In Canterlot the next morning, a very tall mare that can easily be mistaken for an alicorn, Sassy Saddles, had received an E-mail on her computer. Opening it up, she smiled to see that another ballerina dress had been ordered. Scrolling to the bottom to see who’s name it was under, She took a long time to render it into her mind, but the order was the name of Rainbow Dash, the pony who was nearly framed by the legendary wonderbolt, Wind Rider.

“Oh, my. I never knew she was into this kind of stuff. Rarity had always told me she was more of a tomboy. I’m sure this is something she’ll be interested in,”

Just as she finished her statement to nopony in particular, her horn had given off a ring similar to that of a telephone, glowing as it did.

“Hello?” She answered. Who she heard brought a smile to her face. It was her business partner (and Rainbow Dash’s friend), Rarity.

“Hello there, Sassy. Lovely that you could answer on such short notice,”

“What do you mean? Where are you?”

‘I’m on my way to Canterlot right now! I was going to discuss the new location I found in Manehatten,”

“Really?” Sassy squealed.

“I also know who’s going to be in charge,”

“Really, who?”

“Coco Pommel! She’s a really good friend of mine and knows how to do the job right. I wish we could share this conversation with her to tell her the good news, but…” Rares paused.

“Yeah, the fact we’re communicating via telepathy,”

“No matter, I think I know how to still deliver the message,”

“Oh, is that so?”

“Yes,”

“Well, have I got a surprise for you!”

“You do?! WHAT IS IT?!?!” Now, it was Rarity's turn to squeal with excitement.

“Trust me, it’ll be worth the wait,”

A few minutes later, the ivory social unicorn had arrived in her second business location, and the soon-to-be home. She immediately cut to the chase with the surprise Sassy had in store for her, literally.

“So get this, I had just received another order for a unique ballerina dress,” Sassy started.

“Oh, that doesn’t surprise me at all. You have been getting a lot of those orders lately, seeing as you stuck to my Rules of Rarity,”

“But get this. The mare it’s supposed to be delivered to wants it to look like a rainbow,”

“A rainbow? That is a bit new, considering the fact that we’ve never done one like that before. Who’s the lucky pony?”

Sassy was on the verge of just telling her who it was, her smile widening to almost a creepy one, but both mares know that surprises are better when you find about it yourself. “Hehehehe… I’ll give you one guess,”

“Hmm… can I get a hint, pretty please?”

“Hehe… okay, but only this one. She likes to be… shall we say, awesome!”

“A mare who likes rainbows and being awesome…….*gasp*” The ivory pony had literally stuck a hoof in her mouth when she realized who the mare was. “No! You can’t mean...?” Sassy only nodded her head. “B-b-but, s-she’s always said she’s into more… manly-like things,”

“That part got me, too! So, it seems that this order will be going to….”

“RAINBOW DASH!!” Both mares screamed.

“Oh, I just had the best idea! What if we put your name on the delivery instead?” Sassy asked, adding an evil grin to her statement.

“Where exactly are you going with this?”

“I believe you told me how much of a tomboy she was, and seeing her cringe whenever you pass by is sure to bring a smile to your face. She knows how you are with keeping secrets. I think this is a rather cute one,”

“I think so, too, but I don’t want her to think I’m a bad friend,”

“Oh, just go with me on this one! You’re going to love it!!”

“Oh, if you insist!” Rares said with a giddy face.

Later in the evening, a blur of many colors could be seen blasting through Canterlot. Hoping she wasn’t too late, Dash sped to boutique to receive her dress. She arrived to see Sassy getting all of her equipment ready for tomorrow. “Hey there, Sassy. I’m here to pick up my dress,”

“Oh, hello there, Rainbow Dash. Sorry, but if you’re here to pick up your dress, we’ve already delivered it to your house,”

“WHAT?! I thought I made it clear in my order, ‘personal pickup’?”

“I know, but a certain somepony had told me that you had the knack of sometimes showing up late,” Sass said with a look that could probably look into your soul.

The way Sassy was playing got Dash’s heart racing. “W-w-what do you m-mean, heh?”

“Oh, I think you’ll find out…. on your delivery,” she said with a smile that would the Troll proud.

Dash couldn’t take it anymore. She blasted out of the shop with such speed, she almost knocked down the mannequins inside. Luckily, Sassy was a unicorn and she simply used her magic to keep them in place. The rainbow blur had pulled off her signature Sonic Rainboom just to see how much of a rush she was in. Once back at her cloud home, she rushed to her bedroom to see who could possibly have made the delivery. She looked on the package and her heart had almost stopped.

Made by Sassy Saddles… and Rarity.

Rarity.

“…Rarity…” she whispered, her face going pale.

She slowly walked to her closet along with her dress and Tank, hiding herself from the outside world.

“It’s okay. It’s not like she’s going to tell anypony, is it?” she said to her pet. Her only response was a slow blinking of the eyes. “You’re right. She’s probably going to tell EVERYpony!”

She balled herself up and rocked from side to side, trying to calm herself, but the more she tried, the more she thought about the secret getting out. Eventually, that wasn’t the case. She had calmed down to where she left the insanity box and got in her bed for some much needed rest.

Cue the nightmares.

“Yoo-hoo, ladies!” Rarity shouted to her friends as they passed by.

“What is it, Rares?” asked Applejack.

“You won’t believe the secret I have in store for you,”

“You know, it’s not so good to spill secrets about anypony, right?” came Twi.

“Says the pony who does the 2nd worst job at keeping them,” the fashionista countered with a wink to Fluttershy. The lavender alicorn only blushed at the statement, remembering how horrible of a job she did.

“Okay, I think I’ll let you get this one in,”

“Yay! I was down at the Canterlot Carousel, discussing the location I found to open a 3rd boutique in Manehatten, when Sassy revealed to me that she had received an order for a ballerina dress,”

“Uh, Rares?” AJ rudely interrupted. “That’s not really much of a secret,”

“Yeah, you two practically make those all the time ever since that new place came into Cloudsdale,” Pinkie added.

“Ahem, as I was saying,” Rarity continued, quite unamused that her story was stopped. “It was a rainbow ballerina dress. Turns out, the dress was for…” She paused, checked the area to see if there the slightest sign of the cyan pony, and huddled in closer. The others followed.

“Don’t tell them, please,” Dash muttered in her sleep.

“Yes?” The gang whispered together.

“Before I tell you, promise you won’t overreact?” Rares asked, putting her front hooves together in a begging motion.
All of them nodded their heads.

“It’s for Rainbow Dash.”

Gasp!

“No,” she said, beginning to stir.

“But why?” Twi asked.

“She’s joining the new ballerina class in Cloudsdale!” the ivory unicorn answered with a huge grin.

GASP!!

“No!”

“Anything else?” came the shy Pegasus.

“It also said, quote, ‘So I can dress in style’”

GASP!!!

“NOOO!!” she shouted as she woke up. Sweat was dripping down her fur. Her heart was running wild. “Curse you, Rarity,”

Author's Note

There you go. Chapter 3 is still being worked on. Give me your honest opinion on the story and I'll try to improve as much as I can.