The Carousel Boutique was infected by a frustrated mood, for Rarity was in the middle of a huge struggle with her most hated foe: taxes.
“Oh dear!” shrieked a distraught Rarity. “How do I have a huge water bill-oh right,” she said remembering the pancake practice Sweetie Belle did. “Oh woes me,” said Rarity laying herself down on her fainting couch. “If I don’t find a way to bring in more wealthier clientele, I’ll have to cut down on my clothes quality, and that would be the worst thing ever!” she sobbed as she levitated her ice cream. “I’ll have to move back in with my parents too!”
Rarity was interrupted from her cries of despair by the sound of the front door’s bell jingling. Getting up and quickly making herself look good she galloped to the front door to see the sight of a browsing Cup Cake. “Well good morning to you Rarity,” said Cup Cake with a smile. “I’m just here for new apron.”
“Well of course,” said Rarity bringing out a box from behind the counter. “I think you’ll find it marvelous, I embraced it with some fine black thread for you.”
“It’s wonderful,” gasped Cup Cake at the sight of the apron. “Thank you dearie-what’s wrong?” she asked when she saw that Rarity looked nervous.
“Oh nothing,” chuckled Rarity.
“Now come on Rarity,” said Cup Cake. “When Carrot eats our cookies and blames it on gummy I know when he’s lying and I know when you are too.”
“Well if you insist,” said Rarity getting her couch before laying on it. “I am in debt to the bank for my materials, now usually I would have the bits for it, but my clientele has suffered ever since the opening of the M.I.D.
“The M.I.D?” said CUp Cake sitting at the end of the couch.
“Why the Manehattan Institute of Design,” said Rarity. “It’s only the most prestigious design academy! And they also sell their works at better prices! I can’t compete with those prices, but I need the money or I’m going ot have to give up my finer quality items,nom nom nom,” sobbed Rarity while eating ice cream.
“Hmmm, you know Rarity I might know a solution to your problems,” said Cup Cake pondering. “Also don’t eat so fast, you’ll get brainfr-oh to late.”
Hello my name is Business Card. I graduated from one of the top Vanhoover universities of business with really good grades. Now I help small business compete in the ruthless game of business. This is Business Card for you.
Fashion designers, the foundation of looking good which is why I can’t allow the Carousel Boutique fall under after I was called by Mrs. Cup Cake to help her friend even after I learned she didn’t actually have a crush on me...anyway I headed over to the boutique after getting of the train. I knocked on the door of the shop only for the door to be opened by a familiar looking white and purple filly.
“Oh hi again mister Card, what are you doing here?” said the filly who I remembered was called Sweetie Belle.
“Hello Sweetie Belle, I’m just here to talk with your sister for her store,” I said walking past her.
“Hello? Is someone there Sweetie Belle?” said Rarity walking into the room.
“It’s Mister Card saying he has a idea for your store.” shouted Sweetie Belle.
“Mister Card!?” said Rarity before shaking my hoof. “A pleasure to meet you.”
“Nice to meet you, so you need help with your store I hear?” I asked shaking her hoof.
“Wait, why does Rarity need help with the store?” said Sweetie Belle. “Is something wrong?”
“Umm, no Sweetie Belle hey look heres some bits how about you and your friends go crusading?” asked Rarity before she was hugged and the bits quickly taken by a Sweetie Belle shaped cloud. “Sorry about that,” said Rarity to me. “I just want her not to know that I have any financial concerns.”
“That’s alright, so is there a place I can sit?” I asked before noticing a comfortable looking couch.
“Oh let me get you a cha-”
“Never mind, I’ll just sit on this couch over here,” I said.
“Well that’s my fainting-oh you're sitting on it...ok,” said Rarity with a twitching eye. “So do you have a idea for me?”
I pulled out a briefcase that had the paper of my foolproof plan. “Yes actually,” I said pulling it out and handing it to her. “There is my plan in full writing.”
Looking over the plan, miss Rarity squinted her eyes before gasping. “I don’t think I could afford this sir!”
I told her how all the money was coming from me which she readily agreed to. “Ok miss Rarity,” I said. “Lets make a publicity stunt.”
I first needed to get the ponies that would be needed for the video we were gonna put on the air, so I obviously chose the best and cheapest ponies I could find.
“Hi I’m Sweetie Belle, this is Applebloom and Scootaloo and we are the Cutie Mark Crusaders,” said Sweetie Belle squirming exactly on her stool.
