Chapter 30: Go to Trot
Elsewhere, somepony tapped on their phone tablet and played a video of everypony cheering in Mane Melody while some have Jazz, Rocky, and unsurprisingly, Pipp's pictures as the Pippsqueaks cheered, "We love you Pipp!/We love you Jazz." They cheered before Skye and Dazzle flew on stage.
"Who will be a cut above the rest?!" Skye started.
"And who's styles will have ponies wigging out?!" Dazzle quipped with a smirk as the crowd kept watching. "It's for…" She started before she and Skye landed on state.
"Go to Trot!" The two news ponies declared as the crowd all cheered while the Pippsqueaks cheered with sparkles in their eyes.
Peach Fizz couldn't take much more as she gave a sigh with a smile before she fainted on the floor, much to her friends' concerns. "Peach Fizz!" They cried in concern as they looked at their fainted unicorn friend.
Among the crowd, Twilight and Sunset were standing by with smiles. "Now this is an interesting stage show." Twilight said with a smile. "Are ponies always this excited for fashion events here?"
"Trust me, Twilight. Mane Melody is full of surprises." Sunset said with a smile. "Besides, knowing what Pipp, Rocky, and Jazz has in store, We're gonna be in for a treat."
"Our first contestant is Maretime Bay's own Jazz Hooves!" Skye announced as Jazz came out of stage with a pose as the crowd cheered.
"Expressing myself with stylish hooficures is my way of spreading joy to everypony!" Jazz said as a video of her and Violette was shown of Jazz doing her hooves, adding some music pink hooficure.
Violette gasped happily at her new hooficure with sparkles in her eyes. "I love it!" She cheered as Jazz and Violette's Cutie Marks sparkled.
"And from Zephyr Heights…" Dazzle spoke next as she gestured to Rocky on stage. "It's Rocky Riff!" She announced as Rocky skidded on stage with a smirk as he showed a video of him doing Onyx's mane.
"I help ponies feel their best, by showing them how to look their best." Rocky said as the video showed him finishing Onyx's mane as he showed her new style as Onyx gave a smile as Rocky and Onyx's Cutie Marks sparkled.
"And last, but never least…" Skye spoke up as a certain pink pegasus stood ready. "The Pegasus Princess, Pipp Petals!" He announced as Pipp flew out stage and did a pose with sparkles in her eyes as the light shined at her as a video showed Pipp doing her sister's mane.
"I adore helping ponies sparkle and like totally show the world who, they, are." Pipp said with a smirk as the two sister's Cutie Marks glowed.
"Huh, first time I ever saw Zipp ever let Pipp touch her mane," Twilight commented with a smile.
"Eh, second for me." Sunset said with a smirk. "Maybe third after the first time was a bit overdoing it. But still, Zipp learned to let her sister do her work and show her some style. Which apparently, works well for her."
"Heh, wish I could've seen it." Twilight said with a smile. "But she does look amazing. Pipp really knows her stuff."
"She sure does." Sunset said with a nod.
"Challenge number one, ponies." Skye spoke up as he and Dazzle look at the crowd. "It's time to…"
"Tame the mane! Tame the mane! Tame the name!" The crowd cheered up.
"Tame the mane?" Twilight asked in confusion while looking at Sunset, who shrugged.
"New to me." Sunset said.
"Tame the mane!" Skye announced as he gestured to backstage where Hitch, Izzy, and Sunny were seated as they waved to the crowd.
But then three buckets were levitated over them with a strange substance in them, "Um, what's that stuff?" Twilight questioned as it was dumped onto the three ponies.
But after a few moments, their mane glowed, which amazed the three ponies before their manes overgrew, which shocked the three stylish ponies as they gasped.
"Oh, my hoofness!" Pipp exclaimed.
"I think they must've copied Sunny's overgrown mane she had when she was trying to control her Alicorn magic." Sunset said in a surprise tone.
"You said it." Twilight said with wide eyes.
"My what a challenge, Dazzle." Skye commented to his partner.
