My Little Pony Friendship is Magic: Suited For Success
A/N: (Dede42 is talking with the contractor next to the writers studio as the construction continues, and Applejack is still doing the yard work with a sad expression on her face.)
Sunrise Blossom: Hey, guys, as you can see, Dede42 still has her hooves - I mean her hands full with the construction on the writers studio, and she's waiting for Merlin to get back to help with magic proofing the place. Applejack is doing the yard work after that slip of the tongue tester day, and Rainbow - huh? I wonder where Rainbow Dash is? (Rainbow Dash sneaks up behind her and pops a balloon, which makes her jump in the air) Eek!
Rainbow Dash: (laughs hard) Gotcha!
Sunrise Blossom: (lands and glares at the pegasus) Rainbow Dash!
Rainbow Dash: (gulps) Uh oh… gotta fly! (She quickly flies away.)
Sunrise Blossom: (chases after her friend) Rainbow Dash, get back here right now!
Dede42: (watches them run off) Uh, what just happen?
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Disclaimer: I don't own anything from My Little Pony: Magic is Friendship. I just own any and all characters that I just happen create.
CHAPTER FOUR: FASHION DO-OVER
A few days later, the six ponies went to the boutique to check on Rarity, who'd been hiding herself from the world, and they hoped they could get her to forgive them… well, that's what Sunrise Blossom was hoping.
"Rarity?" Pinkie Pie asked, knocking on the door. "You okay in there? You haven't come out for days."
`"I'm never coming out!"` Rarity wailed. `"I can't show my face in Ponyville ever again! I used to be somepony. I used to be respected. I made dresses. Beautiful, beautiful dresses! But now everypony is laughing at me. I'm nothing but a laughing stock!"` She then broke down, sobbing, and the pink pony shrugged helplessly.
"You're not a laughing stock, Rarity…" Twilight Sparkle said reassuringly and hushed Rainbow Dash when she muttered that their friend kinda was a laughing stock. "Shhh! Come on out and talk to us."
`"Leave me alone!"` Rarity shouted, still sobbing. `"I vant to be alone! I want to wallow in… whatever it is that ponies are supposed to wallow in! Do ponies wallow in pity? Oh, listen to me, I don't even know what I'm supposed to wallow in! I'm so pathetic!"`
Twilight Sparkle sighed and looked at the others, who weren't looking happy either. "Now what do we do?"
"Uh… panic?" Fluttershy suggested.
Rainbow Dash shot the yellow pegasus a look. "That's your answer for everything!"
"Well, we can't just leave Rarity like this," Applejack pointed out.
"She'll become a crazy cat lady!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed, alarmed.
Sunrise Blossom gave the pink pony a skeptical look. "She only has one cat."
"Give her time," Pinkie Pie warned.
Twilight Sparkle went to the door and peered through the keyhole, catching a glimpse of a group of mannequins, rolls of fabric, and then the unfinished dress with the design attached on the wall. Spotting this, she got an idea, and she quickly shared it with her sister and their friends.
Several hours later, Rarity was standing in front of her mirror, wearing a pink robe and slippers on her front hooves, and she was staring at her reflection, noting the ragged state of her mane and tail. "Exile… I guess technically I'd have to move away to live in exile," she muttered. "Where would I go? And what would I pack? Oh, it's going to take me forever to do all of that packing. What are you supposed to pack when you go to exile? Are you supposed to pack warm?"
She was pulled from her thoughts when she heard Opalescence meowing pathetically outside. "Huh? Opal?" She ran to the window and slid it open, looking around to discover, much to her alarm, that her cat was clinging to a branch high in the nearby tree. "Opal, how did you get up there? Hang on, you poor dear! Mama's coming!"
Moments later, Rarity ran outside to rescue her cat and skidded to a halt when she saw a certain blue pegasus sitting on the branch next to her terrified cat. "Rainbow Dash?! How dare you strand my poor Opal in a tree?" she demanded angrily.
"Well, how else were we gonna get you out here to show you this?" Rainbow Dash asked, pointing to her left.
Rarity turned to look and her jaw dropped when she saw Twilight Sparkle, Sunrise Blossom, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy standing on either side of the mannequin that was wearing a completed version of her dress for the Grand Galloping Gala. "What is it? It's not… You…" she trailed off, unable to find the words to express what she was thinking.
"We all finished your dress for you," said Pinkie Pie proudly.
Applejack nodded. "Thanks to Fluttershy's freaky knowledge of sewing."
