Fashion Finalby SpitfireLoverChaptersThe New Pony in Town Observing the OutsiderRuby RedOld FriendsEmporium OpeningThe New Pony in TownFashion Final The New Pony in Town It was early one morning in spring when Rarity was awoken to the sound of carriages and shouting in the streets of Ponyville, "Ugh! I need my sleep!" she grumbled to herself. As she groggily made her way over to the window of her boutique, she caught sight of Pinkie Pie, happily bouncing down the street towards a large group of ponies, gathered around the empty house at the end of the street. Rarity, being the closest thing to the town's gossip decided that she should take a look. She quickly fixed her hair, had a quick bath and made her way to the door when it suddenly burst open! "Hey Rarity did you know that a new pony is moving in down the street huh-?" Pinkie Pie said in an over-enthusiastic and very fast manner. "Uhm... I was just going to see what that commotion that woke me was actually" she said in the most lady-like tone she could manage at this time in the morning. "Okay!" shouted the over-enthusiastic Pinkie Pie, "I was about to go there myself before I figured that because they are a fashion designer too you should meet him soon!" "Fashion designer? 'Him'?" said Rarity. "Yes! He!" said Pinkie Pie, "I'll tell you as we go over there! Last one there has to watch the 'Cutie Mark Crusaders'!" said Pinkie, having heard her say this, Rarity was already halfway down the street, moving as fast as she could while still trying to look respectable. Pinkie bounced after her, humming tunelessly as she went. It did not take the two long to reach the ornate house on the end of the street, this property had been for sale for months, but nopony could afford it, Rarity was intrigued as to who had moved in here because for one thing, this house was extremely expensive, and there was a large group of paparazzi ponies gathered outside; jostling for space. Among them were: Film Reel, Snappy Scoop, Flash Bulb and Tracy Flash - all of whom she recognised from when Fluttershy had become a fashion model with Photo Finish for a week or so. Whoever this is, they must be incredibly famous! Thought Rarity as she tried to get closer to the front of the ever-increasing crowd of bystanders. As she looked around, Rarity noticed that Rainbow Dash had come over; but Rarity could not think why as Rainbow had no interest whatsoever in any fashion except for what was 'cool'. Another thing she noticed as she scanned the crowd was Pinkie Pie, Being Pinkie Pie, had used some balloons to 'float' above the crowd to see what was going on. About ten more minutes had passed - what had seemed like hours to Rarity - and the crowd was extending away from the house's front to half the length of the street - all of her friends had arrived by now, although Twilight seemed half asleep and Fluttershy seemed rather scared of the number of people around her. Rarity had started daydreaming when Film Reel yelled "He's here, he's here!" A carriage pulled up behind the crowd and two large ponies climbed out, who then ushered the crowd to one side so that the actual passenger could walk safely to his new home. No-one knew who it was until Tracy Flash started reporting and mentioned the name 'Quinnston Caroustanza', with this the crowd burst into a complete mess of incoherent screaming ponies; jumping this way and that, knocking each other over and generally being star-struck. When Quinnston had entered his newly bought home, the crowd soon dispersed and life in Ponyville soon returned to normal for most ponies, however Rarity was confused. She had never heard of Quinnston Caroustanza, even though she was an avid reader of every fashion magazine known to Equestria. Before she returned to her boutique to open for another day of sales, she remembered the fact of Rainbow being in the crowd, earlier than most ponies. Rarity quickly made her way over to Rainbow before she went to work, being the leader of the Ponyville weather team. Rainbow noticed Rarity long before Rarity noticed her and she swooped down, startling the slightly confused looking, glamorous mare. "You don't seem too bothered about that new guy in town, what's bugging you?" said Rainbow in her usual 'cool', chilled out voice. "Nothing 'bugs' me Rainbow, I am a lady, but yes something is bothering me if that is what you mean. I have never heard of this new 'guy' as you put it" explained Rarity in a slightly annoyed tone. "Wow... you're really behind the times, this guy, he may have a frou-frou like name but he isn't as boring as his name makes him sound. 'Quinny' makes cool accessories along with that boring frou frou stuff that everypony was wearing to the Gala" replied Rainbow. "Aha! so what you are saying is he makes the proper, regular apparel and these new... accessories that you are talking about" said Rarity. "Sorta..." said Rainbow, "Actually Rarity, you should start selling accessories in your boutique, because, I'm just sayin' that at the moment, I think that his stuff is waaaay cooler than what you make, I mean it's like 20% cooler than your frou... oh yeah I mean... no offence..." "None taken!" grumbled Rarity after hearing this comment. "Anyways... I've gotta fly, the flight team needs my help to prepare this storm we have scheduled, see you!" said Rainbow as she abruptly ended the conversation and flew off, creating a gust of wind which flattened Rarity's mane into a frizzy mess. Rarity started grumbling about Rainbow's departure as she now had to groom herself again before she opened the boutique, she also started wondering about what kind of accessories Rainbow meant, and whether she should ask Twilight if she had any information on this mysterious new pony, Quinnston. Rarity groomed her mane, returning it to its former splendour and moved to the door of the Boutique to finally open the store for the day. Within a minute of the boutique opening the bell at the door rang and she began the usual greeting: "Welcome to Carousel Boutique where everything is chic, unique and magnif- Observing the OutsiderObserving the Outsider Fashion Final Observing the Outsider "Welcome to Carousel Boutique, where everything is chic, unique and magnif-" Rarity started to say as she turned around, however she was cut short by the pony in the doorway. Quinnston was standing there, with a rather miffed look about him; Rarity noticed he was carrying a torn pair of flight goggles with a lightning bolt design and Opalescence by the scruff in his mouth. "Is this your pet?" he asked Rarity with a serious look on his face. "Yes! I am so sorry if Opal has caused any harm!" said Rarity as she quickly snatched Opalescence out of Quinnston's grasp. As Rarity looked up to carry Opal away with her magic, she had her first good look at the newcomer, his coat was a frosty-blue colour, his mane was a two-tone mix of frosty blue and cobalt and his cutie mark appeared to be a deep scarlet lensed pair of flight goggles; also to Rarity's surprise, he was a pegasus pony! A pegasus fashion designer? No wonder I haven't heard of him, he's probably had his head in the clouds all this time! That also explains why Rainbow was so interested in his accessories! Rarity was still examining Quinnston when he cleared his throat, making her jump, "Excuse me but can you keep this wild animal away from my shop, I found it tearing these goggles