Author's Note

Picture a stallion, a stallion whose fashion empire has exploded. His measure once policy has clients clamoring over getting appointments. No creature likes the in-between phases of ordering a dress, all those boring fittings, and it's all thanks to his mannequin. You have entered Twilight's Zone.

Warning Tags: Gore, Violence

A list of Twilight zone’s names and their meanings. I chose them carefully so I’d thought I'd list them. Careful some of them are spoilers. I suggest you read this after you read all of the stories.

Schaden Sein = Schadensein. Means: Damage
Railway Spine. Means: Another word for PTSD
Memento Mori. Means: Remember Death.
Caedes. Means: Slaughter
Occid Endum = Occidendum. Means: Murder
Phile. Means: Love
Ommeta Phobia = Ommetaphobia. Means: Fear of eyes
Pulchra Fissure. Means: Beautiful Breakage
Fettle Amity. Means: Healthy Friendship
Oblation. Means: Sacrifice
Fad Form. Means: enthusiasm for something, form
Magnum Ego. Means: Big ego

In Fashion

“Wow this fits me so perfectly, and I didn’t even have to make those lousy fitting appointments,” A pegasus mare said as she flew around her new dress inside a fashion shop.

“Just one measure, that's my motto,” bragged a stallion named Fad Form.

“Well, you really do live up to it. I have no idea how you do it!” The mare said she could not stop flying around. She was just so happy.

“Oh, you flatter me too much.” Fad said, he was one of the most famous fashion designers in all of Equestria. He was known for getting his fashion done asap. That wasn’t the best part, the best part was what the client previously said. Only one measure, that's all it would take. None of those annoying in-between fittings to make sure the dress looked just right. That’s what truly made him famous, it also helped that his designs were stunning as well. “That’ll be 350 bits mam.”

“Of course,” his client said as she took a bag of bits in her teeth and handed them to Fad.

“Thank you, I hope to see you again.”

“Oh, you definitely will be!” She said as she flew out of the store in her new stunning dress, it was a light yellow that faded into a bright orange. The dress was adorned with gems in swirling patterns and it looked much like a sunrise.

Fad picked up his client list, who was he to satisfy next? His heart dropped as he recognized the next name. Legendary designer Magnum Ego, the pony breathed fashion. She alone, created at least five different fashion trends by herself, and a whole era of design was named after her. Saying that Fad was nervous was an understatement. Ring, went to the store bell and he knew she was here “how can I help you?” He asked, nervous as all get-out but he tried his best not to sound it. He heard she could smell fear.

“I heard a lot about you,” she started. “I’d tell you what my name was but I think you know.”

“I know, Mrs. Ego, Oh you have? What an honor.” He really hoped that he hadn’t just insulted her if he chose one word wrong it’d be the end of him.

“I heard you can make the most beautiful dresses with only one measure, I want a dress, make it however you wish. Follow your creative flow, I expect it to be grand.”

“Well let me just take your measurements, only once I will need to.” His hooves trembled as he wrapped the measuring tape around her waist thirty-three inches, then her legs thirty inches, then her chest thirty-four inches, and lastly her neck, twenty inches. He jotted all the numbers down on his clipboard, he would need them later.

“Fantastic, I'll see you in a couple of weeks.” Ego said as she left his store.

He waved bye at her and while he acted like he was really calm about this encounter. He felt like his heart would explode at any second. What would he do? Ego wanted him to follow his creative flow? He hadn’t done that in so long. His clients either ordered what a previous client had or he at the very least would get a theme for Fad to follow. He had neither of those things now. He was supposed to just go with his flow. Should he pick a theme he already completed? No ego won’t want a duplicate, she would want something that was one of a kind.

Thoughts saw through his head as he trotted down the stairs and flicked on the lights. In the center of the room was his mannequin. He hoped that it would last one more dress, he didn’t have the time to go out and get a new one. It was just so much work and he already had a lot on his plate. He checked its eyes first, cloudier than normal but that was to be expected. The real test is when he smelled it, he gave it a hearty sniff.

This one was getting bad but it would last just one more dress and he was thankful. How lucky could he get tonight? Hopefully, he would have a lot of luck as he would need it all to impress Ego. He went to his fridge and looked through the bags. He grabbed out a larger bag of flesh than normal. She was larger than the last mare, but the last mare was just so small. He had to really cut the mannequin down to get it to be the shape he needed it to be. Now he was going to have to add it all back and then some. He grabbed a decent-sized piece and started sowing it onto the mannequin's stomach and chest. This part would always take the longest and the flesh was finicky and didn't always behave how he wished it would. After he was done with the chest and stomach he moved onto all four legs of the mannequin.

The realness of his mannequin was his secret, he’d size it up or down depending on the client. The way its body curved naturally is what he got out of the real deal. It didn’t sag in the places it normally would if you used a typical machine. It was just so much more effective this way when it was a real pony. That and he never had to deal with customer's bad behavior.

He smiled as he grabbed the white cloth but tragedy struck as it hit the ground and got covered in the blood that had dripped out of the mannequin. He ripped the cloth off the ground and it left a white to red fade behind. It was beautiful, an accident but beautiful. His genius struck as he decided to make a rose inspired dress that fades from red to white. It would be his best dress! Ego was going to love it. It would be one of a kind, the only dress to ever have real pony mixed into it and Fad couldn’t help but smile. It would definitely be quite the statement.