"Do you like it?" Fluttershy asked hopefully.
Rarity walked around the dress, which was a lovely combination of pale pink, dark pink, accented with maroon, gold, and inlaid with pink, maroon, and yellow gems with matching jewelry and tiara, and she examined it from every angle before she said anything. "Like it? Like it?!" she repeated, turning to face them.
"Uh-oh," said the yellow pegasus. "She doesn't like it."
"No, I don't like it," said Rarity and her friends expressed their disappointment. "I love it!"
"Yay!" her friends cheered.
"You ponies did an amazing job," Rarity complimented. "It's exactly the way I imagined it."
"We just followed your brilliant design," Fluttershy told her, smiling.
"Like we should have let you do for our outfits," Twilight Sparkle confessed. "Those first dresses you designed were perfect. Sunrise knew it, but we couldn't see it."
Pinkie Pie nodded. "We're so super sorry," she apologized.
"You worked really hard to make our dresses exactly the way we wanted them," said Rainbow Dash regretfully. "We all saw how well that turned out."
"Oh, I forgive you," said Rarity, grateful for them finishing her dress.
Applejack beamed. "Well, that's mighty big of you."
"But my whole career is still ruined!" Rarity wailed dramatically.
Applejack flushed. "Oh, right. That."
Twilight Sparkle and Sunrise Blossom exchanged knowing looks when Hoity Toity walked up. "Maybe not."
"All right," said the fashion pony impatiently. "I haven't got all day."
A short time later, Hoity Toity was seated before the small stage and gently pushed aside Opalescence, who'd been playing with his mane. "Take two."
As the music started to play, the curtains opened to reveal Rarity, who used her magic to create different scenes for each dress, and Twilight Sparkle came out first, this time wearing the dress that Rarity had made her her.
"Hello…" said Hoity Toity, taking off his sunglasses for a closer look, and he was amazed by the beauty of the dress. "Oh, this can't be the same designer." He watched as the scene shifted from stars to hills filled with apple trees and Applejack came out and posed, wearing her new updated duds. "Simply magnificent!" he exclaimed. "And I suddenly have a fierce craving for some Dutch apple pie, candied apples on a stick, apple turnovers, apple cobbler…" he trailed off as the scene shift to that of a sun rising, red roses blooming, and Sunrise Blossom posed, wearing her dress for the first time.
"Oh, lovely!" he gushed. "I can almost feel the warmth of the rising sun and I can just about smell the roses." The scene shifted to one of candy falling from the sky and Pinkie Pie came out wearing her dress. "Brilliant!" he cheered and then duck when thunder pearled out with the scene shifting to colorful beams of light cutting through storm clouds and Rainbow Dash appeared in her dress. "Oh, spectacular!" He was floored as the scene shifted to an outdoor setting with butterflies flying around and Fluttershy posed for him in her dress. "Now this is a fashion show!" he praised. "All of these dresses are absolutely amazing. Who is responsible? Step forward, show yourself!" he asked, looking around eagerly as the scene shifted back to the stage, where Rarity appeared in her new dress, and her friends stood behind her in their gowns. "Brava! Brava!" he called out, clapping his hooves together. "Magnifico! Encore!"
"Oh, thank you," said Rarity graciously, bowing a little. "Thank you! Oh, thank you so much!"
An hour later, the ponies were chatting about the success of the fashion show and going on about their dresses while Twilight Sparkle had Spike write a letter for Princess Celestia to let her know what she's learned. "Dear Princess Celestia," she began, "this week, my very talented friend Rarity learned that if you try to please everypony, you often times end up pleasing nopony, especially yourself. And I learned this: when somepony offers to do you a favor, like making you a beautiful dress, you shouldn't be overly critical of something generously given to you. In other words, you shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth." She giggled while Spike rolled up the letter and used his magical fire to send it on its' way.
Hoity Toity approached Rarity and shared his thoughts with her. "Rarity, my congratulations to you on a most impressive fashion debut," he told her. "Would you do me the great honor of allowing me to feature your couture in my Best of the Best Boutique in Canterlot?" he asked and when she gasped with a delight smile, he took that as a yes, and made his request. "Now, I'll need you to make a dozen of each dress for me by next Tuesday."
Sunrise Blossom and Twilight Sparkle exchanged a look as their friend's eye twitched slightly before she promised that she could do that. "Somehow I get a feeling that we're not going to see Rarity for a while."
"Looks like it."
A/N: And that's the final chapter, folks. See you all for the next one. ;) R&R everyone!