Frantic pounding echoed throughout Vinal Scratch's house. "I'm coming! Jeeze!" The second Vinal opened her door Rainbow Dash burst inside nearly knocking Vinal over in the process. "OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH VINAL I NEED YOUR HELP!" Readjusting her sunglasses Vinal gave Rainbow a flat look. "Let me guess… your friends are starting to figure things out aren't they?"
"NO IT'S… wait you got it right." Sheepishly Rainbow looked down at the floor. "I need your help keeping them in the dark." Vinal began to pace deep in thought. "I did warn you that they would find out, your friends are pretty smart. I'm actually pretty surprised you were actually able to keep them in the dark for an entire month!" Rainbow shot her an indignant look. "Hey I can be pretty clever at keeping things secret."
Vinal rolled her eyes and smiled at Rainbow warmly. "Oh come on Rainbow I was just teasing you. Now for keeping your friends in the dark that may be really difficult to do. The only thing I can think of is if you faked being in an extremely awesome song." Confusion filled Rainbow's face "Why a song? How could that possibly work? That doesn't make any sense!" Vinal immediately began writing up song ideas while she rattled off her plan "Of course it makes sense Rainbow. If you star in a music video that I help create they will just think that you became so popular because of your awesome new song! Plus that would explain why you sleep so much in the daytime."
"But I don't sing! My special talent isn't even singing its racing! How could I possibly do this?" Rainbow Dash's head was starting to hurt with all the stress and the absurdity of the idea. Looking up Vinal looked at Rainbow with a slowly growing smile "I have an even better idea Rainbow, you could be the sexy dancer in the video instead!" Rainbow Dash's eyes became the size of dinner plates "HOW IS THAT POSSIBLY A GOOD IDEA?" In her mind all Rainbow Dash could see was her making a fool of herself for all of Ponyville to see, she could not handle that kind of blow to her pride.
Vinal began writing up more song ideas with renewed vigor "Oh come ON Rainbow Dash! With all the experience you got from your night job it should be easy as hay for you to do a sexy dance. Don't worry I will make sure the song isn't girly." Pouting Rainbow Dash thought about Vinal Scratch's idea, the longer she thought about it the more it seemed to make sense. "All right FINE, but I won't like it." She knew that this would help quell the suspicions for her friends. Sure they may still be suspicious but they may not try and figure it out.
Vinal gave Rainbow a devious smile "Think of it this way, it could be considered a commercial to all the ponies still deciding if they want to enlist your services." Flushing a brilliant shade of red Rainbow Dash spluttered "W-w-what?"
Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Applejack were discussing what to do to figure out what Rainbow Dash has been up to. "I say we FOLLOW HER! Like ninja ponies! It would be like a party, except sneaky!" exclaimed Pinkie Pie in between cupcakes. Rarity, whom did her very best to sit as far away from Pinkie and her messy eating habits as possible, gave her a strange look. "How could you possibly follow Rainbow Dash? She moves much too fast for anypony to keep up with her. I don't want to have to get all dirty and sweaty just to find out what Rainbow Dash is keeping from us."
Blinking with a vacant look on her face Pinkie seemed as if she had no idea what Rarity was talking about until her expression rapidly changed to amusement. "Oh Rarity it's easy to keep up with Dashie! Just follow the rainbow! Except there isn't any gold at the end…Why isn't there gold at the end of Dashies rainbow Twilight?" Twilight nearly spat out her tea "PINKIE! Rainbow's don't have pots of gold at the end of them, they are light fragments that the pegasus ponies learned how to harness and control to create the perfect rainbow. Besides thinking that Rainbow Dash would have a pot of gold at the end of her rainbow is a little weird."
"Um but wouldn't Rainbow Dash notice five ponies following her?" Fluttershy was shifting uncomfortably in her seat; she didn't like the thought of spying on her marehood friend. Applejack smiled reassuringly at Fluttershy "Don't worry Fluttershy Rainbow wouldn't notice us if we were spying on her. She isn't very well known for paying attention to her surroundings. It may be a good idea to follow her and find out what's going on seeing how she's been acting strange for a while now."