to shreds. That is a whole month of work down the drain, I'm going to have to get more rubies now!" Rarity was speechless after this outburst, she was filling with rage over what he had called Opal, and about his rude entrance; all this said, she did not want to get on the wrong side of a pegasus, she knew that after more than one experience in her past. "Mr. Quinnston, are you leaving or are you going to be my door-stop for the day?" suggested Rarity quickly, as she could see that this conversation would only bring trouble now. "I was just leaving!" mumbled the irritated pegasus, as he flew out of the boutique, blasting air into Rarity's face, yet again Rarity's artistic looks were ruined, she grumbled with agitation and climbed up the stairs, back to her room. It was another half an hour before she managed to finally open her shop without any problems. It was the Saturday after Quinnston had moved in, and he had made an announcement that his 'Wings, Hooves and Horns Emporium' was opening on Tuesday, Rarity throughout her extremely busy week had been making attempts to visit Twilight about 'Quinny' as he was now known about the town, but she had no chance to talk, because within five minutes of her leaving the shop unattended a pony such as Colgate, Lyra or even Caramel had asked her for help with some fashion related thing or another. It had just turned 6pm and Rarity could finally find Twilight, as she closed early on Saturdays because she pretended it was her 'delivery night', however almost everypony knew it was for her to get some 'Beauty Sleep' as she put it. As was expected Twilight had her face buried in a book, while Spike was clearing up after her; Rarity had always felt a little sorry for Spike, having to constantly clean up after the messy bookworm that Twilight was, for all of Twilight's apparent organised routines, she couldn't keep her home clean to save her life. When Rarity had come to the door, it was Spike who answered, she asked him if Twilight was in, but when Spike had seen Rarity at the door, all he could manage to say was "y-R-but-uhm-beaut-mane," Rarity chuckled at this, and took Spike's incoherent mumblings as a yes and entered the Library, leaving the starry-eyed dragon staring into space. Immediately she saw Twilight reading a book titled 'Caring for Fillies 101', as Rarity saw this she realised that Twilight had to keep an eye on the Cutie Mark Crusaders tonight, because somehow Pinkie had managed to drop the responsibility directly onto Twilight after losing to Rarity earlier on. "Hello? Twilight?" said Rarity in her affected accent, startling Twilight and causing her to drop the textbook she was busy reading. "Oh, hi there Rarity" said Twilight as she greeted her friend as politely as she could in the mood she was in. "I need to ask you about Quinnston Caroustanza" said Rarity, before Twilight start a conversation about anything else. "Oh, erm do you mean the new stallion who has moved in down the street from you? I don't know much about him but Rainbow might, I'm not really one for fashion" "Talk to Rainbow?" asked Rarity muttering to herself, "I expect I will have to..." "Wait Rari-" Twilight started speaking too late because Rarity was already heading off to Whitetail Wood, where she was sure that Rainbow would be napping. Just as Rarity had expected, she found Rainbow asleep in the lower branches of a tree in Whitetail Wood, snoring loudly. Rarity, couldn't wake up Rainbow by simply asking her to wake up, so instead she started talking to herself about the Wonderbolts in a hushed voice, and before she knew it Rainbow fell out off the tree, quickly stood up and started asking about the conversation that had seemingly been going on. "Wonderbolts?" said Rarity, trying to stifle her laughter, the rainbow maned pegasus did not seem happy with the trick. "What do you want Rarity?" said Rainbow petulantly. "Rainbow, I am very sorry for wakening you, but I simply must know something about Quinnston, as he may start selling the same things that I do; this wouldn't help me because even though I seem busy, business is slow at the moment" It was Rainbow's turn to stifle her laughter, Rarity thinks that she will have to compete with 'Quinny'? He'll outsell her within a week! Rainbow thought. "Rainbow Dash!" said Rarity again, "can you please tell me about him!" she exaggerated the please too much and Rainbow Dash took it the wrong way. "What do you wanna know about him?" giggled Rainbow, "you like him?" Rarity immediately blushed "NO! I mean... no" she replied as she tried to regain her composure, "I simply wish to know why I have never heard of him, and what you meant by accessories." Even though she thought she knew the answers to these questions, she asked Rainbow anyway for confirmation, because as always, Rarity was Rarity and she liked to be thorough. "Heh," muttered Rainbow, "okay, you've probably not heard of 'Quinny' 'cause he likes to keep quiet about his designs outside of Cloudsdale, 'cause there aren't any other pegasi that make any sort of clothing." Rainbow carried on talking for some time, Rarity was barely listening as she fussed about Rainbow's unkempt appearance. "That explanation seems adequate, and I think you have already explained enough about his style for me to know what you mean by accessories," interrupted Rarity before Rainbow could carry on her seemingly endless ramblings about 'Quinny'. "Thank-you for your help Rainbow Dash." "No problem?" Rainbow replied with a hint of mock tiredness in her voice. With this comment Rarity trotted away back to Ponyville. "Oh Yeah! Nap time!" said Rainbow to herself, and she returned to her tree. Ruby RedFashion Final Wings, Hooves and Horns Tuesday had arrived Quicker than Quinnston had thought, Celestia's sun was rising above the horizon, and he had much to prepare. He yawned heavily, climbed out of his bed and quickly showered; soon after this he had returned to his room to put on the showy outfit he had designed for this occasion. As he took the extravagant piece of clothing from the mannequin, something caught his eye, it was a pair of well-worn scarlet flight-goggles and a dilapidated jacket. This was the uniform that had earned him his cutie mark; he thought back as he saw these, to his surprise the memory seemed fresh in his mind... ~Flashback~ "Good morning Mum! Good morning Dad!" shouted the over-enthusiastic colt as he burst into the small dining room of his Cloudsdale home. "Good morning dear," said his parents together, before bringing him a breakfast that consisted of a slice of seeded-bread and an apple. "I'm going to get my cutie mark today! I'm sure of it!" he said with pure excitement in his voice. "Good for you sweetie!" replied his mother happily, quickly nudging her husband so that he would show some interest. "Uhm, yes! What your mother said..." his father muttered as he was reading the 'Celestial Post' at the time. "I wanna get a cutie mark for flying!" said Quinnston, as he did every morning. He was jumping about excitedly and whooping so he didn't hear his father mention something about the family business of teaching. The clock chimed 9:30, and before anything more could be said the little foal had left the house and was on his way to the 'Junior Speedster's Flight Camp'. He had arrived early because only Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Dumb-Bell, Firefly