“Yeah! We try to find our cutie marks,” said Scootaloo.
“And only with a little coll-colla-some damage,” said Applebloom.
“Okay girls,” I said. “Heres whats gonna happen,” I said to them explaining on what they were gonna do. “You three are gonna wear these designs made by Sweetie Belle’s sister while you act like you're drowning only to be saved by Appleblooms dog Winona.” I said while Winona licked the muffin crumbs off me.
“Got it,” replied the girls.
“Are you sure Applejack is alright with me doing this?” asked Applebloom. “It’s not like her to allow something dishonest.”
“Of course she is,” I said.
“Get off my here property you lying, stealing varmint,” said Applejack chasing me down a hill while I held the apples I “Borrowed” “My little sis is not gonna lie for you!”
“Wait, wait!” said Rarity as she came into the camera's view. “You never said the girls would be in danger!”
After calming down Rarity I convinced her that the fillies would be well taken care of by professional scuba divers who I hired.
“Oh look at this Fluttershy,” said Pinkie underwater with fluttershy. “This airy thing makes bubbles!” she said taking off her and Fluttershy’s air tanks. “Cool huh?”
“Can’t breathe!’ shrieked Fluttershy while she struggled to get to the surface.
“Oops,” said Pinkie with a blush.
I also realized that with Winona also just licking the fillies in the water instead of saving them, so I quickly asked for Fluttershy to help her learn.
“Ok Winona, remember to save then lick,” said Fluttershy. “Save then click.”
“Bark!” barked Winona happily.
At the same time I saw that with me hiring a lot of locales like Lyra heartstrings as the snack manage, Caramel as the guy who holds that microphone thingy, a bunch of other generics ponis including a doctor who said he was not a medical doctor but would help in anyway he could. So to make sure nopony revealed the fake infomercial we made was fake I made sure that everypony signed a contracting ensuring they would not reveal what we were doing.
“So what your saying is that if we reveal what's happening we will be put to death?” asked Pinkie with a shivering Fluttershy next to her.
“Yes,” I said.
“Okie dokie lokie,” said a smiling Pinkie. “You hear that Fluttershy? Fluttershy,” she said to her fainted friend.
But the one that I still was not sure of was the security chief, Bulk Biceps.
“Yeah!” shouted Bulk Biceps getting some water.
So to make sure he got the message I asked him to come to the train station the next morning.
“Yeah!” said Bull.
“Nice to see you too Bulk,” I said standing near the railroad tracks.
“Yeah?” said Bulk.
“No reason I just wanted to you know remind you to not reveal the stunt we are doing,” I said pulling him close to me while the train was coming closer. “And to remind you to not mess with me!” I shouted trying desperately to tip him over the track only for him not to move and the train only to slowly come to a stop.
“Yeah?!” shouted Bulk picking me up by the collar.
“No! I was not trying to threaten you,” I said.
After getting him to calm down and not charge me I decided to just hope for the best, which was not easy since I thought that the video looked too good. I thought people would think it was fake, but the next few days proved me wrong…
“This in!” said Pinkie in a mustache. “Three fillies are currently drowning in the ponyville lake!” said Pinkie before dashing to get her scuba suit on.
the scene changed to the sight of Sweetie Belle, Applebloom, and Scootaloo flailing their arms.
“Help!” screamed Sweetie Belle.
“We were heading to the popular and fantastic Carousel Boutique to get our cheapest and finest quality ever cloths when we fell in to this lake!” said Scootaloo showing the designs.
“Oh would somebody cuddly save us?!” cried Applebloom before the appearance of Winona came into view.
“It seems that a female dog is saving the three fillies,” said Lyra with a dress on.
“Yeah, helping them,” grumbled Carmel with a dress on.
“Yay! we’re saved,” shouted the three fillies as they got licked from their furry “savior” while Fluttershy and Pinkie just rested from carrying the three fillies from underwater.
“So,” I said to miss Rarity. “Any customers?”
“Oh yes dear!” said a joyful Rarity. “All the canterlot nobles want clothes that the girls were in while they got saved saying “furry hero!” Thank you Business Card for saving my business,” said Rarity before giving me a hug while galloping off to start her work.
“Well alls well that ends well,” I said...at least I would have if not for the appearance of a angry apple farmer for roping her sister into a fake public stunt.
