Martin's Sparkly Sleepover Surprise

—Official warning

**Martin's Sparkly Sleepover Surprise** is the eighth entry in a nine-episode of Luna the Miracle Boy miniseries about the Canterlot Presidential Tales. This story involves the adventure of Martin Heldayeti as she has been transferred to Canterlot Presidential University after she has resigned from Seborga High School. Her adventure is proudly lectured by her handsome boyfriend – Luna Vernadsky.

## Summary

### Prologue: Mirror, mirror on the wall

Picking up the conclusions where the Friendship Games story left off, the tale begins with Luna meets his dear girlfriend Martin Heldayeti. The Petrovburg Heroes introduce Martin to Luna as her future husband, but Martin becomes a little overwhelmed when Celestia and Sergey say that she knows everything about friendship, but Luna says by himself that Martin doesn't know everything and learns something new about friendship every day.

The Frihetens then catch Sergey up on what happened during the Friendship Games to convinces Martin about the Republic of Petrovburg. After Lord Twilight Sparkle leaves, Luna becomes even more nervous when Jason suggests to him that Martin probably knows a lot about friendship as well, but in reality, she doesn't.

### Brand-new buddies

Some time later, Martin goes to Seborga High School to collect her belongings from her old locker when she is suddenly greeted by her old classmates (probably the France Girls); Zaynab Amalina, Husniati, Roman Rosalina, and Cecil Lulamoon. The five girls lightly taunt her for returning, but Martin pays them little mind. When Martin receives a text from Luna, asking for help with math homework and an invitation from Jason to go rock climbing, the France Girls intercept the texts.

Before returning Martin's phone, the France Girls advise her to "be cool", don't trust anyone, even find an "ally". After getting her phone back, Martin receives texts from Dennis and Vincent – inviting her to different activities. When Celestia sends texts to everyone about the slumber party the next night, Luna sends Martin a private message about his offering to pick her up before the party. Considering Luna as a potential ally, Martin accepts the offer and briefly jokes about Roman's transformation as Princess Aulia.

The following night, the Petrovburg Heroes celebrate their first slumber party with Martin at the Vernadsky Family House. Over the course of the evening, the Frihetens play Spin the Bottle and Raiffeisen War (which is based on the Counter-Strike Condition Zero video game), dance to their favorite songs, and post photos of the party online. Zaynab texts Martin about the photos and asks if her friends gossiped about her while she was out of the room, making her nervous. Martin finally admits to the Frihetens that this is her first sleepover, and they all comfort her.

### Sixteen signs you've found your best friend for life

The next day, Roman researches friendship at the library using teen magazines when the France Girls suddenly approach her again. Pavel gives Roman a friendship quiz from one of the magazines, and Martin realizes she hasn't done any friendship-related activities, such as exchanging clothes or making cookies. The SH Shadowbolts suggest inviting Jason to make cookies as a test of her friendship. As they leave, Martin notices them arguing over whose house to go to later. Once they have left, Martin invites Luna to make cookies instead.

Later, at the Vernadsky Family House, Martin and Luna about magic while making cookies, and they briefly bond over Roman's having that similar experiences with demonic transformation. When Martin offers her boots to Luna in borrowing them, he politely declines. She later posts a selfie of herself, Luna, and Spike online, and she gets a text from Cecil – saying that Martin's cookies turned out better than Zaynab's.

Over the next couple of days, Martin gives Spike grooming with Vincent's help and goes rock climbing with Jason. Despite the France Girls' further attempts to sabotage Martin's friendship with the Frihetens. Jason and Martin enjoy themselves while the France Girls argue the whole time. Later that night, Jason calls Dennis about Roman and her Seborga High girls how she noticed how unsure Martin was of herself. Meanwhile, Martin looks at the advice the France Girls gave her and has an ominous feeling.

### Cheering flares

The next morning, Martin joins Celestia to watch the Canterlot Presidential basketball game. Martin notices Bellvania and mentions to Celestia that he keeps waiting for her at her locker. Unfortunately, Celestia tells Martin that Bellvania likes her, but Martin believes it is only because she actually loves Luna – the one-and-only handsome boy. Luna assures Martin that his feelings for her is genuine.