and Hoops had arrived. They all had to wait another ten minutes until the last pony turned up; as usual it was Glide who, throughout her time at the camp, had never been on time, some ponies like Hoops and Quarterback called her Flight Flop behind her back as she could never seem to fly in a straight line and she was always using the thermals to keep in the air. The one thing Quinnston was annoyed with was how the 'bullies' laughed at him when his tricks never went to plan, and he became more and more frustrated. He could never pull off any tricks because his family did not have the bits to get him some flight goggles as they were very expensive.This dilemma had irritated 'Quinny' (as he liked to be called) since he had first tried to pull off a trick, he tried and tried but he couldn't push himself to fly fast enough. It was that night when he arrived at home, that he realised what he could do. He noticed that his favourite member of the Wonderbolts 'Aerial Ace' had some ruby lensed flight goggles, and he realised what he could do... Quinny had missed two days of Flight Camp and his parents were getting worried about him, they had attempted to talk him into going but he simply would not even think about it until he had finished his current project, in the previous Nightmare Night, he had gotten a ruby from Pinkie Pie's 'Apple' Bobbing game. Pinkie was right that it was full of surprises! What Quinny had been doing was making his own pair of flight goggles, that were as close to identical as he could make to Aerial Ace's; he had even made the outer rim the same pattern as her mane, Frosty blue and Ice. After another day, he had woken up and gone to the Flight Camp before his parents had managed to say anything to him about his solitary confinement in his room for the past two days. As usual when he reached the camp Glide was last to arrive and there was the usual annoying remarks coming from the bullies, only Rainbow Dash asked him what was in the bag, and he had replied, "just something I have been making". By the end of the day Orange Blossom (The Camp Counsellor) had yet again let the foals perform their best tricks, at this Hoop smirked and looked at Quinny mockingly, Quinny just looked back with a confident air about him. Before his performance Quinny put on his ruby flight goggles, Rainbow Dash stared at them; captivated by their reflection of the light from the falling sun. "Quinnston!" said Orange Blossom, "your turn!" A sudden nervousness passed over Quinny as he realised what he was about to do, this was going to be the defining moment in his life, he knew that this would give him his cutie mark. He readied himself and on the "GO!" of Orange Blossom, he had taken off and disappeared from view. As he reached the height he needed to, he took a look around and realised the magnitude of this event, he took a second to brace himself for any outcome, folded his wings and within seconds, he was free falling at a momentous speed. The cloud that he was aiming for came into view, this was usually the point where his body failed him, but the goggles had worked! He hit the cloud with full-force coming down on it like a brick dropped from a skyscraper, and then, when he could feel the cold air beyond the cloud, he pulled up and as he had planned, pushed away the deformed white shape. Rainbow Dash, Glide, Firefly and Orange Blossom were all cheering for him, even Fluttershy managed a muted 'Yay!' as he landed. It was at that moment when Quinny felt an absence in himself being filled, he looked behind him and saw his ruby lensed flight goggles fade into existence on his flank... ~ Flash Forward ~ Quinnston, realised he had been day-dreaming for the best part of an hour, and he was now far behind on what he needed to prepare; he cursed to himself but could not help shedding tear of happiness at the memory. Rarity had awoken late today, because she realised that she would not need to open her boutique today, as there was a grand opening, which probably would be followed by a Pinkie Pie party, and some relaxation at the Spa with Fluttershy. Rarity went through her usual morning routine, she groomed her mane, had a small bite to eat, and she then set off for Twilight's library across town to pick up Sweetie Belle and the other Cutie Mark Crusaders. Old FriendsFashion Final Old Friends It was still early in the day, and Rarity, being a pony that sleeps in, had organised herself and was setting out for the library. As she approached the hollowed out tree-like structure, she noticed that the curtains were still closed and remembered that Twilight sleeps in... very late. But, as she came closer Rarity heard a tremendous hassle going on inside; the voices she could hear were those of the Cutie Mark Crusaders shouting, and Spike trying to reason with them, the argument was inaudible at her current distance so she moved closer and listened through the door. "Cutie Mark Crusaders pancake makers!" screamed the trio together. "No! Wai-, but- sto-!" exclaimed what sounded like Spike, back at them. Poor Spike, Thought Rarity, Those little mischief makers never listen to anyone but Fluttershy... Rarity decided to intervene after a little thought, she knocked on the door and no-one managed to answer it, so she burst in as Scootaloo turned on the mixer, spraying pancake mix everywhere! *SPLAT!* Before Rarity could do anything she was hit exactly in the middle of her face with the mix. Everyone gasped, there was an uneasy silence while the Crusaders tried to stifle their laughter. "NOOOO! My mane! It's ruined!" shrieked Rarity, but she realised she had an audience staring at her. Calm Rarity, calm, there are ponies staring at you Rarity composed herself and tried to look respectable, even with the cold, off-white batter dripping off her mane. Spike, was about to start speaking but he thought better of it; when Rarity had something like this happen to her, she would easily blow her top at the smallest of annoyances. "You three, come with me now, it's time we left so that Spike can clean up and Twilight can get her sleep," Rarity said as calmly as she could. "I guess we're not going to get any cutie marks to do with cooking," said Sweetie Belle quietly to the other two. "You can say that again..." muttered Scootaloo. "Ah have an idea!" said Apple Bloom, "We can help clean up Rarity's mane, we might get ah cutie marks fer that!" "Great idea!" shouted the other two together "Cutie Mark Crusaders- wait what should we call it?" "Mane groomers!" said Sweetie Belle. "Cutie Mark Crusaders, Mane Groomers!" they all cheered. As they were saying this, they sub-consciously followed Rarity, at a distance, as she made a beeline to Carousel Boutique to get washed. This thing that they suggested however, Rarity caught and suddenly filled with anxiety "NO!" she shouted in anguish "NO my mane will be groomed by me and me only!". The trio groaned in disappointment and flopped onto the floor inside the shop. With all the shouting and talking, none of the four ponies making their way back to Carousel Boutique noticed a certain pegasus flying towards Sugarcube Corner. Quinnston was getting more and more nervous, he had never opened a shop out of Cloudsdale and was wondering whether it was a good idea to start in Ponyville, so close to Canterlot. With this thought on his mind the clock chimed 12pm, and simultaneously