{At the Grand Galloping Gala}
 
Claire: standing in the back of the ballroom, looking away from the crowds Mmpf…I can’t believe I agreed to come out here…this is so embarrassing…looking down at her dress I reeeeally hope Lulu doesn’t get any wrong ideas…
 
Illusion: pops up next to her Wrong ideas about what~?
 
Claire: Eep!! gasps Lulu! I told you not to do that~ ><
 
Illusion: Hehe, sorry Crys playfully sticks out his tongue So hey, what are you doing all the way back here? The party’s over there ya know points out to the crowd in front
 
Claire: …Meh, I’d rather avoid them for tonight, Illusion…looking away
 
Illusion: raises brow Uh oh…not that indifferent tone again floats up in front of her Come on, tell ‘Mama Lulu’ what’s wrong patting her head like in a pretend motherly fashion
 
Claire: rolls her eyes at him, but then sighs I…I can’t just mingle in with them Lulu. It’s my first real Gala that I’ve attended…well, on my own, and just seeing them all chatting about, smiling…suddenly, the slow dance music comes on…and dancing….
 
Illusion: Uh huh….?
 
Claire: …..and well, I can’t dance slumps and crosses her arms shyly …At least, not with another partner. I always end up stepping on their foot, or making them slip, and just making an utter fool of myself! I don’t wanna make that mistake at such a grand event like this!
 
Illusion: Ahhhhhh, so in conclusion you’re just getting cold feet~ shakes one of his feet like he’s shivering cold …Then why don’t we go and fix that, hmm?
 
Claire: looks up curiously …Uh, are you suggesting…?
 
Illusion: just smiles and nods, extending out his hand as an invitation to dance
 
Claire: blushing, looking around before slowly accepting …J-Just don’t do anything stupid, okay Lulu?
 
Illusion: Nooooo promises~ suddenly pulls her very close to him, her back facing his front
 
Claire: Eep! I-Illusion!! is helpless as he guides her to the center of the dancefloor, with everyone else watching
 
Illusion: grinning Hehe, with the way we look now, it’s almost like we’re a couple….eh Crys~? slyly sliding a hand down to her hip
 
Claire: o//////o I am SO gonna kill you for this later….
 
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Anooooother old picture I had in my Stash for awhile Originally I drew this as part of a contest held by kilala97, where we were supposed to make entries and story dialogues for any one of her MLP next gen characters. I never got around to uploading it though due to time constraints and other important business, but at last I got the chance to upload as a sort of “Christmas Gift” to Kilala, for making one of my old comment dialogues into an actual comic….
 
>>791806 Like daaaaaayum, I was NOT expecting that ya know?
 
But in all, I was just really touched that I wanted to return the favor somehow, so here we have Crystal Clarity (daughter of Spike and Rarity) and Illusion (son of Discord and Celestia), sharing a dance together at a Grand Galloping Gala, as drawn in my own “Humanized” style. I made up the headcanon that Claire is a natural born “clumsy dancer”, since she always had a habit of stepping on her dancing partners’ feet, making them slip and just ending up screwing up the whole dance entirely. She naturally avoided accepting offers to dance from others for many years…until the day came where she attended the Grand Galloping Gala all on her own (being Illusion’s date-of-sorts, not actually “dating” since they’re still technically “just friends” at the moment). Illusion sees her worries and offers to help fix her awkward dancing problems…which she accepts inspite of Lulu acting like his usual flirting self (hopefully she won’t actually kill him for that later XD)
 
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