Today Is Different
The Fashion Show
Previous ChapterNext ChapterThe advertisements went on for a while until in came to a big building.
I looked up and saw a big banner with Rarity on on it, along with the basic information for her visit.
I started walking forward, still looking up, only to run chest first into somepony's else's chest.
I rubbed my chest as I looked up.
"Oh, hi!" What looked like a bodyguard was standing right in front of the door.
"Oh, sorry." I said as I crept past him. He stuck out his back leg. My hooves caught on his leg and I fell flat on my face.
I got up with a wall-eyed face and my tongue sticking out.
"Hey! What was that for?!" I asked as I rubbed my muzzle.
"You can not go in without admission." He said.
"Um, where can I get that?" I asked.
"Over there." He said as he pointed a hoof at a stand. "You better get it before it's sold out."
"Okay, thanks!" I said as I walked over to the stand.
The unicorn that was currently buying tickets seemed to have the second last ticket.
I ran up and smiled.
"I'll have one ticket, please." I said.
"That'll be 100 bits." He said. My ears folded back.
"100 bit?!" I frowned. "100 bits for a ticket is outrageous! 50 bits is the proper price!" I said.
"100 bits." He said.
"50 bits!" I shot back.
"100 bits!"
"50 bits!"
"100 bits!"
"100 bits!"
"50 bits!"
"100 BITS OR NOTHING!" I yelled.
"50 bits and no more!" He said. I smiled
"Okie dokie!" I pulled out 50 bits and placed them on his counter. I took the ticket and trotted away.
"Wa-huh?" He muttered.
I giggled as I hoofed my ticket to the bodyguard. He stepped aside and let me in.
When I walked in, my eyes widened at the sight. The place was crowded, waiting for the fashion star to show up on stage.
I tried to push my way to the front, but it was positively impossible to get through, so I had to make do in the back.
A few minutes later, everypony hushed as the lights dimmed. I turned my attention to the front.
My smile grew to about three times the size as a familiar white unicorn stepped onto the stage. Everypony stomped their hooves, and soon I joined in.
The stomping died down as she cleared her throat in the microphone.
"I want to thank all of you ponies for coming to Canterlot's fashion show!" She said. Everyone cheered. "I simply cannot believe so many fans showed up today, why, there's barely room for the catwalk!" She laughed along with everypony else.
I saw a small mare-sized gap in the sea of ponies. As Rarity spoke, I wiggled my way through to the front, surprised the space actually went that far.
As she finished her next sentence, cheering filled my ears again. I cheered and stomped too.
Being the loud pony I am, my cheering overpowered the rest of the cheering, and it made Rarity look straight down at me.
I waved. She blinked. She slowly waved back. She winked and looked back up at the crowd.
"But let's not let my talking her in the way of the main event!" She beamed. "Enjoy everypony!"
She walked off stage as the lights dimmed more and ponies in breathtaking dresses walked down the catwalk. I heard series of 'oohs' and 'ahhs' and the snapping of cameras.
The evening dragged on as millions (I might be exaggerating) of models walked on the catwalk.
I had sat on my haunches and rested my cheek on my hoof.
My ears perked up as the lights became brighter again. I looked up.
Rarity was back on stage and waving for the cameras. She gave me one last glance before walking off the stage and probably to the dressing room.
Everypony cheered until she was nowhere to be seen.
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I bounced a yellow balloon up and down on my hooves, bored out of my mind. It had been an hour, and Rarity still hadn't left the building.
I shivered in the evening air.
When I was about to give up and leave, I heard the door click, and open. There stood Rarity.
I was about to run over to her, but to my surprise, dozens photographers and interviewers came out of nowhere.
They all shoved their microphones in her face and she seemed overwhelmed by all the camera flashes.
"What is it like being the most popular fashion designer in all of Equestria?" A reporter asked.
"Oh, I wouldn't say I'm-" Rarity started.
"What's your next fashion line going to be like?" Another asked.
"Oh, well, it'll be a bit-" she was cut off again.
"Exactly how full is your schedule?"
"Well, uh..." She muttered.
My mouth dropped open as my ears flattened back.
She held her hoof against her face to block out all of the flashing.
"I simply don't have the time for this, I'm supposed to be-" she didn't get to get all her words out before being drowned with questions again.
She turned to her right, only to be stopped by another group of fans. Every way she turned, ponies were there, trying to get a glimpse of her.
I sat back down and stared at the mob that practically swallowed Rarity.
I flipped my mane to the other side of my neck and walked away.
"This is hopeless." I said as Gummy popped out of my mane. "How am I supposed to get to Rarity when fans are mobbing her twenty four-seven?!"
Gummy said nothing.
I sat on the ground and watched from the distance as Rarity pushed herself inside of her trailer and slammed the door on screaming fans.
A bodyguard pushed them away.
After the mob was gone, I trotted up to the muscular stallion.
"Can I see Rarity?" I asked in the most calm manor I could.
"I'm sorry, I can't let crazy fans into Miss Rarity's trailer." He said.
"But I'm not a... Oh wait..." I said. "Well I'm not.... Darn it!"
I snorted.
"Well, I need to see her!" I said.
"I'm sorry." He said. "I can't allow you in." He said sternly.
"Fine!" I stomped off.
I sat on the ground and tapped my chin.
"We need a plan, Gummy!" I said. "And I'm not good at making plans." I mumbled.
"I could make a simple plan to get in through the back door..." I said to myself.
I let out a huff.
"But that bodyguard looks like he's watching everything!"
My hoof ran through my mane when it met with Gummy's scaly stomach. My eyes popped open as I gasped.
"That's it!" I grabbed Gummy out of my mane.
Author's Note
Sorry about the long wait.... Again. I just have so many dang stories that I can't put all my writing time into this one, but I haven't given up on it.
Stay tuned for more, and have a fandiddlytastic day!
~Stormy Dawn
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