his stomach rumbled; he realised that he needed food, soon. He left his house from the back entrance after seeing the huge crowd of ponies waiting for him to show himself, the problem was, he had no idea where anything was in this new town. Then he remembered a name, the name of a pony that had always respected him and had always stopped the bullies in the flight camp from destroying others' spirits - Rainbow Dash. Quinnston looked everywhere he thought a pegasus would be in this small town, he checked the flight team HQ, the huge cloud-constructed home which he assumed belonged to dash, and he even began asking others, despite risking being noticed by a crazed group of fans. He gave up after searching for at least half an hour and finding no trace of her; but, as he was about to return home, he noticed a bakery named 'Sugarcube Corner' and advanced straight towards it. He opened the door and to his surprise, a Pink pony with a candy floss-like mane tackled him out of the door! "Wait... you're not Rainbow!" giggled the hyperactive pink earth pony, "Here! You can have a cupcake!" said the pony, as she handed a cream - coloured cupcake with three tornadoes on it to Quinnston; suddenly she looked up into the corner of the room and screamed into the corner of the wall "I've got my eye on you!" Quinnston, after seeing what she had done before, passed this off as normal and was about to start talking when the pink pony said "I'm Pinkie Pie by the way!" "Pleased to meet you" said Quinnston "I'm..." he looked around the room for inspiration so he could make up a name so as not to attract attention "Pepper...Mint...Crunch - Peppermint Crunch." "Peppermint? I thought you were a filly!" laughed Pinkie Pie. "No, I meant to say I am..." replied Quinnston. "You're Quinnston Caroustanza!" shouted an unfamiliar voice from the doorway; standing there was a cyan pegasus who was immediately recognisable due to her rainbow-coloured mane. "OMIGOSHOMIGOSHOMIGOSHOMIGOSHOMIGOSH!" squealed Rainbow in a single breath. "Rainbow Dash?" he said with a look of surprise on his face. "You know my name?" she blurted out with a look of wonder on her face. "Don't you remember me? We were in flight camp together!" he replied in a confused tone. "Wait... you... were... the little guy with the ruby goggles?" she gasped. "Yes! That was me!" he replied with happily. Rainbow Dash fainted. Pinkie Pie went absolutely crazy, she started hopping about Rainbow saying things about them being foalhood friends and asking her questions even though she knew that Rainbow could not answer. Quinnston put his cupcake to one side, for some reason he did not wish to eat it. He joined Pinkie Pie in trying to wake up the passed-out pegasus. Emporium OpeningNOTE: Before you read this, I would like to apologise for my lack of updates, I have had examinations in the past couple of weeks so that's the reason why. Another thing, I will try my best to keep the uploads less than a week apart but I cannot promise anything, I shall be busy in the upcoming months. Thanks! Fashion Final Emporium Opening Rainbow Dash slowly awoke from her recent faint, to see Quinny and Pinkie staring down upon her. She almost passed out again, but this time Pinkie Pie was prepared, she had a bucket of ice-cubes on the floor that she had fetched from the kitchen. One by one she dropped ice cubes onto Dash until she woke up. "Ahem, as I was about to ask-" said Quinny as he was interrupted by Rainbow asking him questions. "What are you doing here? What are you making? Can I be the first into the emporium?" babbled Rainbow. "Uhm..." said Quinnston, he looked over to Pinkie Pie who seemed to have no intention of helping "yes?" "OMIGOSHOMIGOSHOMIGOSHOMIGOSHOMIGOSHOMIGOSHOMIGOSHOMIGOSH!" said Rainbow again, but this time Pinkie caught her before she fainted. "Anyway," said Quinny staring irritably at the pegasus, "as you run a bakery, I would like to see if you have any sort of food, I am incredibly hungry and my emporium opens at 1 O'-" At this moment he realised that reviving Rainbow Dash had brought the time up to 12:40, "Can I buy any snacks from you miss?" he carried on. "Sure! What d'you want? I've got everything! Cupcakes, Cakes, Fritters, Pancakes, Waff-" started Pinkie. "Do I get a say in this?" asked Rainbow. "You silly filly! this isn't for you Dashie!" replied Pinkie, "you can get something afterwards!" "But, I'm going into Quinny's emporium first cause he said so!" whined Rainbow, this was very unlike her but Pinkie ignored it. "Ahem! can I please get something" said Quinny as his stomach rumbled again, "I would like a dandelion and thistle bake please!" "I'll be a jiffy!" giggled Pinkie Pie, ignoring the entirety of the previous conversation. She disappeared into the kitchen for a second and soon reappeared with a sandwich. "There! Twelve bits please!" The bits exchanged hands quickly and, after being unusually quiet, Rainbow started to talk. "So, umm we knew each other in flight camp?" "Yes, I guess we did, I was actually looking for you - don't faint again! You see, I did not know where anything was in Ponyville, but after I had seen you when I moved in, I had your name in the back of my mind for a while..." "You remembered me? How?" I'm talking with Quinnston Caroustanza! forget 20% cooler, double it! Thought Rainbow Dash. "A rainbow mane is pretty hard to miss, especially when the pegasus that owns it is cyan." "I Guess so..." said Rainbow "Did you mean what you said about me getting to enter first?" "No, it was just to make you quiet, you seem like one of those insane fan-girl types." Rainbow Dash turned a shade of red that matched Quinny's cutie mark. "I- Uh- No-!" "I was being sarcastic there Rainbow Dash." "Uh-" "I'd better get back!" said Quinnston as he glanced at the clocktower, "5 minutes until the grand opening!" "Aren't I going with you?" "Aha! Yes! You can use the back door of my home to get into the Emporium, but don't tell anypony!" Quinnston said as his stomach rumbled. He realised that he had not taken a single bite out of his sandwich, he felt rather light headed. 5 Minutes later... Quinnston was at his door, after ushering Rainbow into the corner so it looked like she came inside with everypony else, he felt the nerves grip at his chest, he was feeling the same as when he had started his original store in Cloudsdale. As he prepared himself, he walked down to his door and turned the handle... Elsewhere... Rarity was not having the best of days, the CMC's had attempted to be: fashion designers, which ended up in them stitching their manes together, artists which had caused them to paint over Rarity's new designs and as Rarity was about to make her way out to the opening of Quinnston's store, they shouted: "Cutie Mark Crusaders Tree Climbers!" Rarity twitched, as per usual when she was overly annoyed. She about faced and stared down at the Crusaders. "Shall I go and find Fluttershy you three?" she glared at them with a great audacity. They immediately fell in line, saluted and fell silent. "That's better" laughed Rarity, follow me you three little ponies, or we may miss the opening. "Who cares?" muttered Scootaloo quietly, Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom giggled, Rarity just ignored them, she arrived as the ceremony was about to be begun by the mayor. NOTE 2: Sorry about the small word count, i'll try and improve on the next ones, anyway helpful comments are appreciated!
