author's note: welcome everyone to the Heart's Warming Eve Ball, I hope you all have a wonderful time here in th his ball.
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It was Hearth's Warming Eve, and the girls were at Carousel Boutique getting ready for the ball.
"Ouch! Rarity... Ow! Don't... Ouch! Tug so... Ow! Hard!" Rainbow Dash complained, as Rarity brushed out her mane.
"I'm sorry Rainbow my dear, but your mane is in such a tangled state and you must look presentable at the ball!" Rarity said as she untangled the knots in her mane.
"Ugh, fine."
After several minutes of complaining and pain, Rainbow Dash walked out of the dressing room with Rarity and joined the others.
"Wow Dashie! You look, well, dashing!" Pinkie Pie complimented.
"Thanks Pinkie, you look nice yourself!" Rainbow replied.
"Why, we all look simply divine!  It seems our old gala dresses haven't lost their magic touch at all," Rarity approved.
"Well, we all have you to thank Rarity." Twilight smiled.
"Why, Twilight! You're too kind!" Rarity replied, blushing slightly from the compliment.
"Um, sorry to interrupt, but how are we going to get to the ball?" Fluttershy asked.
"Uh, I may have used my charm again to get some lovely gentle colts to pull our carriage for us..." Rarity implied.
"Oh, right."
"We should be going now, don't want to be late for the biggest holiday bash of the year!" Rarity squealed.
"But the ball starts in two hours!" Rainbow Dash pointed out.
"Better to be early than late!" Rarity said as she boarded the carriage, flashing the two stallions at the front a flirtatious smile.
Rainbow rolled her eyes, and followed suit with her friends behind her.
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"Ow! Not so tight, Spitfire! You're choking me!" Soarin complained as Spitfire tightened his tie around his neck.
"Sorry." she chuckled.
Soarin yanked his tie away from her and adjusted it himself.
"Why are we going through all this trouble again?" Soarin grumbled.
"Because we are required there by the Princess! Now come on, we don't want to be late." Spitfire said.
"They also have great pie there!" Fleetfoot added.
Soarin's ears perked up.  "Did you say pie? Then what are we waiting for! Let's go!"
He sped out of the room and flew towards Canterlot.
"Knew that would get his attention." Fleetfoot snickered to Spitfire as they flew after him.
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The carriage pulled up in front of the Canterlot castle, its rooftops lightly dusted with glistening snow and colorful lights lined the walls.
"Woah..." Rainbow Dash breathed, causing the window to fog up.
The six friends piled off the carriage, and stared in awe at the scenery.
"I can't believe I'm really here?!" Rarity said before fainting dramatically on her fainting couch.
"I know, right!  Now let's hurry inside before we catch a cold," Twilight said before galloping through the doors into the inviting warmth.
Inside, a pony was announcing the arrival of each pony using the royal Canterlot voice.  Twilight whispered into his ear, and the stallion cleared his throat.
"Please welcome Princess Twilight Sparkle, and her friends Ms. Applejack, Ms. Rarity, Ms. Pinkie Pie, Ms. Fluttershy, and Ms. Rainbow Dash!" he announced, in a booming voice.
All the chatter in the room stopped as all heads turned to look upon the arrival of the princess.  Twilight gulped, and waved to the crowd nervously.
"You guys have fun, I'll be with the princesses." Twilight whispered to her friends before making her way over to her throne next to Cadence's.
"Did he just call me Ms. Rainbow Dash?!" Rainbow said in surprise.
"Why yes, darling!  It's tradition to announce everypony like that, not just you," Rarity said, "Now you go find your handsome hunk of a Wonderbolt."
"Rarity! He's not mine!" Rainbow Dash protested, her face growing red.
"Not yet of course, but he is handsome isn't he?" she said smirking.
"Uh, well, I guess he is pretty handsome and kinda cute-ah!" Rainbow Dash stuffed her hoof in her mouth as she realized what she just said.
"So you do find him attractive," Rarity said smugly.
"Fine, maybe I do.  That doesn't mean I like him or anything!  I'm going to go get some food now," Rainbow said before making her way to the buffet table.
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Soarin had a fake smile plastered onto his face as he tried to not doze off to the sound of the rich pony's voice droning on about his life to him. 
'Why am I here again? Oh right, pie!' 
Soarin's eyes lit up at the thought.  Suddenly, a loud voice echoed through the room, snapping him back to reality.
"Please welcome Princess Twilight Sparkle, and her friends Ms. Applejack, Ms. Rarity, Ms. Pinkie Pie, Ms. Fluttershy, and Ms. Rainbow Dash!"
'Did he just say Ms. Rainbow Dash?'
"Uh, I'm terribly sorry, but I have to find my captain." Soarin said to the rich pony, before trotting over to Spitfire.
"Hey Spit, did you know Rainbow Dash was going to be here?" Soarin asked.
"No actually.  I didn't think she was the type for these things." Spitfire smirked, "Why, gonna make your move?"
"What? No!" Soarin stammered, blushing furiously. "I was just wondering,  I'm going to check out the pies at the buffet table now."
Soarin made his way through the crowd, leaving Spitfire to deal with the fans and rich ponies.
"Don't stuff yourself!" she called.
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'Thanks a lot Rarity, now I can't get Soarin off my mind!' Rainbow grumbled as she surveyed the assortments of deserts.  'Cake, cookies, macarons, apple pie?! Great, now I'm thinking about him even more!  Sigh, might as well try a slice.'
