//------------------------------// // Galla Dissaster // Story: Date with the Muffin Mare // by MLPFan98 //------------------------------// Ponyville Post Office “Anon!” Anon and Derpy both looked up from the desk to see the young dragon, Spike enter the post office with two tickets. “Oh, Spike, how are you doing bro?” He asked as the two gave a hoof bump. Derpy smiled and went over the counter to give the young dragon a big hug. “I’m great,” Spike said. “Sorry if I am bothering you two, but I was told to give you these.” He said. Anon looked confused as he used his honor to take the tickets. “Thanks, Spike….what are they?” Spike smiled. “Tickets to the grand Galloping Gala!” He said with a smile. “Celestia wants you to bring Derpy to enjoy it.” He said with a smile. Anon and Derpy have now been together for almost five months now, and their love was pretty strong, especially with Anon being very patient with Derpy’s… accidents now and then. Derpy even insisted that Anon move in with her and Dinky, to which he had no objections. “Oh, the gala?” Derpy asked with some excitement in her voice. “I always wanted to go to one of those.” She said as she turned to Anon. “Have you been there, Nonny?” She asked. Anon shook his head. “Not really, I’m not into those fancy parties. My parents always went, but I always stayed back at home.” He said as he looked at the ticket. “Still, I wonder why Celestia wants me to go.” He said in confusion. Spike shrugged his shoulders. “I don’t know, but maybe you should go, I mean since you and Derpy are together now, maybe you can have some fun there.” He said. Anon thought it over as Derpy nuzzled her head on his shoulder. “Maybe…” He said. Spike rolled his eyes. “Ok, save it for the bedroom.” He said. That little comment made Anon and Derpy blush red. “Shut up!” Anon said to him. “Besides, you're one to talk, I see you around town nuzzled with Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo.” He said, now it was Spike's turn to blush. “How you got three fillies to fall in love with you is a mystery itself.” He said. Spike blew him a raspberry. “Anyway, at least think it over.” He said. “Oh, I gotta get back before Twilight goes into panic mode. I’ll see you later.” He said to them as he left the office. Derpy looked at her ticket. “I still can't believe that I got an invite to go.” She said with excitement in her voice. “I always wanted to go and see it.” She said Anon looked at her and he smiled a bit, sure he didn't like fancy parties…but Derpy seemed like she wanted to really go. “Ok then,” He said to her, getting her attention. “We will go.” He said to her, making Derpy look at him. “Are you sure?” she asked him. “I mean as much as I want to go, I don't want you to go just because of me.” She said, Anon shook his head and smiled. “Derpy, you're my marefriend, and I want to make you happy. If you want to go to the Gala, then I would be honored to take you there.” He said with a slight bow. The act and gesture made Derpy blush madly. “Ok then…” she said as she fanned herself with her hoof, making Anon laugh and he wrapped a hoof around her and kissed her, making the gray mare return the favor by wrapping both hooves around his neck. Ponyville Express Anon, dressed in his black bowtie, was now sitting with Derpy, who was dressed in a light blue dress, with her hair tied in a braid and wearing a blue necklace. All of these were courtesy of Rarity, who let them have the items free of charge. Anon and Derpy were snuggled together in their seats with smiles on their faces. “You think it was alright having Dinky be babysat by Mrs. Cake?” She asked. Anon nodded. “She has foals of her own, so I doubt a filly will be an issue for her.” He said to her, he then looked out the window and sighed. "I just hope this goes well…I don't need those stuck-ups being mean to my Muffin." He thought. “Hey…Nonny?” Derpy said to him, getting his attention. “Could you kiss me please?” She asked. Anon smirked and wrapped a hoof around her as his face got close. “You don't even have to ask.” He said softly as he gave her a gentle kiss on the lips, making the cross-eyed mare blush madly, but she didn't care as she closed her eyes and elated into the kiss, not caring who saw them. Canterlot After getting off the train, the couple finally made their way across Canterlot. To say the least, Anon felt nostalgic being back here, having not been back for months. Of course, he has been back to visit family and such, but that was pretty much it, he did use to send letters to the friend he did have here…but after a while, they stopped sending him letters and that was pretty much it. Of course, it didn't bother him much…it did, but now he had some new friends, so it made things better in the long run.  “I’m so excited!” Derpy said as she began to fly in the air with her wings fluttering. “I have never been to the gala before!” She said with a smile. Anon smiled. “Don't worry Derps, I promise you that tonight will be special for you.” He said. That was when Derpy came back down and hugged him. “Have I ever told you that you're the best boyfriend ever?” “Every single day.” He said with a smile, a smile that Derpy returned. “Now come on, we must make haste to the castle.” He said, and that was when he felt himself being lifted off the ground by Derpy, who was holding him in her arms. “I can get us there.” She said with a smile, and while Anon was happy…a part of him was nervous. “Oh boy..” He thought with dread. Royal Castle SPLAT The partygoers snapped their heads towards a window, where it showed Derpy and Anon, whose faces got squished together after Derpy crashed into the window by accident. “Oops,” Derpy said in an adorable voice, even though they were now squished in the window..but it didn't last long as the two then started to slide down and land on their flanks. The partygoers shrugged and went back to their business and talked amongst themselves.  The doors to the castle opened up and Anon and Deroy both entered, after spending a few seconds fixing themselves up, Derpy was looking all around in delight, but Anon was nervous. Of course, he wanted Derpy to have the best time of her life, but he was just afraid that somebody would try to ruin it for her. But at the same time, he breathed deeply and looked determined. “No, this is going to be the perfect night for us both!” He thought with determination. “Ahh, Anon, Derpy.” The two saw Princesses Celestia and her sister Luna and smiled at them.  “Princesses,” The couple said in unison but then relaxed. “Jinx!” They said again, making them laugh a bit. Luna and Celestia were giggling as well. “Well, we are glad you both could come to the gala.” Luna said with a smile. Anon smiled. “Yea, but I was wondering, why did we get invited?” He asked. “I mean don't get me wrong, I don't mind, but I am a bit curious as to why though.”  Celestia smiled. “Well, Twilight is the one who suggested it.” This brought a shock to the couple, with Ceklestia smiling. “Twilight has seen you both go out to the cafe, and she decided to treat you obht to something nice.” She said, Derpy had a massive smile as she shook with excitement. “Wow, I need to thank her…where is she?”  “She is inside dancing with Flash,” Celestia said as she nudged her head to the ballroom door. “Shining Armor is in there as well, keeping an eye on things.” but then she leaned down close with a sly smile. “Of course, we all know why he is really here.” Anon chuckled. “Let me guess, is it to make sure Soarin doesn't try anything with Twilight?” He asked, and when Celestia nodded her head, Anon laughed. “I figured as much.” He said. “Are the others here as well?” “Yes, Pinkie Pie is with the one named Cheese Sandwich, Rainbow Dash is with Soarin of the Wonderbolts, Applejack is with Caramel, Fluttershy is with Bulk Biceps, and Rarity is with Lucky Streak.” “Cool, is Spike here as well?” “Oh yes, Spike is here with the Cutie Mark Crusaders…Spike has three marefriends.” Celestia whispered before tears began to leak out. “My boy is growing up so fast!” she cried into her hoofs, the sight made everypony giggle a bit. Luna looked at Anon. “While not as dramatic as my sister, I am also happy for my nephew for finding love.” She said to them. “Now go and enjoy yourselves.” “We will.” They both said as they left the princesses of the night tried to calm the princess of the sun calm down and stop the waterworks. Anon and Derpy walked into the main ballroom and looked all around them, and Anon was…well..not too amused at this. It just seems like any other fancy party, and he was not too fond of it.  "Pinkie's parties are more fun than this…" He thought with annoyance, but his frown softened and he saw Derpy look all around in excitement."But snatching for my Muffin." He thought with a smile. "Nonny," Derpy said to him. "What should we do first?" She asked.  Anon didn't really know how to respond. Of course, he wasn't trying to avoid the question, but he just…didn't know. He's never been to the gala before. "NONNY! DERPY!"  