The New Pony in TownFashion Final The New Pony in Town It was early one morning in spring when Rarity was awoken to the sound of carriages and shouting in the streets of Ponyville, "Ugh! I need my sleep!" she grumbled to herself. As she groggily made her way over to the window of her boutique, she caught sight of Pinkie Pie, happily bouncing down the street towards a large group of ponies, gathered around the empty house at the end of the street. Rarity, being the closest thing to the town's gossip decided that she should take a look. She quickly fixed her hair, had a quick bath and made her way to the door when it suddenly burst open! "Hey Rarity did you know that a new pony is moving in down the street huh-?" Pinkie Pie said in an over-enthusiastic and very fast manner. "Uhm... I was just going to see what that commotion that woke me was actually" she said in the most lady-like tone she could manage at this time in the morning. "Okay!" shouted the over-enthusiastic Pinkie Pie, "I was about to go there myself before I figured that because they are a fashion designer too you should meet him soon!" "Fashion designer? 'Him'?" said Rarity. "Yes! He!" said Pinkie Pie, "I'll tell you as we go over there! Last one there has to watch the 'Cutie Mark Crusaders'!" said Pinkie, having heard her say this, Rarity was already halfway down the street, moving as fast as she could while still trying to look respectable. Pinkie bounced after her, humming tunelessly as she went. It did not take the two long to reach the ornate house on the end of the street, this property had been for sale for months, but nopony could afford it, Rarity was intrigued as to who had moved in here because for one thing, this house was extremely expensive, and there was a large group of paparazzi ponies gathered outside; jostling for space. Among them were: Film Reel, Snappy Scoop, Flash Bulb and Tracy Flash - all of whom she recognised from when Fluttershy had become a fashion model with Photo Finish for a week or so. Whoever this is, they must be incredibly famous! Thought Rarity as she tried to get closer to the front of the ever-increasing crowd of bystanders. As she looked around, Rarity noticed that Rainbow Dash had come over; but Rarity could not think why as Rainbow had no interest whatsoever in any fashion except for what was 'cool'. Another thing she noticed as she scanned the crowd was Pinkie Pie, Being Pinkie Pie, had used some balloons to 'float' above the crowd to see what was going on. About ten more minutes had passed - what had seemed like hours to Rarity - and the crowd was extending away from the house's front to half the length of the street - all of her friends had arrived by now, although Twilight seemed half asleep and Fluttershy seemed rather scared of the number of people around her. Rarity had started daydreaming when Film Reel yelled "He's here, he's here!" A carriage pulled up behind the crowd and two large ponies climbed out, who then ushered the crowd to one side so that the actual passenger could walk safely to his new home. No-one knew who it was until Tracy Flash started reporting and mentioned the name 'Quinnston Caroustanza', with this the crowd burst into a complete mess of incoherent screaming ponies; jumping this way and that, knocking each other over and generally being star-struck. When Quinnston had entered his newly bought home, the crowd soon dispersed and life in Ponyville soon returned to normal for most ponies, however Rarity was confused. She had never heard of Quinnston Caroustanza, even though she was an avid reader of every fashion magazine known to Equestria. Before she returned to her boutique to open for another day of sales, she remembered the fact of Rainbow being in the crowd, earlier than most ponies. Rarity quickly made her way over to Rainbow before she went to work, being the leader of the Ponyville weather team. Rainbow noticed Rarity long before Rarity noticed her and she swooped down, startling the slightly confused looking, glamorous mare. "You don't seem too bothered about that new guy in town, what's bugging you?" said Rainbow in her usual 'cool', chilled out voice. "Nothing 'bugs' me Rainbow, I am a lady, but yes something is bothering me if that is what you mean. I have never heard of this new 'guy' as you put it" explained Rarity in a slightly annoyed tone. "Wow... you're really behind the times, this guy, he may have a frou-frou like name but he isn't as boring as his name makes him sound. 'Quinny' makes cool accessories along with that boring frou frou stuff that everypony was wearing to the Gala" replied Rainbow. "Aha! so what you are saying is he makes the proper, regular apparel and these new... accessories that you are talking about" said Rarity. "Sorta..." said Rainbow, "Actually Rarity, you should start selling accessories in your boutique, because, I'm just sayin' that at the moment, I think that his stuff is waaaay cooler than what you make, I mean it's like 20% cooler than your frou... oh yeah I mean... no offence..." "None taken!" grumbled Rarity after hearing this comment. "Anyways... I've gotta fly, the flight team needs my help to prepare this storm we have scheduled, see you!" said Rainbow as she abruptly ended the conversation and flew off, creating a gust of wind which flattened Rarity's mane into a frizzy mess. Rarity started grumbling about Rainbow's departure as she now had to groom herself again before she opened the boutique, she also started wondering about what kind of accessories Rainbow meant, and whether she should ask Twilight if she had any information on this mysterious new pony, Quinnston. Rarity groomed her mane, returning it to its former splendour and moved to the door of the Boutique to finally open the store for the day. Within a minute of the boutique opening the bell at the door rang and she began the usual greeting: "Welcome to Carousel Boutique where everything is chic, unique and magnif-
Observing the OutsiderObserving the Outsider Fashion Final Observing the Outsider "Welcome to Carousel Boutique, where everything is chic, unique and magnif-" Rarity started to say as she turned around, however she was cut short by the pony in the doorway. Quinnston was standing there, with a rather miffed look about him; Rarity noticed he was carrying a torn pair of flight goggles with a lightning bolt design and Opalescence by the scruff in his mouth. "Is this your pet?" he asked Rarity with a serious look on his face. "Yes! I am so sorry if Opal has caused any harm!" said Rarity as she quickly snatched Opalescence out of Quinnston's grasp. As Rarity looked up to carry Opal away with her magic, she had her first good look at the newcomer, his coat was a frosty-blue colour, his mane was a two-tone mix of frosty blue and cobalt and his cutie mark appeared to be a deep scarlet lensed pair of flight goggles; also to Rarity's surprise, he was a pegasus pony! A pegasus fashion designer? No wonder I haven't heard of him, he's probably had his head in the clouds all this time! That also explains why Rainbow was so interested in his accessories! Rarity was still examining Quinnston when he cleared his throat, making her jump, "Excuse me but can you keep this wild animal away from my shop, I found it tearing these goggles to shreds. That is a whole month of work down the