"Gotta pass the test to be the best, Skye." Dazzle said with a smirk as she turned to the three stylish. "Ponies, you've got five minutes to make over those manes." She said while gesturing to the three overmaned ponies.
"The clock is ticking!" Skye called while gesturing to the clock with a laugh as the crowd cheered as the three stylish ponies took their respective ponies, Jazz with Hitch, Rocky with Sunny, and Pipp with Izzy.
"Wow, wow! Got to Trot!" Izzy cheered as Pipp inspected her overgrown mane. "So exciting, Pipp! How do you want to style my mane? Oh, don't tell me actually, I'm buzzing to find out!" She excitedly said before Pipp gave a smile.
"Wait, say that again, Izzy." Pipp said to her friend with a smile.
"Wow, wow! Got. To. Trot." Izzy said slowly.
"No, the last bit." Pipp said to her.
"I'm buzzing to find out?" Izzy asked with a smile, which made Pipp feel inspired by her friend's suggestion with a smile as Pipp gave a smirk and rubbed her hooves as she get to work.
"Oh, ho, ho." Skye said with a smirk. "Looks like the princess might 'bee' onto something." He quipped as he gave a laugh.
"Does Pipp come up with something whenever anypony says something?" Twilight asked with a smirk.
"Whenever Pipp hear something she can be inspired from, she goes for it without hesitation," Sunset shrugged with a smirk as well.
With Jazz, she tried to get to work on Hitch's mane. "I just don't want anything too big, but not too small." Hitch said to her. "Maybe if we just…"
"Hitch." Jazz started with a smile as she placed a clip on Hitch's mane out of his eyes. "No need to worry. We're in this together, okay? I got you." She assured as Hitch gave a smile.
"And look at that." Skye said with a smile. "Sheriff Hitch has the right to remain comforted." She joked as she gave a chuckle. "As he let Jazz do her thing." She added as Jazz ready her haircut machine.
With Rocky, he was cutting some of Sunny's excess mane while using a headband to keep it secured. "So, any vacations this year, Sunny?" Rocky asked with a smile.
"Oh, I'm not sure yet, Rocky! Maybe Ponytropico." Sunny said with a smile as she remembered how she and her friends failed to go to Ponytropico. "Oh, have you ever heard that story?"
"No. Tell me." Rocky said with a smirk.
"We tried to go once before and ended up crashing the Marestream and then landing in a huge mud puddle." Sunny continued as Rocky brushed her mane.
"Nopony is rocking Rocky's boat over here, he is totally calm." Skye said with a smile before the timer went off, which made the crowd gasp in startled. "You know what that sounds mean..." He started with a smirk as he flew next to Dazzle.
"It's time for the TWIST!" Dazzle cheered as Izzy levitated a makeup set as the crowd cheered loudly.
"We've pre-filled this vanity with LOTS of incredibly powerful, maybe even dangerous magical items." Skye said as each stylists were giving boxes as he gave a wink, which didn't make Hitch, Sunny, and Izzy feel comfortable as they gave nervous expressions.
"All designed to help, hamper, or just confuse our stylists." Dazzle added with a smile as Jazz opened up her box to reveal a powerful manespray.
"Oooh, interesting." Jazz said with a smirk.
Rocky opened his to reveal a crystal hair clip that shined with magic. "Wow!" He said in awed.
Pipp opened her box to reveal a magic mane brush. "Perfect!" She sang as she flew around.
"Got to Trot will return after these messages." Skye said to the viewers with a smirk.
With the viewer, he/she was watching their phone before it went to an ad showing Dahlia. "You won't 'be-leaf' these savings!" Dahlia called as the viewer tried to skip.
"Come on! Come on! Come on! Come on! Come on!" The viewer, who was revealed to be Rufus, tried to skip before the skip button reached zero. "Yes!" He cheered as he skipped the ad to return to the video.
Back in Mane Melody, after styling Hitch, Izzy, and Sunny, the three stylish were at the boxes with said ponies' faces on them. "Our ponies have styled, accessorized, and dressed to the nines." Skye spoke up as the crowd stood anxiously. "Now it's time for their final presentations."