During the game, Martin makes up a cheer for the CPU Wondercolts when they score a point. She is embarrassed by this at first; Celestia, Luna, and the rest of the crowd soon join in. After Canterlot Presidentials wins the game, the CPU Wondercolts all head to Primavera Cafe to celebrate, and the Frihetens share a round of hot chocolates while still chanting Martin's glory.

In the middle of the Frihetens' celebrating, Martin notices the France Girls hanging out nearby, looking bored and unhappy, and she begins to feel sorry for them. As the Petrovburg Heroes discuss having a spa party sleepover at Tobias' house, Luna suggests her to inviting the girls from Seborga High under Pavel's leadership, who are in need of some "friendship magic". Tobias goes over to invite them, and they accept her invitation.

### Pamper your pals

The Petrovburg Heroes and the France Girls all arrive at Tobias' house for her spa sleepover, but Roman has not arrived yet. The atmosphere becomes tense when Zaynab suggests the possibility that Roman turned either Nightmare Moon or Princess Aulia. When Martin and Roman finally arrive, the party becomes even tenser as the France Girls shoot down Vincent and Jason's activity ideas. After a bit of arguing, Luna proposes making friendship hand bands and starts by making one for Cecil Lulamoon.

As everyone starts to have a good time, Zaynab suggests that they play "Truth or Dare", which the Petrovburg Heroes have not played before. Zaynab plays a version of the game using two sets of index cards – one for truths and one for dares. Jason goes first and chooses "Truth". When asked who in the room he would least like to be stuck with on a desert island, he picks himself. When Dennis chooses "Truth" and she is asked to choose between Vincent and Tobias for a best friend, she refuses to answer, much to the France Girls' ire.

On Zaynab's turn, she chooses a dare, which she claims says to do an impression of either Nightmare Moon or Princess Aulia. However, no one in the room, not even Cecil and Pavel, finds her hurtful impression amusing, especially when it is revealed that Zaynab's dare card actually says "Do a stupid dance". Feeling provocated, Tobias tells Zaynab to leave, but Roman protests. She tells Zaynab that she doesn't have to be cruel to have friends. When Zaynab argues by calling Roman as Princess Aulia, Luna says everyone turns into monsters sometimes, but they will always have friends to forgive them when they do.

Martin, Luna, and the others forgive Zaynab for her behavior, and Zaynab apologizes, proposing they play a new activity and give each other new outfits. After a long night of fun, Zaynab presents Martin with a homemade princess' crown for teaching everyone about friendship.

### Getting to know you

Sometime later, Martin throws the slumber party in her house, once again inviting both the Petrovburg Heroes and the France Girls. She also arranges for the two groups to get to know each other better one-on-one: Zaynab makes cupcakes with Dennis, Cecil helps Celestia with the decorations, and Pavel helps Vincent out at the Fluttershy animal shelter. Martin also meets with Luna and asks him to make a special playlist made up of songs that each of the Frihetens likes.

When the friends arrive at Martin's house, they see glowing constellations on the ceiling with stars bearing each of the friends' names.

"*Each of you has lit up our country. Each of you is a star in my sky.*"
— Martin Heldayeti
When the party starts, the friends play games and eat the cupcakes Dennis and Zaynab made. Martin turns on the music with the playlist Luna put together, and the friends sing and dance along to the Vernadsky Saturday Night song. Martin now feels confident that she knows a lot more about friendship than she originally thought.

### After Martin's slumber party at her own house

In this epilogue of the story, Cecil approaches Martin having noticed that she has Luna as her handsome boyfriend, even have more friends in Canterlot Presidentials, than anyone at Seborga High, and asks what her secret is. Martin replies that she just has fun, and she offers Cecil to hang out sometime.