drain, I'm going to have to get more rubies now!" Rarity was speechless after this outburst, she was filling with rage over what he had called Opal, and about his rude entrance; all this said, she did not want to get on the wrong side of a pegasus, she knew that after more than one experience in her past. "Mr. Quinnston, are you leaving or are you going to be my door-stop for the day?" suggested Rarity quickly, as she could see that this conversation would only bring trouble now. "I was just leaving!" mumbled the irritated pegasus, as he flew out of the boutique, blasting air into Rarity's face, yet again Rarity's artistic looks were ruined, she grumbled with agitation and climbed up the stairs, back to her room. It was another half an hour before she managed to finally open her shop without any problems. It was the Saturday after Quinnston had moved in, and he had made an announcement that his 'Wings, Hooves and Horns Emporium' was opening on Tuesday, Rarity throughout her extremely busy week had been making attempts to visit Twilight about 'Quinny' as he was now known about the town, but she had no chance to talk, because within five minutes of her leaving the shop unattended a pony such as Colgate, Lyra or even Caramel had asked her for help with some fashion related thing or another. It had just turned 6pm and Rarity could finally find Twilight, as she closed early on Saturdays because she pretended it was her 'delivery night', however almost everypony knew it was for her to get some 'Beauty Sleep' as she put it. As was expected Twilight had her face buried in a book, while Spike was clearing up after her; Rarity had always felt a little sorry for Spike, having to constantly clean up after the messy bookworm that Twilight was, for all of Twilight's apparent organised routines, she couldn't keep her home clean to save her life. When Rarity had come to the door, it was Spike who answered, she asked him if Twilight was in, but when Spike had seen Rarity at the door, all he could manage to say was "y-R-but-uhm-beaut-mane," Rarity chuckled at this, and took Spike's incoherent mumblings as a yes and entered the Library, leaving the starry-eyed dragon staring into space. Immediately she saw Twilight reading a book titled 'Caring for Fillies 101', as Rarity saw this she realised that Twilight had to keep an eye on the Cutie Mark Crusaders tonight, because somehow Pinkie had managed to drop the responsibility directly onto Twilight after losing to Rarity earlier on. "Hello? Twilight?" said Rarity in her affected accent, startling Twilight and causing her to drop the textbook she was busy reading. "Oh, hi there Rarity" said Twilight as she greeted her friend as politely as she could in the mood she was in. "I need to ask you about Quinnston Caroustanza" said Rarity, before Twilight start a conversation about anything else. "Oh, erm do you mean the new stallion who has moved in down the street from you? I don't know much about him but Rainbow might, I'm not really one for fashion" "Talk to Rainbow?" asked Rarity muttering to herself, "I expect I will have to..." "Wait Rari-" Twilight started speaking too late because Rarity was already heading off to Whitetail Wood, where she was sure that Rainbow would be napping. Just as Rarity had expected, she found Rainbow asleep in the lower branches of a tree in Whitetail Wood, snoring loudly. Rarity, couldn't wake up Rainbow by simply asking her to wake up, so instead she started talking to herself about the Wonderbolts in a hushed voice, and before she knew it Rainbow fell out off the tree, quickly stood up and started asking about the conversation that had seemingly been going on. "Wonderbolts?" said Rarity, trying to stifle her laughter, the rainbow maned pegasus did not seem happy with the trick. "What do you want Rarity?" said Rainbow petulantly. "Rainbow, I am very sorry for wakening you, but I simply must know something about Quinnston, as he may start selling the same things that I do; this wouldn't help me because even though I seem busy, business is slow at the moment" It was Rainbow's turn to stifle her laughter, Rarity thinks that she will have to compete with 'Quinny'? He'll outsell her within a week! Rainbow thought. "Rainbow Dash!" said Rarity again, "can you please tell me about him!" she exaggerated the please too much and Rainbow Dash took it the wrong way. "What do you wanna know about him?" giggled Rainbow, "you like him?" Rarity immediately blushed "NO! I mean... no" she replied as she tried to regain her composure, "I simply wish to know why I have never heard of him, and what you meant by accessories." Even though she thought she knew the answers to these questions, she asked Rainbow anyway for confirmation, because as always, Rarity was Rarity and she liked to be thorough. "Heh," muttered Rainbow, "okay, you've probably not heard of 'Quinny' 'cause he likes to keep quiet about his designs outside of Cloudsdale, 'cause there aren't any other pegasi that make any sort of clothing." Rainbow carried on talking for some time, Rarity was barely listening as she fussed about Rainbow's unkempt appearance. "That explanation seems adequate, and I think you have already explained enough about his style for me to know what you mean by accessories," interrupted Rarity before Rainbow could carry on her seemingly endless ramblings about 'Quinny'. "Thank-you for your help Rainbow Dash." "No problem?" Rainbow replied with a hint of mock tiredness in her voice. With this comment Rarity trotted away back to Ponyville. "Oh Yeah! Nap time!" said Rainbow to herself, and she returned to her tree.
Ruby RedFashion Final Wings, Hooves and Horns Tuesday had arrived Quicker than Quinnston had thought, Celestia's sun was rising above the horizon, and he had much to prepare. He yawned heavily, climbed out of his bed and quickly showered; soon after this he had returned to his room to put on the showy outfit he had designed for this occasion. As he took the extravagant piece of clothing from the mannequin, something caught his eye, it was a pair of well-worn scarlet flight-goggles and a dilapidated jacket. This was the uniform that had earned him his cutie mark; he thought back as he saw these, to his surprise the memory seemed fresh in his mind... ~Flashback~ "Good morning Mum! Good morning Dad!" shouted the over-enthusiastic colt as he burst into the small dining room of his Cloudsdale home. "Good morning dear," said his parents together, before bringing him a breakfast that consisted of a slice of seeded-bread and an apple. "I'm going to get my cutie mark today! I'm sure of it!" he said with pure excitement in his voice. "Good for you sweetie!" replied his mother happily, quickly nudging her husband so that he would show some interest. "Uhm, yes! What your mother said..." his father muttered as he was reading the 'Celestial Post' at the time. "I wanna get a cutie mark for flying!" said Quinnston, as he did every morning. He was jumping about excitedly and whooping so he didn't hear his father mention something about the family business of teaching. The clock chimed 9:30, and before anything more could be said the little foal had left the house and was on his way to the 'Junior Speedster's Flight Camp'. He had arrived early because only Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Dumb-Bell, Firefly and Hoops had arrived. They all had to wait