Saved by a hyperactive pink mare! Anon and Derpy turned to see Twilight and her entourage of ponies (and dragon) with their dates. With Spike and the CMCs with them as well. "Oh, hi everypony." Derpy said with a smile on her face as the two trotted over to them all. Twilight smiled. "Is this the first time you two have been here to the Gala?" She asked with the couple nodding their heads. "Well, we are all here together so…" "Uh, actually,” Anon said to her, interrupting. “Sorry Twi, but I kinda just want to be here with Derpy. I know these elites can get snooty and if they try anything with her then…yea.” He said with some slight anger, in his voice. Twilight understood him though and gave a small smile. “Well..ok then, but if you feel like it, you both are more than welcome to join us.” She said, with Anon and Derpy both smiling and nodding at her. “Well, we don't want to keep you so we’ll see you later.” With that, Twilight and her entourage took their leave, leaving Derpy and Anon to themselves. The two looked around and were thinking of what to do. “So….what should we do?” Anon asked her. Derpoy looked to see some ponies dancing and she smiled. “Anon, you want to dance with me?” She asked with a  hopeful smile. Anon looked at the group dancing and pondered about it, he was never that much of a dancer…but he didn't want to deny a good evening with the mare of his dreams “Well, ok then.” he said with a smile, making Derpy squeeze and drag him over to the dance floor, the many ponies surrounding them gave them weird looks, but nonetheless continued to go about their own businesses. Anon inwardly claimed himself down. “You are here with your marefriend, pay no attention to these jerks…just stay relaxed.” He thought. “Nonny?” Anon’s thoughts were stopped by Deroy, who tilted her head. “Are you ok?” She asked. Anon smiled and nodded. “Yea, sorry Derps, just thinking of something for a second.” He then cleared his throat. “Now let's dance.” He said as the two began to dance. So far things were going pretty well, and the dance they did was really nice as well. Anon smiled at Derpy who seemed to be having a blast. “Maybe this night was a good idea after all.” He thought. “What cpu;d possibly go wrong?” He just had to ask that, didn't he? Yea, he just had to-HEY! Tee-hee *runs off* Anyway….unfortunately, Derpy was having so much fun, that she didn't see where she was going and she accidentally bumped right into some unicorn, who then bumped into somepony else and it made one big collapse of a mess, with ponies tumbling and stuff with er falling or breaking. Now the area was surrounded by broken tables and ponies getting up, feeling dizzy from the impact. Anon and Derpy stared at the entire thing with nervous looks on their faces. “Oops,” Deroy said nervously. “I’m sorry everypony.” She said to them all with a sad tone of voice, but many of them were not too happy with her. “You clumsy oaf!” Said a stuck-up tone. Anon gritted his teeth. “Oh great..” He thought as they both tuned to see a unicorn stallion with a white coat and a long flowing blond mane and arctic blue eyes. Prince Blueblood was his name, the distant nephew of Celestia and Luna. Anon knew Blubllod back when he lived in Canterlot and let's just say that Blueblood's attitude is one of the many things that caused Anon to leave. And he was not too happy because the oh-so-precious white coat that he had groomed for his occasion was now covered in food. “I got some food on my coat!” Blueblood complained. “My coat was all groomed up for this occasion and you ruined it!” He snapped. Derpy shrank a bit from him yelling. “I-i’m sorry.” she squeaked. Anon glared hard at the prince. “Back off, Blueblood.” Anon said with a stern tone of voice. Blueblood glared at him, but not before inspecting him close. “Wait a minute…Anon?” the stallions said with shock. “Whe-what-who-” He ranted. “Where have you been?” He asked. Anon shrugged shoulders. “Moved to get some new scenery.” He said. Blueblood glared at Derpy, who shrank behind Anon. “And why did you bring that clumsy mare here?” He asked. Anon glared at him. “That ‘Clumsy Mare’ happens to be my marefriend.” He said defensively. Blueblood looked at him and back at Derpy with a shocked look. “What? Are you serious? Galavanting with the commoners?” He asked. “Why would you degrade yourself to be with them? You had it good up here with-” “Oh shut up!” Anon snapped. “No, I did not have it good! Sure my parents raised me right, but you know how much of a pain in the flank it was hearing about how so fabulous everypony was here?” He asked. “And then the girls I date here were stuck up and arrogant as hell, and your attitude towards others? That is the exact reason why I left for Ponyville. And I love it there! I made friends, and I got the best thing of all.” He turned to Derpy. “A beautiful mare to love and care for. Sure she is a clutz, but that is what makes her unique and she never lets it stop her from doing what she loves!”  