twilightpony | Friendly Conversation

I held the pot luck supper in the dining room so we could all eat together at the table and talk. After the adventure they'd had getting compelled by Starlight Glimmer and cleaning up the mess the next day, the timing was perfect for building on the momentum of Starlight's apology. Everypony had a lot to say and Starlight joined in. Success! Although I did feel a little left out, like an outsider looking in. Like Starlight Glimmer probably does most of the time. But soon we started talking about other things, such as what to do tomorrow evening.

It's Nightmare Night tomorrow in Ponyville and Starlight plans on sitting it out, but so does Fluttershy, although not for the same reasons. The rest of us are meeting up here after nightfall before heading out into town and to the Sweet Apple Acres corn maze.

I'm all set for Nightmare Night. Rarity has made a replica of that over-the-top star-chart dress that I had had her make for me way back when. It was to be for that first time we went to the Grand Galloping Gala, but fortunately Rarity had designed a much nicer dress that I wore instead. The original got destroyed with the Golden Oaks Library and it wouldn't still fit anyway. I've grown a little bit taller since then, and also there are my wings to accommodate. Spike is going to be disguised as a dragon lord.

Because the castle is so far to the outskirts of Ponyville, we don't get as many candy seeking foals as the houses in town, especially after twilight. But we have to have some candy at the ready for the hardy few who do make the trek and today I went shopping for more sweets. Spike had eaten most of what we'd bought.

It was a fun, simple potluck supper. No games, just good friends, good food and conversation. Before everypony went home, we packed Fluttershy up with the leftovers, as much as she could carry, plus some sweets, to tide her and her critters through Nightmare Night.