"And how do you show off brand new style?" Dazzle asked with a smirk. "You…" She started with a hoof raised to her ear.
"Go to Trot! Yeah!" The crowd cheered. "Go. To. Trot!"
"Got to Trot!" The Pippsqueaks cheered.
"Brace yourself, Twilight, this is where the big reveal begins." Sunset said with a smirk.
"I have a feeling it will be very big after seeing those manes grow." Twilight said with a chuckle, which Sunset shared as they continued to watch.
Jazz gave a nervous smile as Dazzle flew towards her. "Looking this good must be criminal." Dazzle joked with a smirk. "From Jazz…" She started as she pointed to where Hitch's poster was, which revealed Hitch jumping out with a punk collar and with a mohawk. "It's outlaw Hitch with the mane dew that's gonna be hard to beat." She quipped as the crowd cheered while Hitch added some manespray as his mohawk stayed in place. "And wash out."
Hitch tossed the manespray to one of the unicorns as the crowd cheered for him before Hitch held up two wooden blocks, which he smashed down as his mane went through them as he gave a grunt before he gave a smirk as the two wooden blocks broke in half.
"Hehe, never took Hitch as a punk pony." Sunset said with a chuckle.
"Neither did I." Twilight said with a giggle. "Who knew?
"And wow, that must've been a strong manespray." Sunset commented. "I gotta get the name of that." She added as Twilight nodded.
"Dada!" Sparky's voice spoke up, which made Hitch look down and saw his dragon son in front of him. "Dada! Dada! Dada!" He babbled out with a smile.
Hitch smiled heartfully and waved to Sparky from hearing that.
"Next!" Skye spoke up as he stood next to Rocky, who was also nervous. "She's beauty, she's grace, she's traded up from roller skates-" He started out before Sunny came out, sporting a sparkling tutu and maneband. "Sporting a star-spangled mane-band…" He continued as Sunny took to the air and went into her Alicorn form as she pranced around in mid air. "It's Rocky's Ballerina-corn, Sunny!"
As Sunny lands, a beautiful beam of starry light shines between her two antler-like hair clips as the crowd cheered. "Wow." Twilight said in awed. "Sunny looks amazing."
"Heh, I think Hitch would think the same way." Sunset said with a chuckle. "Look at him." She added as she gestured to the stunned Sheriff, who looked at Sunny in awed at her beauty as he couldn't take his eyes off him.
Sunny looked at Hitch with an alluring smile while fluttering her eyelashes at him, while giving him a perfect view of herself as Hitch blushed heavily as he gave a squiggly smile and his tongue out and his eyes crossed at Sunny teasing him.
"And lastly…" Skye spoke up with a smirk as she got next to Pipp, who was giving a nervous smile as well. "She was buzzing to see her final look. Color me impressed." She gestured to the top of Izzy's poster. "It's Queen Bee Izzy! By Pipp!" She announced as a light started shining from the top of Izzy's box.
"Wow!" The crowd cheered as Izzy was brought out of the box in an extravagant diamond ball-gown which shines prisms of light around. Her mane glows at first, then gradually fades into a luminous rainbow bee hive.
"Wow! So beautiful!" A pony said as Izzy was lowered on stage.
"Sweet Celestia." Sunset muttered with wide eyes.
"I never thought Izzy could look that good." Twilight said in wonder.
"Pipp really outdone herself, again." Sunset said in awed as Twilight nodded in agreement.
"Sweet mother of Celestia…" Dazzle muttered as she looked at Izzy in awed with sparkles in her eyes.
"Who do you think deserves to win this epic style off!?" Skye called with a smile. "Cast your votes, now!" He called as everypony got onto their phones and started voting to which stylish is the winner, even Twilight and Sunset as they gave knowing smiles on who deserved the win.
Jazz, Rocky, and Pipp watched anxiously to see who won as Pipp gave a smile. "No matter who wins, I am so proud of all of us." Pipp said to the two with a smile as she caught her two stylish in a hug as they shared a smile before they got nervous again.