Derpy had her hooves to her chest as her face was heating up. And many of the stallions and mares in the room were in awe at Anon's speech. Twilight and the others were actually watching as well and were smiling as well, with Spike being nuzzled by the CMCs “YEA!!” Bulk Biceps said to him, with Anon smirking back. Blueblood however glared hard at Anon with anger. “You want to live with commoners?” He asked. “Then why don’t you just LEAVE! POW Anon was struck in the face by Blueblood, making him fly backward into a  table and crash, making everypony in the room gasp. Blueblood smirked, happy with his work. But Blueblood cried in pain as he was bucked right in the gut by Derpy, who was shaking with anger and her face full of rage. “Don’t you dare touch him!” She said, But Blueblood glared hard at her. POW With an audible gasp from everypony and an audible impact. Derpy was struck right across the face by an enraged Blueblood, Derpy fell back onto the floor, her cheek turning red from the impact. Blueblood glared hard at her and spit right at her face. “Filthy clumsy pathetic-” “BLUEBLOOD!!” Everypony in the audience turned to see Anon getting up, and if looks could kill…then Blueblood would be dead. As Anon was giving him a fierce look, a look that would make anypony tremble on their hooves. His horn was glowing as he breathed hard and deep and put his head down..before looking up and yelling. “I’M GONNA KICK YOUR ASS!!” ZAP Blueblood was sent to the wall by a powerful magic blast from Anon, who was gritting his teeth in rage. Not wanting Blueblood to get to him, Anon used his magic to trap him in a magic aura and began to swing him around all over the place, king him into tables, the walls, everything in pure fury. Anon then dropped Blueblood to glance over at Derpy, who was being cared for by Twilight, Spike, and Fluttershy. He then glared back at Blueblood, who was getting up and breathing heavily, but then he was engulfed by another magic aura. “Where do you think you're going?” Anon growled as he began launching him into things once again like a ragdoll. The others were watching this with shock on their faces, never knowing Anon was capable of that much anger and fury…was he going to stop? Derpy weakly opened her eyes and looked to see Anon. Spike filled him in on what happened and this made the gray mare shocked at how Anon was doing to Blueblood. Even though she appreciated him defending her, she didn't want him to do this…anything else would suffice…but not this, with a deep breath she said. “ANON!” She shouted. Anon stopped his assault on Blueblood to turn to see Deroy looking at him with a pleading look and he ran over to her. “Derps, are you alright?” He asked with concern, and she nodded. “Nonny…please don't do this.” She said to him, “Please don't beat him up.”  This brought a shock to the stallion. “But Derpy, he hurt you! I don't care if he hurt me, but if he hurts you then-” but he was stopped by a hoof gently touching his lips, to where he kissed said hoof. Derpy giggled at the kiss for a bit before looking at him. “Anon, I appreciate you defending me, but I don't want you to get so mad…please?” She said to him, Anon looked to see the pleading in her voice, he turned to the others to see that they too were nodding. Even if Bulk Biceps was secretly wishing he would give Blueblood a kick in the flank. He sighed and helped up Derpy. “Alright Derps, c’mon… let's get out of here.” He said as he began to walk out, but not before turning to Twilight. “Tell Celestia and Luna I apologize for the mess and I will repay her when I get more bits.” He said to her as he turned to Blueblood with an angry scowl. “Consider this a warning, Blueblood.” He said. “You ever come near me, or my special muffin again ... .and you're going to need a new set of teeth for your special pearly whites.” He growled as he led his beloved muffin mare out of the castle, but not before asking Spike where they could get some good food. Donut Joes The two stopped by the donut shop that Spike recommended, with the two of them sitting outside on a bench, with a box of donuts and two mugs of hot cocoa with them. The Galla…was not the best for them, the memories of the evening still playing in their heads. Anon turned to Derpy. She was quiet throughout the whole thing, he had tried to get her to talk but she wouldn't budge. Was she mad at him? Was she not in the mood? It was making him a bit nervous.  “Anon,” Derpy said to him as she then hugged him. “Thank you.” She said. Anon smiled and hugged her back. “No problem…maybe next time we just go out to eat instead of the Galla.” He said, making Deroy smile and nod. Anon gulped a bit before reaching his back. Flashback/Saddle Lake “Really?” Anon smiled and nodded as he showed a ring to Spike, Big Mac, and Caramel. It was a nice ring with a golden diamond on it. “Yes, my brothers. I am going to ask Derpy to marry me.” He said with a smile on his face, with the guys smiling and clapping their hooves )well claws in Spike's case) “How are you going to propose? Are you going to do it in the middle of town?” Spike asked. Anon shook his head. “No, because then it might pressure her into saying yes and I don't want to do that to her.” He smiled as he liked the ring, but then he frowned a bit. “I am a bit nervous though.” “What do you mean?” Big Mac asked him. Anon widened his eyes. “Sweet Celestia, you do talk!” He said dramatically, making the other guys laugh and for Big Mac to send him a short slightly amused glare. Anon then frowned again. “It's just, with what she told me about her relationship ending…I just fear that she might not want to be with me, you know? Like what if I ask her and she decides never to speak to me again?” He asked. Spike smirked. “Buddy, you are overreacting, everypony in town knows that you two are practically inseparable.” He said. “I mean you are patient with her and very caring. You wouldn’t believe how many times I hear Rarity and Sweetie Belle mention how it's like a Fairy Tale.” the others snorted a bit. “I guess.” Anon said as he looked at the ring again, his nervousness fading and replaced with determination. “I need to figure out a time to properly do it…but when?” He thought. End of Flashback/Donut Joes “Well, I guess it is the best time to do it.” He thought as he looked at Derpy, who was enjoying her donut. “Hey, Derpy.” He said to her, getting her attention. “These ... The past five months have been so amazing, you know? The many dates we went to, the star gazing, the mail sorting.” He snorted, making her giggle. “Derpy…you really are the mare for me.” He said, making her blush a bit. “S-stop it,” She said as she looked down, but it proved worthless as Anon used hsi hoof to gently raise her head up and he got off the bench. “Derpy Hooves…I have a question…and well.” He then got on one knee and got out the ring. The sight made Derpy gasp loud and put her hooves to her face. “Ever since I met you, you have been an absolute joy in my life. Your muffins, your smile, Dinky…everything about you complete me…and I want to spend the rest of my days with you.” He took a deep breath. “Derpy Hooves..would you make me the happiest stallion in all of Equestria and marry me?” He asked her. Derpy was at a loss for words, but her face was heating up, and tears were going down her face…so what was her answer? “Yes,” She softly said before launching herself at him. “YES YES YES!” She shouted as the two fell onto the grass, and Anon laughed and held her tightly.  “You made me the happiest stallion ever!” He exclaimed as they both got up and wrapped hooves around each other. “I love you Derpy!” “And I love you Anon!” She said as the two then pressed their muzzles and kissed. Everything around them went off as they were lost in their one joyful encounter. The Gala was a disaster like the first date and it ended in violence. But now…there was nothing stopping them from their embrace, nothing. “*SQUEEE*” Well…except for that as Twilight and her entourage actually followed them and spied on the whole thing, when he proposed to Deroy and she said yes, all the girls were basically squealing in delight, and the guys smiled at them. “Good job, buddy.” Spike and the other guys thought with smiles on their faces. Anon and Derpy looked at the group and smiled bashfully. Anon smirked at them. “Everypony, arrange the marriage!” He exclaimed, ending with the entire group cheering.