Silver Spoon giggled as she strollef through the grassfield, butterflies flapping their wings while the night sky was decorated with bright, spoon-shaped stars.

She walked to a table in the middle of the land, where a plushie version of her best friend, Diamond Tiara, gestured her to join her for a tea party.

But just as Silver Spoon got ready to join her, a large shadow loomed over them, and they turned around to see the source.

The Canterlot Castle.

The table and plushie vanished in a cloud smoke, and Silver Spoon was left alone to witness the castle gates lowering, until they suddenly dropped to the ground with an intense thud.

Her curiosity overpowering her, the filly trotted into the castle... and froze in place upon seeing what was inside.

It was a group of Ponies of all races dressed rather elegantly, and the interior seemed to be decorated for some kind of celebration.

However, what disturbed Silver Spoon was the fact that not only were the Ponies completely frozen in place, but they had no faces whatsoever.

"This dream just got a whole lot weirder and disturbing," the filly spoke as she inspected the area. "Wait, why did I say that out loud? I was just thinking it... oh wait, right, this is my mind, duh."

"Play with us..."

Startled by the voice, Silver Spoon looked around until she saw a trail of dark Purple mist forming a path, just in time for the voice to speak again:

"Play with us..."

Silver Spoon, though a bit hesitant at first, braces herself and followed the mist trail, skipping the throne room and the guards, who were just as frozen and faceless as Everypony else.

The trail lead her upstairs and towards a hallway, ending at a room with an odd, moon-shaped symbol.

Silver Spoon knocked the door as the mist vanished, and before she could knock three times, it opened slowly, creaking as the filly backed away.

Once fully open, Silver Spoon shivered as she walked inside, the door slamming shut as soon as she entered.

"Okay, that wasn't creepy at all." Silver Spoon took a deep breath. "Alright... hello? Anybody here?"

Silver Spoon looked ahead at the darkness that composed the room, with only a window leading to the starry sky.

And then, a pair of blue eyes opened.

"Play with us..."

"P-Play?" Silver stammered.

"Yes..."

The eyes stepped forward, revealing themselves to be a small blue... Alicorn. One that sported a saddened look as she said:

"Yes, play with us, please."

And next thing she knew, Silver Spoon awoke in her bedroom, the morning light filtering through her window.

"Silver Spoon, wake up darling!" a male voice exclaimed from downstairs. "You're gonna be late for school!"

"Uh, right! Thanks, Daddy!" Silver Spoon exclaimed back. "I'll be ready in a minute!"

Silver Spoon took a deep breath and put on her glasses, gaining a determined look before she got ready for the day.

Once at the school, Silver Spoon spoke with Diamond Tiara once recess rolled around, the duo sitting away from the other foals to have some privacy.

"So, you mean to tell me," Diamond Tiara started, her tone dripping with skeptical disbelief. "That Princess Luna, of all Ponies, interrupted your dream to ask for your company at the castle?"

"I know it's hard to believe, but it really happened," Silver Spoon said, adjusting her glasses. "At least, I think that's what she meant."

"Okay, stop, let's not get ahead of ourselves," Diamond said, waving her hoof. "First of all, what even happened in your dream?"

"Well, I was strolling in a grassfield while butterflies were flying by and the sky was filled with spoon-shaped stars."

"Spoon-shaped what?"

"And then I found a table in the middle of the grassland, where a toy version of you invited me for a tea party. Before I could accept, however, the Canterlot Castle appeared out of nowhere!"

"And then you went inside?"

"Yeah, but here's the weird part: while I was looking around, I noticed that the place looked like it was in the middle of the Grand Galloping Gala."

"The Grand Galloping Gala?" Diamond Tiara raised a skeptic eyebrow. "But I thought you've never been to the Gala before?"

"I haven't, but Princess Luna has, so I'm thinking she manipulated the Castle to bring that event to mind. Not only that, though, she also guided me to her room."

Diamond Tiara hummed and scratched her chin. "So, from what did she say once you arrived?"

"Play with us," Silver Spoon answered plainly. "But with a more ghostly and creepy tone."

"Play with us... that sounds like an invitation to play with the princess, but is that really it?" Diamond Tiara shrugged. "She's a princess! Why would she want to hang out with the common folk? In fact, why ask to play with you at the Grand Galloping Gala, of all times?"

"Maybe because it's the least weird option?" Silver Spoon tilted her head. "I can't just walk up to the castle like it was nothing, but if I get a ticket to the gala, I can go there and see the princess."

"But then the problem becomes getting a ticket to the gala, and that's a pretty hard thing to do," Diamond Tiara argued. "What if only your father's invited, like every other time he's gone to the Gala?"

Silver Spoon adjusted her glasses with confidence. "Elementary, my dear Tiara, I have a feeling that today will be my lucky day. Once I go home, I'm confident Daddy will have-"

"Only one ticket again?!"

"Yes, I'm afraid so, darling," Silver Spoon's father, Hoity Toity, remarked as he revealed his single ticket. "I was so confident this year would be different, but I guess not."

Silver Spoon stomped and neighed, kicking the air angrily before dropping to the ground in exasperation.

And then, the door opened, allowing a certain Purple Dragon to enter the house.

"Hi, Hoity Toity? Are you here?"

"Oh, Spike! What a delightful surprise!" the fashionable stallion said as the Dragon approached them, and Silver Spoon stood up. "Silver Spoon, this is Spike, a friend of mine."

"You're friends with a Dragon?" Silver Spoon asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Not just any Dragon, but the assistant of Princess Celestia's faithful student," Spike answered with a hint of pride in his voice. "And speaking of Twilight, I'm just coming from her treehouse."

"And what brings you here, my good old pal?" Hoity Toity asked.

Spike reached for his back and took out two tickets. "Twilight and her friends just got their tickets for the Gala, and Princess Celestia was nice enough to give me two tickets for it."

"And you wanted to give me one?'" Hoity Toity asked, earning a nod from the Dragon. "Well, I'm afraid I already got one, but my daughter Silver Spoon would like to go."

"Is that so?" Spike showed one of the tickets to the filly. "Well, here you go?"

Silver Spoon lowered her eyelids, grabbed the ticket, and took a closer look at it.

"How strange. Why would Princess Celestia give you two tickets, but not inform you my Dad already got one?"

"Actually, the letter I got from her explicitly suggested me to go see if Hoity Toity would like to take it," Spike clarified. "And I decided to give it a shot."

"That makes this even weirder; she's the one who hands out the tickets," Silver Spoon looked at the ticket again. "Wouldn't she knew if she already sent my Dad a ticket?!"

"Let's be honest here, Princess Celestia's really old," Spike pointed out. "She probably forgot by accident. It sometimes happens."

Silver Spoon, however, got another idea.

Or...

Her eyes widened upon seeing her reflection on the ticket.

She did it on purpose...

Author's Notes:

Not gonna lie, while I'm supper happy to release this story into the world, I'm kinda upset about the fact that this Season 1-based story didn't get out until AFTER the show ended.

Still, better super duper late than never, I guess, and here we are.

Let's just hope Silver Spoon doesn't cause too much trouble. XD