Soon, a card lowered from the ceiling as Dazzle caught it and opened it as she saw the results. "Oh, and the winner is…" She started with a smirk as the three stylish ponies gave anxious looks and held each other, "Pipp Petals!" She declared as this made the three stylish smiles as streamers started coming down.
"Whoo! Yeah! Pipp! Pipp! Pipp!" The crowd and the Pippsqueaks cheered as they made their way to Pipp, who gave a nervous look before she was being tossed up as she gave a smile and used her wings to angel herself as her Cutie Mark glowed from the cheering.
Skye then spoke as he was being tossed as well. "Tune in next week when we're in Bridalewood for a swampy style off that you won't wanna miss!" He said as in Bridlewood Alphabittle was in a tug of war with some Breezie for a tablecloth.
A bit later, the crowd then started leaving Mane Melody after 'Got to Trot' had ended while the Mane 8 were left alone in the salon as Hitch, Sunny, and Izzy admired their new looks. "Gotta say, sis. This was an interesting 'Got to Trot'." Zipp commented with a smile to her sister, still having her prismatic hairstyle.
"And I see you're still keeping that 'way-too-pretty-for-flying' hairstyle," Pipp said with a sly grin.
"It's alright! I guess." Zipp said embarrassedly while tapping her hooves together, "You can make this for me again, right?" She asked sheepishly.
The group all giggled at Zipp in amusement. "And that bee style really looks amazing on you, Izzy." Misty said with a smile as she admired Izzy's bee look. "Pipp really did great on you."
"I know! And I guess I can bee great in bee-coming one with the bees." Izzy joke with a laugh.
"Okay, easy with the bee puns, Izzy." Sunset said with a chuckle.
"Sorry, couldn't resist," Izzy said with giggles.
"But that's not to say, your styles aren't something to sneeze at either, you two," Twilight said, looking at Hitch and Sunny.
"Yeah, seriously. You two look great." Sunset said to the two. "Sunny, you were really shining back there. Never saw you that shine before." She added as Sunny giggled.
"Thanks. I was pretty good out there." Sunny said while scratching her hoof.
"And Hitch, heh, never took you for a punk style kinda pony." Sunset chuckled while looking at Hitch. "Seriously, you're a sheriff of the law, yet, you look good in a punk style."
"That's the first time I even seen a law pony in a punk style." Twilight commented with higgles.
"And I thought it was my thing," Zipp said with a smirk.
Hitch gave a chuckle while scratching his head. "What can I say, I maybe Sheriff, but even I can dig any look." He said as Sparky gave a laugh while on his back.
"Well, I'm certainly digging it," Sunny said, giving Hitch a flirty smile as she leaned her head closer to Hitch.
"W-What?" Hitch asked with a nervous smile.
"So, you wanna treat a mare out while we show Maretime Bay in our new looks, Hitch?" Sunny asked with a fluttering her eyes at him.
Hitch gave a small smile with a light blush. "W-Well, if you want to." He said.
"Well, let's go Sheriff." Sunny said with a smirk as she skated off while brushing her tail under Hitch's chin, giving him a flick on the nose as he stared at her with hearts in his eyes and his tongue sticking out as hearts flew over his head.
The mares all looked at Hitch's stunned look as they shared a giggle before Sunset walked up to Hitch and flicked his forehead, causing him to snap out of his stupor. "Go on, Sheriff. Your mare is waiting." Sunset teased with a smirk.
"R-Right! W-Well, see ya girls!" Hitch said as he and Sparky went after Sunny while the mares watched him catch up to his marefriend in amusement.
"Oof, he's got it bad," Izzy giggled.
"Oh, we all know, Izzy." Misty said with giggles.
"With those new looks, they will be flirting all day." Twilight said with giggles.
"That's for sure." Pipp said as they all shared a look as the 'Go to Trot' was fun, but it also made a new level to Sunny and Hitch love for each other.
End of Chapter 30.