Chapter 1

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The orange sun was slowly rising in the horizon as GoldenDime was pulling the curtains open.

“Rise and shine, it’s morning and a big day”. She said.

“Urgh... Mama I don’t want to get up, even the birds are still sleeping” HeartRoyali replied.

“But isn’t today the day you were going to audition in front of photo finish?” her mother said.

“Oh buck, I forgot all about that!” HeartRoyali rushed out of her bed galloping to the kitchen.’

“Isn’t here any breakfast? I don’t have time to cook!” she said, you could hear a slight hint of panic in her voice. Golden dime went in the kitchen and flew up to one of the cabinets. “Well if you don’t have time to cook you could always eat last, then I will cook for you while you get ready.” she said.

“THAT WON’T WORK AT ALL! I can’t do a photo shoot with a full stomach, I would just end up feeling sick” HeartRoyali replied. GoldenDime looked troubled and said: “fine… we can’t have that, I guess you just have to live with simple cereal and some apples.” HeartRoyali was just about to complain about how her mother didn’t think about preparing properly, but she held it in, she didn’t have time to argue, and she didn’t want to be even more troublesome. but next time her mother wouldn’t get off the hook that easily.

HeartRoyali quickly ate her food and left the plate, as she rushed into the bathroom. She pulled away the shower curtains and entered. She was about to turn on the water, but ended up just standing there for a minute or two.

what if I don’t make it, that would be the 3rd rejection this month… I might lose my job, and this is photo finish. The pony who have been a fashion photograph for more than 30 years, the pony who refused to stop working even though she passed the retirement age. Who am I to think I can possibly impress her.# Despite being so discouraged she started showering, being very focused that her hair was washed perfectly not so much the oils would flow out, but not as little as it would look too shiny. and she continued getting ready, picking and outfit, getting dressed, putting makeup on, drying and brushing her mane, and all the other things she needed done. When she was finally satisfied with her looks she walked to the front door, and just before exiting she looked into the hall mirror and whispered. “You can do this, you are beautiful the way you are, and you are going to amaze her with how cute you can be when you model!” She then opened the door and walked out.

It was a sunny day with lots of birds singing. And not a cloud in the sky. Her friends up in cloudsdale sure did a neat job that day. A truly great day for an outdoor photo-shoot. HeartRoyali trotted down the long roads in hoofington to reach the station, on her way she greeted many of her friends and familiars. Though it’s a very big city which has many train stations, she still knew many people in her neighborhood. You see she lived in the edge of hoofington the part nearest cloudsdale (her old home before her mother and herself moved there), so she had to take the train into the city center for this big outdoor audition for new model talents. Photo finish was a guest judge and 50 other fillies were competing alongside HeartRoyali. A lot of the other fillies and mares were considered high profession models. Some were even a bit famous. It wasn’t just an old little photo-shoot with a photographer they didn’t even know. And a setup as bad as using a basement like she was used to. No this was the real deal, and how her manager got her this audition she didn’t know. But over thinking wouldn’t do her any good. So she decided to not think about it at all. All she had to worry about was to do her best.

“This audition is a 3 part audition for all sorts of models between the age of 12 and 20” A loud voice sounded from a speaker nearby. And the Smalltalk and other noises stopped. #I wasn’t told this!# She thought to herself. “Both famous and newbie models are here. And all will be treated equally as we want the highest talent. Undiscovered or not.” As HeartRoyali looked around it became clear to her that it was very obvious who was the so called newbies. Such as herself. #Not very encouraging huh.# She thought to herself. “The first part is a normal photo-shoot with our personal designer’s clothes. Just as you have been told. The second part is and outfit of choice photo-shoot with the outfit you were asked to bring. And the last is a catwalk with a big crowd. You will all be wearing the same outfit! The audience will vote on their favorite. This will be based on both looks and attitude. The first photo-shoot begins in 50 minutes. Go to the nearest information board and find your station. That is all.

As soon as she had stopped talking everypony went wild. And HeartRoyali had to stuff her way through the crowd to be able to see the board and find her name. There it was. Number 34. All she had to do was to find her cart… Between the other… 57 carts... Not an easy task after all.

There were simply too many carts, in a million of colors and shapes. The air was already getting heavy too. But no time to waste spacing out. She quickly flew up to take advantage of the air and scouted for cart 34. There it was! Almost at the very back. She landed in front and threw her luggage on the ground. It was a big round purple-ish colored cart with gold decorations and a big moon on top. HeartRoyali trotted in with her suitcase and let out a loud “Hello” and looked for a light switch. A brown bony mare with a curly red mane stumbled out the door. “ChocoGum at your service!” she let out almost in panic. “Oh… Oh thank god. I was afraid id risk getting someone famous there for a second. Oh I almost trembled so much my horseshoes fell off from pure nervousity.” #Now what is that supposed to mean. I have been in a magazine or two# HeartRoyali thought to herself. “I am HeartRoyali. I am glad to hear you are calm now. But do remember you still have to do your best to make me look good. I have just as many expectations as a top model!” She said. “Oh yes mam. I mean… miss Royali umm..” ChocoGum replied.

Together they went on with discussing the dress she had been assigned to find the most fitting hair/Makeup. And soon the show would begin.

End of first chaper.

In the next chapter horrible sabotage and some unlucky siturations lead HeartRoyali to run off and end up in trouble she should have never gotten near.