Rainbow Dash reached for the pie just as somepony did too.  She looked to see Soarin wearing a dark blue wonderbolt tuxedo with a tie around his neck.  Rainbow immediately removed her hoof from the pie, blushing a little. 
'Should've known he'd be where the pie is.'
"Uh, hey Soarin!" She said happily.
Soarin just stared at her, his mouth slightly ajar.
'Woah... everytime I see she looks even more stunning than the last.  The dress matches perfectly with her mane and I love her loose side ponytail!'
"Equestria to Soarin!" Rainbow said as she waved a hoof in front of his face.
Soarin snapped back to reality, a pink tinge on his cheeks.  "Oh hey, Dashie!"
"Uh, why were staring at me like that?" Rainbow Dash asked, flushing slightly.
"Because you look so amazing tonight..." he smirked, "and cute!"
"Am not!" she said turning crimson, "but thanks.  You don't look bad yourself."
"Thanks.  I'm surprised to find you here Ms. Rainbow Dash.  I didn't think fancy parties were your thing!" Soarin said goofily.
"They're not.  I had to because Twilight insisted Mr. Soarin." she shot back, sticking out her tongue.
The song "All I want for Hearth's Warming is You" (author's note: listen to it up on the top called All I want for Christmas is you) began to play throughout the castle, and ponies began to dance around the two.
"Um, would you like to dance?" Soarin asked nervously, blushing.
"Uh, sure," Rainbow Dash said as the two headed out to the dance floor.
Rainbow began to get down to the beat and Soarin bobbed to the rhythm, admiring how her dress swished around her as she danced.  Soon, the music slowed to a calmer song, and ponies began to pair up.  Rainbow Dash stood awkwardly in the center of the dance floor, not sure what to do.
"Ever slow danced before?" Soarin asked.
"No. I don't know how," Rainbow Dash said, staring at the floor.
Soarin grabbed her hoof and pulled her close to him, their faces a breath apart.
"I'll teach you!" Soarin said slyly.
"Soarin I don't think this is a-woah!" Rainbow squeaked as he spun her around in circles and caught her.  Rainbow blush deeply at their contact, but decided to go along with it and copied his movements.
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"Aren't they just the perfect couple?" Rarity sighed to Pinkie Pie as they watched the two rock to the music from a distance.
"They sure are!  I just wish they would kiss already!" Pinkie whined.
A sly grin crept up the corners of Rarity's mouth.  "Actually, we may have a way to fix that..."
"Really? How?"
"You'll see.  We need to get something first.  Come, we have no time to lose!"  Rarity said as she galloped away, Pinkie bouncing behind her.
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"Aww, aren't they just perfect for each other!" Fleetfoot fawned over them.
"They sure are.  I just wish we could give them a little push to speed things up a little." Spitfire frowned.
Suddenly, both of their eyes lit up.
"You thinking what I'm thinking?" Fleetfoot asked slyly.
"Yup. C'mon, we gotta hurry if this is gonna work," Spitfire said before the two galloped away.
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Rainbow Dash legs soon began to grow tired from all the dancing, so she stopped to catch her breath.  Soarin stopped as well, panting heavily.
"You've got some pretty good dance moves," Soarin complimented.
"Thanks.  You're not bad yourself, pie boy," Rainbow smirked, making Soarin to flush a little.
All of a sudden, a dancing pony bumped into Rainbow Dash, causing her to run straight into Soarin's chest.
"Oof! S-sorry," Rainbow stammered as she pulled herself away from him, blushing deeply.
"It's okay," Soarin said, also blushing.  "Hey, you wanna go somewhere less crowded?"
"Sure!" Rainbow Dash said happily, glad to get away from all the high society stuff.
"Follow me." Soarin said, as the two weaved their way through the crowd.
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"Where is it? I'm sure I saw one here earlier." Fleetfoot said in frustration.
"Are you sure? Maybe somepony moved it." Spitfire suggested.
"Maybe somepony like her!"  Fleetfoot exclaimed, pointing to a white unicorn levitating their prize with her magic as a pink earth pony bounced behind her.
"Quick! We have to get it!" Spitfire said as they rushed over to the unicorn.
"Um, excuse me miss, but we were wondering about what you are going to do with that, as we were planning to use it too." Fleetfoot said as politely as she could.
"Since when did you become so wordy!" Spitfire whispered to her, earning a glare.
"Oh were you?  I'm so very sorry, but my friend and I were planning to use it to give our friend a little push in her relationship with one of your fellow wonderbolts," Rarity explained.
Spitfire eyed her suspiciously.  "Would our fellow wonderbolt be Soarin by any chance?"
Rarity was overcome with shock.  "Why, yes actually.  However did you know?"
"We were kinda going to use that on him too, so he can get a move on with his relationship with-"
"RAINBOW DASH!  She's always liked him, even though she keeps denying it, and I know Soarin likes her too cause he always blushes around her, but they're always too shy to tell each other how they feel!" Pinkie blurted, cutting Fleetfoot off.
"Yeah, that.  Are you sure we haven't met before?  I swear you are just like my Wonderbolt friend, Surprise!"  Fleetfoot recalled.
"Let's just say that I used to be her, and she used to be me!" Pinkie said with a wide grin.
The three ponies just stared at her blankly, confusion written on their faces.
"Anyways, since it seems we're all on the same page here, you wanna team up?"  Spitfire asked slyly.
Rarity smiled gleefully.  "Most certainly."