway with my alpha and beta in my arms.Both girls snuggled their muzzles into my neck. I closed my eyes as I let the music run over my body and to enjoy the feeling of Applejack and Twilight's muzzle running over my skin.

"This is nice." Said Applejack

"Yeah." Said Twilight

"I couldn't agree more," I said

"Tah think this all started because of my estres, and Twilight tryin' tah kick my flank." Said Applejack

"Yeah, and in the beginning, I was completely hesitant about building a harem. But now I have six beautiful girls," I said

"It has been an interesting couple of months." Said Twilight

Twilight wasn't wrong; it has been an exciting couple of months here in Equestria.

"So partner," I looked down at Applejack. "If ya had a chance to change anything, would ya?"

I closed my eyes as I mulled over the question. I opened my eyes before looking down at Applejack and Twilight, who were both waiting for my answer.

"No, I wouldn't change a thing. Sure we all had a rocky start, but now, everything is just right," I said

"I'm glad." Said Applejack

"So am I." Said Twilight

Both girls began to rub their muzzles across my cheeks. I still remember Cadance telling me about how nuzzling was a sign of affection from a mare. I returned their nuzzling before planting a kiss on both of their foreheads.

"I love you both," I said

"We know, Sugarcube." Stated Applejack

"We sure do." Said Twilight

After the song ended, we stepped off the dance floor and went over to the others. Fluttershy was standing with the other and must have come inside, while I was dancing. Flame was laying his head on the table with his tongue sticking out. He looked like he may have eaten a little too much. I kissed each of my harem mates as I took some of Flame's uneaten food and bit into it. He just looked at me before closing his eyes again.

"You all look great."

We turned to see Princess Celestia, Luna, Cadance and Shining Armor coming up to up to us. The princesses were all in dresses that perfectly fit them. Shining was in a formal military uniform with all the medals he had earned.

"Hello, princesses," I said

"Nice to see you all are enjoying the Gala, unlike last time you all came." Said Celestia

The girls looked each other and rubbed their necks with a nervous look on their faces.

"Man, it must have been an interesting Gala," I said

"It was, probably the best Gala I ever attended, even if I had to have the ballroom repaired." Said Celestia

The girls all looked at the floor as Celestia giggled at them.

"Enjoying the Gala, Xavier?" Asked Luna

"Yeah, it's fun. It reminds me of parties that the rich would hold on Earth," I said

"How about you, Flame?" Asked Luna

Flame looked up at Luna before huffing and closing his eyes.

"I'll take that as a yes." Said Luna

"So what brings you all by?" I asked

"Luna and I are just walking around talking with the ponies to find out what they think of the Gala this year." Said Celestia

"Shining and I were just walking around and decided to come by and say hi." Said Cadance

"Now if you excuse my sister and me, we must be on our way." Said Celestia

Princess Celestia and Luna away and into a crowd of ponies. I could see the nobles already crowding around them. I don't know how they do it. I turned my attention back to Cadance and Shining.

"So how's Moon Star?" Asked Cadance

"Just a bundle of joy." Said Twilight

"She's perfectly found her place in Ponyville. She has her friends, is doing great in school, and always seems to come home covered in dirt," I said

"So did you bring her with you?" Asked Shining

"Yes we did, mom and dad will be taking care of her while we are here in Canterlot. I just hope they don't spoil her too much." Said Twilight

"Come on Twilight; Moon is their only grandchild, let them spoil her. Grandparents are meant to spoil their grandchildren," I said

Twilight just rolled her eyes. She never liked when we spoiled Moon. She was always lecturing me about why we shouldn't spoil Moon Star. Sure I nodded and smiled to Twilight, but never followed through with her idea of not spoiling Moon. It was just too hard not to spoil my adopted daughter.

"I'm just happy Blueblood hasn't shown his face." Said Rarity

"That's the stallion that used you as a shield to protect himself from Applejack's flying cake," I said

"Yes, that's the one." Said Rarity

"No need to worry about him. I heard he's in Manehattan." Said Shining

"I'm glad because I don't wish to see his stupid face." Said Rarity

"I know Celestia is happy as well, even though she won't say it." Said Cadance

"So I'm guessing he's an asshole." Said Flame

"Yes, Flame, the most prominent asshole on Equestria." Said Rarity

All the girls nodded to Rarity's statement. Well, I guess if I ever see Blueblood, I now right away to keep myself away from him.

"So how goes the harem life, Xavier?" Asked Cadance

Cadance's question snapped me from my thoughts about Blueblood, "Just as perfect as it can get, oh right, White Claw is also part of it now." White Claw's ears twitched before turning around. I waved at her, and she returned it before returning to her conversation with Chi. "We're taking it slow because of her past."

"Yes, Celestia told me about you fighting Gruff to free both Chi and White Claw." Cadance looked at White Claw before smiling down at me.

"Man, I wished I could have seen you beat the crap out of Gruff." Said Shining

Cadance rolled her eyes before looking back at me, "I can feel you and White Claw's heart beating for each other much like the others of your harem."

"Thank you, Cadance," I said

She nodded at me before Shining looped his hand over Cadance's shoulder, "Now we would love to continue to chat, but I promised my lovely wife a dance."

The two walked off as we all waved at them. I turned back to the others.

"So which one of my mates wants to dance next?" I asked

Rarity took my offer, and Flame even asked Natasha to dance after snapping himself back together. The four of us walked off to the dance floor as the next song was about to begin. Just another wonderful day in Equestria.

***
3rd Person POV

Two figures stood in the darkness of the night looking at the Grand Galloping Gala. They watched as ponies danced, talked and ate without a care in the world. But they ignore the ponies as their gaze was not on ponies but the human, Xavier Young.

"When do I strike?" Asked one of the figures in a deep voice.

"Tomorrow morning, but remember, I want him alive. But feel free to kill anypony else that gets in your way." Said the other figure

The figures watched as Xavier danced around with a white mare with a violet mane. The second figure smiled as he chuckled to himself. It's time to being my experiment. Tomorrow we will officially meet, Mr. Young. The figure began to laugh a little louder before turning and walking away with the other figure following close behind.

Author's Notes:

One chapter left, that's right, one chapter left in the first season. I can't believe I'm about to finish the first season of The Fabled Warrior. I hope you all enjoyed the chapter, and if you are wondering if Blueblood and Xavier will ever meet, then just be patient, the two will meet in the second season. Now I wish I could stay, but it's time I start the last chapter of season one of The Fabled Warrior. So as always: comment, like, follow, share and tell. See you all in the season finale of The Fabled Warrior.