another ten minutes until the last pony turned up; as usual it was Glide who, throughout her time at the camp, had never been on time, some ponies like Hoops and Quarterback called her Flight Flop behind her back as she could never seem to fly in a straight line and she was always using the thermals to keep in the air. The one thing Quinnston was annoyed with was how the 'bullies' laughed at him when his tricks never went to plan, and he became more and more frustrated. He could never pull off any tricks because his family did not have the bits to get him some flight goggles as they were very expensive.This dilemma had irritated 'Quinny' (as he liked to be called) since he had first tried to pull off a trick, he tried and tried but he couldn't push himself to fly fast enough. It was that night when he arrived at home, that he realised what he could do. He noticed that his favourite member of the Wonderbolts 'Aerial Ace' had some ruby lensed flight goggles, and he realised what he could do... Quinny had missed two days of Flight Camp and his parents were getting worried about him, they had attempted to talk him into going but he simply would not even think about it until he had finished his current project, in the previous Nightmare Night, he had gotten a ruby from Pinkie Pie's 'Apple' Bobbing game. Pinkie was right that it was full of surprises! What Quinny had been doing was making his own pair of flight goggles, that were as close to identical as he could make to Aerial Ace's; he had even made the outer rim the same pattern as her mane, Frosty blue and Ice. After another day, he had woken up and gone to the Flight Camp before his parents had managed to say anything to him about his solitary confinement in his room for the past two days. As usual when he reached the camp Glide was last to arrive and there was the usual annoying remarks coming from the bullies, only Rainbow Dash asked him what was in the bag, and he had replied, "just something I have been making". By the end of the day Orange Blossom (The Camp Counsellor) had yet again let the foals perform their best tricks, at this Hoop smirked and looked at Quinny mockingly, Quinny just looked back with a confident air about him. Before his performance Quinny put on his ruby flight goggles, Rainbow Dash stared at them; captivated by their reflection of the light from the falling sun. "Quinnston!" said Orange Blossom, "your turn!" A sudden nervousness passed over Quinny as he realised what he was about to do, this was going to be the defining moment in his life, he knew that this would give him his cutie mark. He readied himself and on the "GO!" of Orange Blossom, he had taken off and disappeared from view. As he reached the height he needed to, he took a look around and realised the magnitude of this event, he took a second to brace himself for any outcome, folded his wings and within seconds, he was free falling at a momentous speed. The cloud that he was aiming for came into view, this was usually the point where his body failed him, but the goggles had worked! He hit the cloud with full-force coming down on it like a brick dropped from a skyscraper, and then, when he could feel the cold air beyond the cloud, he pulled up and as he had planned, pushed away the deformed white shape. Rainbow Dash, Glide, Firefly and Orange Blossom were all cheering for him, even Fluttershy managed a muted 'Yay!' as he landed. It was at that moment when Quinny felt an absence in himself being filled, he looked behind him and saw his ruby lensed flight goggles fade into existence on his flank... ~ Flash Forward ~ Quinnston, realised he had been day-dreaming for the best part of an hour, and he was now far behind on what he needed to prepare; he cursed to himself but could not help shedding tear of happiness at the memory. Rarity had awoken late today, because she realised that she would not need to open her boutique today, as there was a grand opening, which probably would be followed by a Pinkie Pie party, and some relaxation at the Spa with Fluttershy. Rarity went through her usual morning routine, she groomed her mane, had a small bite to eat, and she then set off for Twilight's library across town to pick up Sweetie Belle and the other Cutie Mark Crusaders.
Old FriendsFashion Final Old Friends It was still early in the day, and Rarity, being a pony that sleeps in, had organised herself and was setting out for the library. As she approached the hollowed out tree-like structure, she noticed that the curtains were still closed and remembered that Twilight sleeps in... very late. But, as she came closer Rarity heard a tremendous hassle going on inside; the voices she could hear were those of the Cutie Mark Crusaders shouting, and Spike trying to reason with them, the argument was inaudible at her current distance so she moved closer and listened through the door. "Cutie Mark Crusaders pancake makers!" screamed the trio together. "No! Wai-, but- sto-!" exclaimed what sounded like Spike, back at them. Poor Spike, Thought Rarity, Those little mischief makers never listen to anyone but Fluttershy... Rarity decided to intervene after a little thought, she knocked on the door and no-one managed to answer it, so she burst in as Scootaloo turned on the mixer, spraying pancake mix everywhere! *SPLAT!* Before Rarity could do anything she was hit exactly in the middle of her face with the mix. Everyone gasped, there was an uneasy silence while the Crusaders tried to stifle their laughter. "NOOOO! My mane! It's ruined!" shrieked Rarity, but she realised she had an audience staring at her. Calm Rarity, calm, there are ponies staring at you Rarity composed herself and tried to look respectable, even with the cold, off-white batter dripping off her mane. Spike, was about to start speaking but he thought better of it; when Rarity had something like this happen to her, she would easily blow her top at the smallest of annoyances. "You three, come with me now, it's time we left so that Spike can clean up and Twilight can get her sleep," Rarity said as calmly as she could. "I guess we're not going to get any cutie marks to do with cooking," said Sweetie Belle quietly to the other two. "You can say that again..." muttered Scootaloo. "Ah have an idea!" said Apple Bloom, "We can help clean up Rarity's mane, we might get ah cutie marks fer that!" "Great idea!" shouted the other two together "Cutie Mark Crusaders- wait what should we call it?" "Mane groomers!" said Sweetie Belle. "Cutie Mark Crusaders, Mane Groomers!" they all cheered. As they were saying this, they sub-consciously followed Rarity, at a distance, as she made a beeline to Carousel Boutique to get washed. This thing that they suggested however, Rarity caught and suddenly filled with anxiety "NO!" she shouted in anguish "NO my mane will be groomed by me and me only!". The trio groaned in disappointment and flopped onto the floor inside the shop. With all the shouting and talking, none of the four ponies making their way back to Carousel Boutique noticed a certain pegasus flying towards Sugarcube Corner. Quinnston was getting more and more nervous, he had never opened a shop out of Cloudsdale and was wondering whether it was a good idea to start in Ponyville, so close to Canterlot. With this thought on his mind the clock chimed 12pm, and simultaneously his stomach rumbled; he realised that he needed food, soon. He