## Quotes

**Dennis**: Well, it'll be – Martin Heldayeti, meet her handsome boyfriend – Luna Vernadsky!
**Luna**: My dear girlfriend, Princess Martin – just transferred from Seborga High to Canterlot Presidentials!
**Martin**: Spike!
**Luna**: Princess, how do you know Spike?
**Sergey the Twilight Sparkle**: I have a dog, her name is Spike too. Looks like yours, she can talk.
**Spike**: I agreed with Lord Twilight Sparkle. He's true! I am the presidential dog and Luna's companion pet.
**Luna**: [via text] Pick you up before the party? That way you don't have to show up by yourself. We can even get our homework done together before if you want.
**Martin**: [via text] You bet, my dear boy. Just let me know if Roman starts to turn into a she-demon tomorrow night, okay?
**Luna**: [via text] LOL!
**Jason**: It's great to have one together before Camp Everfree.
**Tobias**: Totally agree.
**Martin**: What's Camp Everfree?
**Rest of the Petrovburg Heroes**: [silence]
**Jason**: It's when we pack our overnight bags and go on a wilderness adventure together with camping and swimming and...
**Celestia**: Marshmallows!
**Jason**: And hiking and ghost stories and...
**Celestia**: More marshmallows! It's going to be like having a whole week of sleepovers together.
**Dennis**: Astaghfirullah! Now I'm going to look like one of the Dazzlings!
**Jason**: No!
**Vincent**: Never!
**Martin**: Who are the Dazzlings?
**Tobias**: It's a long story, princess. Don't worry about it.
**Luna**: What's the matter, princess?
**Martin**: I don't know much about friendship.
**Luna**: Remember what Sergey said.
**Martin**: What was that?
**Luna**: Our chairman says that we should learn about friendship from one another. It's something special, something magical that happens.
**Cecil Lulamoon**: We always go to your house on the weekend.
**Pavel**: Maybe we should make cookies sometime. I love snickerdoodles.
**Zaynab**: Ew. Too sugary for me.
**Celestia**: You are such a goof!
**Martin**: I guess, Tia, I'm not very cool.
**Celestia**: Cool? Me neither! I'm a hot-orange Celestia!
**Vincent**: Can you stop them from fighting? After all, you stopped the sirens when they were out of control, and Nightmare Moon when she took over Princess Roman!
**Luna**: I think those Seborga High friends are worse.
**Zaynab**: There are a lot of different ways to play. But the way we always play is that each person creates two cards. A truth card and a dare card.
**Jason**: I knew you needed cards!
**Zaynab**: On one we write a dare...
**Vincent**: Like what?
**Luna**: I don't know, Vincent. Something silly, right?
**Vincent**: But not too silly, right, guys?
**The Petrovburg Heroes**: Absolutely not!
**Zaynab**: It has to be scary enough that you might take a truth card.
**Pavel**: One time, I had to drink a spoonful of this yucky mix of ketchup and mayonnaise and pepper and soy sauce and orange juice.
**Zaynab**: It's a princess' crown I made. For Martin. For a long time, we've told her that she was no good at friendship, but that's not true. We weren't. We were terrible at friendship. She's the one who knows how to reach out and be brave and friendly. It's like she's a princess of friendship – meanwhile, Luna is the prince of friendship.
**Spike**: Woof! Now Lady Martin's really are just like the princess.
**Cecil Lulamoon**: What a princess?
**Tobias**: It's a long story, Lulamoon.
**Martin**: Luna, do you think I'm ready for the presidential trip to Camp Everfree?
**Luna**: You're more ready than anyone.
**Martin**: Sometimes I worry that you might turn into Nightmare Moon as Roman did yesterday...
**Luna**: Well, princess, if you do, I'll let you know! And you'll let me know if Princess Roman was Princess Aulia that was stealing my moon sphere. Deal?
**Martin**: Deal!
**Cecil Lulamoon**: You have a handsome boyfriend like Luna, and you have more friends in campus than anyone in Seborga High School! How do you do it? What's your secret?
**Martin**: I just have fun!
**Cecil Lulamoon**: Really?
**Martin**: Really. We should hang out sometime. Do you want to?
**Cecil Lulamoon**: Really?
**Martin**: Really.
## References

1. **Main course**
	* https://mlp.fandom.com/wiki/Twilight's\_Sparkly\_Sleepover\_Surprise
2. **Secondary course**
	* https://www.presidentismissingbook.com/titles/perdita-finn/my-little-pony-equestria-girls-twilights-sparkly-sleepover-surprise/9780316266987/