Ponyville High

That was the day.          They were finally ready to the test that would determin wheter they made it to The Puddingheads or not.     They had practiced hard, hanging out with Fluttershy all the while.       Applejack and Fluttershy had gotten along fine very quickly but the little yellow pegasus seemed to prefer hanging out with Pinkie much more.        They met every day after school at Sweet Apple Acres and they were getting closer to each other each day; and more and more apart from Rarity too.

"We got it!!" Pinkie squealed as she read the list hanging on the wall of the school as it said she and Applejack were officially on the team.  "WE GOT IT!!"

"Yeehaw!" Applejack exclaimed as she and Pinkie hoof-bumped.     "Ah knew we´d get in!"

"I have to tell Rarity!"

Apple Jack frowned.   "Um, Ah don´t think that´s such a good idea, Pinkie."

But Pinkie didn´t listen and instantly ran towards the unicorn, who just happened to be walking by.

"RARITY!!" She jumped just infrot of the unicorn only to earn a confused and startled look.   "WE GOT IN, RARITY!! I´M THE QUARTERBACK!!"

"Um... Do.... I know you?"

Pinkie Pie frowned.    "I´m Pinkie Pie.   I sit right next to you in class."

"Oh, sorry I forgot about you, darling....  Well, have a good one."    She turned around and ran away as quickly as possible without looking  back even once.

"She forgot about me."   Pinkie Pie said, shocked, her tone barely above a whisper.  Her hair deflated and she hung her head as she walked back  to Applejack´s side.       Applejack read the atmosphere quickly and put a hoof on her shoulder.

"Now listen here.    Rarity doesn´t want anything to do with Ponyville or us, but that doesn´t matter.   Tomorrow, we´re gonna ROCK IT AT PRACTICE AND SHOW ALL THE SCHOOL WHAT WE´RE MADE OF!! Okay?"

Pinkie sniffed and faked a smile.  "O-okay."

The bell rang and the adolescent fillies and colts went their separate ways.     Some lost in chattering with friends, others on their own, others with some family member.          Rarity was doing the first one, walking alongside Suri and Spoiled until.....

"So, yeah, that´s pretty much it but I...."   She stopped mid-way and gasped.     "GOODNESS GRACIOUS ME!!!"

Suri looked worried and started looking around for anything that would´ve caused the young unicorn to snap like that.      Spoiled raised an eyebrow.       "What´s wrong?"

"Sorry, girls, fashion emergency; if I don´t take care of it now it´ll bother me for the rest of my life."    She took a deep breath and started running in a different direction.       "SEE YOU TOMORROW!"   She shouted back at them.

"Ba-bye."   She heard the both of them say as they gently waved their fronthooves at her.

She slowed down at the sight of a yellow pegasus that seemed some-what around her age.    She was sitting down on the ground focusing on a nearby tree that seemed to be filled with birds and squirrels of all kind.       The unicorn tried to avoid cringing at her ridiculous pig-braids, bold lack of make-up and green sweater that looked like she had inhereted it from a grandparent.     This filly needed her badly.

"Excuse me, miss."

The pegasus jumped back, almost startled by her voice.     "Um, hi?"

"Question: What is a gorgeous pegasi like you doing in a comon-place earth village like this?"

"Um,  I´m from Cloudsdale, actually, I´m just  waiting for my friend."   She blushed.   "Pinkie Pie, you know her?"

Rarity shrugged.   "Maybe I´ve seen her somewhere.   Doesn´t matter."  She instantly jumped infront of her.   "What DOES matter, however, is that mounstrosity you´re wearing!!"  She pointed at the sweater and the pegasus looked down at the ground, ashamed.      "Such a remarkable figure can not be attached to that piece of cloth!! And your hair" She pointed towards her two braids, open ended and dry.   "My, at least that looks fixable.    Don´t you worry, darling,  I have just the thing you need at my home."

"Um, I´m suppoused to be waiting for Pinkie, remember?" She tried to reply, her voice barely above a whisper.

"It will only take a moment, dear.       Besides, do you want Pinkie to find you in such a deplorable state?"

That got the filly thinking.      "She always looks so pretty."  The blush on her cheeks returned in full force.   "I guess I´d want to look good, too."

"That´s all I needed to hear!!" And, without another word, she started levitating her home.

"Rarity, honey, you´re home early today!!" Hondo Flanks smiled as he saw his daughter walking throught the door.      His smiled became bigger when she saw the filly next to her.       "And you brought a friend!!"

"Hello, sweetie" Cookie Crumble smiled as she got a few feet closer to the pegasus.   "What´s your name? Do you like cookies?"

"I..... Think so.     I´m Fluttershy."

"MOTHER! FATHER!" Rarity scowled.  "There´s no time for socializing, can´t you see we´re in the middle of a situacion here? Come on, Fluttershy, let´s go to my room."      In less than a mili-second, they were both climbing up stairs.

"Ah, the young ones."   The stallion said, returning to his newspaper.

"Try not to wake your sister up!" Cookie Crumble called.

Rarity groaned.      "Okay!"

Once they were in the unicorn´s room, she slammed the door and picked up two beauty magazines from her desk.   "Very well, Fluttershy, you know what a Home Spa Session is?"

"Um, no?"  She cocked a nervous eyebrow.

"Then take off your sweater, you´re about to find out."

"Pinkie!"  Fluttershy´s expression instantly lit up upon seeing  the pink pony in front of her and she flew to give her a hug.

"Fluttershy, hi! What took you so long? You look super-duper, by the way."   Pinkie was both happy and confused as she noticed the sweater the pegasus was wearing now.     It was arm-less, letting her frontlegs free and it was a sweet combination of green and white that went good with Fluttershy´s colors, her mane and tail´d been straightened with a light blue and purple, butterfly-shaped hair clip as the finishing touch.

She blushed.    "Thanks, I´m sorry I took so long, I just really wanted to look good today."

"No prob."  She shrugged.

"Oh, and, do you know of a filly named Rarity?"

Pinkie Pie´s look became a scowl.       "Oh, I know her alright."

"Something wrong?"

"Let´s just not talk about her, ok?"

"Um, o-ok....  Did you get in?"

"YUP!! Quarterback." She proudly pointed to herself.  "Applejack is the blind-bucker."

Fluttershy had no idea what that meant yet she smiled anyways.  "Congratulations.    I´m going to cheer you girls on the whole way."

"Thanks, ´Shy. Oh!  That reminds me! Do you have a hoofball team at your school?"

"Yes.     I´m friends with the quarterback there too, actually."

"Hey, stop making me jealous!" Pinkie was joking, Fluttershy knew that but, as the both of them turned into a cascade of laughs and giggles, she couldn´t help but blush.