Pinkie then noticed Vinal Scratch hanging up posters with Rainbow Dash and a celebrity pony on it. She rushed over and tore one from a wall and brought it back to the table. "Look at this you guys! It says Dashie is going to show up as the dancer in Mare Elliotz music video promotion." All of them looked at the poster with high interest. "This may explain why she has been so tired lately, working on something like this must be exhausting." Applejack mused "but I still don't understand why she didn't tell us about this."
Twilight seemed to narrow her eyes in contempt "This seems a little fishy. Why would Dash decide to dance in a video." "Maybe she just wanted to try something new?" Fluttershy timidly asked. Rarity examined the poster closely. "This seems legit but it might be a cover up, Vinal Scratch could be trying to cover up for Rainbow Dash. We should go to the premier and see if it's real!"
During the entire exchange Pinkie's eyes were locked onto the picture of Rainbow Dash. She was dressed in a sexual dance outfit while making a seductive looking pose and face. Her tail was swishing back and forth like an excited puppy. She could feel her cheeks heat up the longer she looked at the image.
"Pinkie Pie darling are you quite alright?" Rarity asked with a knowing smirk on her face. Pinkie's head shot up and she quickly whipped away any drool that seemed to start coming out of her mouth. "Feeling fantabulous Rarity!" Applejack giggled "Pinkie do you have a thing for Rainbow?" Pinkie froze with a deep blush on her face. "Oh darling did you tell Rainbow Dash yet? You simply MUST! You two would make a lovely couple." Rarity stated excitedly. "Oh it would be simply marvelous."
Pinkie shuffled her front hoof across the ground shyly. "I'm not sure how to tell her." Fluttershy trotted over to Pinkie and gave her a reassuring hug, surprising everypony. "I'm sure that no matter how you tell her she will be happy." Pinkie smiled happily with some tears "You guys are the bestest friends a pony could ask for!"
After the inevitable group hug they continued planning. "I think that we should see the music video first. That might help us figure out what's going on. If it still seems suspicious then we should follow her." Twilight suggested. Everypony nodded with affirmation. Everypony was going to free their schedule for the premier.
Pinkie of course grabbed the poster for "safe keeping."
Untangling herself from Lyra and Bon Bon, Rainbow Dash attempted to sneak away to Vinal Scratch's house to work on the music video. A magical aura surrounded Rainbow Dash and pulled her back into both Lyra and Bon Bon's embrace. "Where are you going sexy? Don't you want to stick around for round four?" Bon Bon asked seductively.
Rainbow Dash blushed lightly in shock and embarrassment, struggling a little to get out of the two mares lustful embrace "Come on guys I have to work on that video, besides you guys only paid for three." Lyra smirked "We could totally pay for another Rainbow." Breaking away Rainbow turned toward the other mares with frustration "You have to wait until tomorrow to set up more time, right now I have someplace to be." With that said Rainbow Dash gathered her items, spread her wings and zoomed out their window.
She rushed over to Vinal Scratch's house and flew straight into an unopened window. World spinning for a few seconds she was finally able to focus on a very amused Vinal Scratch. "How many times have I told you I never leave my windows open?" "Shut up and let's get this over with." Rainbow moodily flew inside and landed by the music equipment. A scandalous outfit floated toward Rainbow Dash which she found herself being forcibly dressed into.
Vinal snickered at Dash's shocked and disgruntled expression and levitated a mirror over for her to see. Rainbow studied herself and smiled "Damn I look HOT!" She had a fake leather thong with laced up mid drift top that went up a quarter of her forelegs. The outfit somehow seemed to accent Rainbow Dash's muscular yet lithe build from hours of practice.
"Hey Rainbow I want you to meet the singer of this video, Missy Elly." Vinal moved over and slung a friendly arm over the new pony. She was grey with a blue mane with a purple stripe, her cutie mark was a microphone with musical notes surrounding it. "It's nice to meet you Rainbow Dash." The new mare smiled friendly at rainbow. " Are you ready to be the main dancer of this video?" Rainbow was surprised "Am I suppose to be a background dancer?" Both Vinal and Missy laughed heartily "Oh no you are the main attraction of the video, though we will be dancing together in many parts. We wanted the video to focus on the pony that best fit the attitude of the song."
"Ready to begin Rainbow?" Vinal inquired. "As I will ever be." Vinal smiled and began a quick test of the equipment. She then directed Rainbow to her starting point and got behind her equipment.
Vinal gave Rainbow a smile "We are now starting in…
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