left his house from the back entrance after seeing the huge crowd of ponies waiting for him to show himself, the problem was, he had no idea where anything was in this new town. Then he remembered a name, the name of a pony that had always respected him and had always stopped the bullies in the flight camp from destroying others' spirits - Rainbow Dash. Quinnston looked everywhere he thought a pegasus would be in this small town, he checked the flight team HQ, the huge cloud-constructed home which he assumed belonged to dash, and he even began asking others, despite risking being noticed by a crazed group of fans. He gave up after searching for at least half an hour and finding no trace of her; but, as he was about to return home, he noticed a bakery named 'Sugarcube Corner' and advanced straight towards it. He opened the door and to his surprise, a Pink pony with a candy floss-like mane tackled him out of the door! "Wait... you're not Rainbow!" giggled the hyperactive pink earth pony, "Here! You can have a cupcake!" said the pony, as she handed a cream - coloured cupcake with three tornadoes on it to Quinnston; suddenly she looked up into the corner of the room and screamed into the corner of the wall "I've got my eye on you!" Quinnston, after seeing what she had done before, passed this off as normal and was about to start talking when the pink pony said "I'm Pinkie Pie by the way!" "Pleased to meet you" said Quinnston "I'm..." he looked around the room for inspiration so he could make up a name so as not to attract attention "Pepper...Mint...Crunch - Peppermint Crunch." "Peppermint? I thought you were a filly!" laughed Pinkie Pie. "No, I meant to say I am..." replied Quinnston. "You're Quinnston Caroustanza!" shouted an unfamiliar voice from the doorway; standing there was a cyan pegasus who was immediately recognisable due to her rainbow-coloured mane. "OMIGOSHOMIGOSHOMIGOSHOMIGOSHOMIGOSH!" squealed Rainbow in a single breath. "Rainbow Dash?" he said with a look of surprise on his face. "You know my name?" she blurted out with a look of wonder on her face. "Don't you remember me? We were in flight camp together!" he replied in a confused tone. "Wait... you... were... the little guy with the ruby goggles?" she gasped. "Yes! That was me!" he replied with happily. Rainbow Dash fainted. Pinkie Pie went absolutely crazy, she started hopping about Rainbow saying things about them being foalhood friends and asking her questions even though she knew that Rainbow could not answer. Quinnston put his cupcake to one side, for some reason he did not wish to eat it. He joined Pinkie Pie in trying to wake up the passed-out pegasus.
Emporium OpeningNOTE: Before you read this, I would like to apologise for my lack of updates, I have had examinations in the past couple of weeks so that's the reason why. Another thing, I will try my best to keep the uploads less than a week apart but I cannot promise anything, I shall be busy in the upcoming months. Thanks! Fashion Final Emporium Opening Rainbow Dash slowly awoke from her recent faint, to see Quinny and Pinkie staring down upon her. She almost passed out again, but this time Pinkie Pie was prepared, she had a bucket of ice-cubes on the floor that she had fetched from the kitchen. One by one she dropped ice cubes onto Dash until she woke up. "Ahem, as I was about to ask-" said Quinny as he was interrupted by Rainbow asking him questions. "What are you doing here? What are you making? Can I be the first into the emporium?" babbled Rainbow. "Uhm..." said Quinnston, he looked over to Pinkie Pie who seemed to have no intention of helping "yes?" "OMIGOSHOMIGOSHOMIGOSHOMIGOSHOMIGOSHOMIGOSHOMIGOSHOMIGOSH!" said Rainbow again, but this time Pinkie caught her before she fainted. "Anyway," said Quinny staring irritably at the pegasus, "as you run a bakery, I would like to see if you have any sort of food, I am incredibly hungry and my emporium opens at 1 O'-" At this moment he realised that reviving Rainbow Dash had brought the time up to 12:40, "Can I buy any snacks from you miss?" he carried on. "Sure! What d'you want? I've got everything! Cupcakes, Cakes, Fritters, Pancakes, Waff-" started Pinkie. "Do I get a say in this?" asked Rainbow. "You silly filly! this isn't for you Dashie!" replied Pinkie, "you can get something afterwards!" "But, I'm going into Quinny's emporium first cause he said so!" whined Rainbow, this was very unlike her but Pinkie ignored it. "Ahem! can I please get something" said Quinny as his stomach rumbled again, "I would like a dandelion and thistle bake please!" "I'll be a jiffy!" giggled Pinkie Pie, ignoring the entirety of the previous conversation. She disappeared into the kitchen for a second and soon reappeared with a sandwich. "There! Twelve bits please!" The bits exchanged hands quickly and, after being unusually quiet, Rainbow started to talk. "So, umm we knew each other in flight camp?" "Yes, I guess we did, I was actually looking for you - don't faint again! You see, I did not know where anything was in Ponyville, but after I had seen you when I moved in, I had your name in the back of my mind for a while..." "You remembered me? How?" I'm talking with Quinnston Caroustanza! forget 20% cooler, double it! Thought Rainbow Dash. "A rainbow mane is pretty hard to miss, especially when the pegasus that owns it is cyan." "I Guess so..." said Rainbow "Did you mean what you said about me getting to enter first?" "No, it was just to make you quiet, you seem like one of those insane fan-girl types." Rainbow Dash turned a shade of red that matched Quinny's cutie mark. "I- Uh- No-!" "I was being sarcastic there Rainbow Dash." "Uh-" "I'd better get back!" said Quinnston as he glanced at the clocktower, "5 minutes until the grand opening!" "Aren't I going with you?" "Aha! Yes! You can use the back door of my home to get into the Emporium, but don't tell anypony!" Quinnston said as his stomach rumbled. He realised that he had not taken a single bite out of his sandwich, he felt rather light headed. 5 Minutes later... Quinnston was at his door, after ushering Rainbow into the corner so it looked like she came inside with everypony else, he felt the nerves grip at his chest, he was feeling the same as when he had started his original store in Cloudsdale. As he prepared himself, he walked down to his door and turned the handle... Elsewhere... Rarity was not having the best of days, the CMC's had attempted to be: fashion designers, which ended up in them stitching their manes together, artists which had caused them to paint over Rarity's new designs and as Rarity was about to make her way out to the opening of Quinnston's store, they shouted: "Cutie Mark Crusaders Tree Climbers!" Rarity twitched, as per usual when she was overly annoyed. She about faced and stared down at the Crusaders. "Shall I go and find Fluttershy you three?" she glared at them with a great audacity. They immediately fell in line, saluted and fell silent. "That's better" laughed Rarity, follow me you three little ponies, or we may miss the opening. "Who cares?" muttered Scootaloo quietly, Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom giggled, Rarity just ignored them, she arrived as the ceremony was about to be begun by the mayor. NOTE 2: Sorry about the small word count, i'll try and improve on the next ones, anyway helpful comments are appreciated!
