The mare brought him to a shop around the corner that had several ponycines with fancy dresses in the window. The pony's eye sparked at the sight of gold and gems. If this was a high-class thing. Then he'd definitely have to make a note of locating more of these places.

Once inside the mare made her way to the back. The pony thought it was odd. She hadn't stopped complaining about those two since they had left the store. The pony likely knew even more about the business world of this place than he ever needed. And even more about that BlueBlood than he wanted.

"So… about my new outfit?" He asked as they stopped at a desk.

"Don't worry about it darling. The princesses get dresses from me all the time. It'll be a pleasure to make a suit for one of their friends. Now hold still, wings out." She explained, pulling out several things from her desk.

Nodding he stood tall with his wings out as if he was gliding. "How often do you make outfits for guys?"

"Surprisingly, more often than you'd think." She explained. "There's more mares that care about their looks than the stallions. And you're one of the few that cares about how he looks."

"Thanks."

"So. What look are we going with? Something slimming I believe." She suggested.

"Old Ponish sailer… what would that look like?"

The mare's eyes sparked as a book levitated over opening to a page that had a picture that reminded him of a pony version of an Englishman. "What a splendid idea. It's not very often that I get the pleasure of doing a look like this."

"Looks nice. But… would you be willing to make it look a bit… less proper?" He asked.

"Less proper?" She asked, thinking for a minute. Levitating over a clipboard and pen drawing up a picture. "Most likely you'd like it to involve an eyepatch." She hummed as she worked. "A rebellious sailor of the old Ponish style… I think I have just the idea." She said, showing him the picture.

After looking at the picture the stallion nodded. "That looks great."

"Then I shall get right to work. And as for the eyepatch. Would you like me to come up with a few designs? Or would you prefer to keep the classic look?" She asked as she worked on the outfit.

"I won't be against a few options for the eyepatch." He replied, seeing her tail twitch at his words. It seemed she liked the idea of having something to work on.

For about an hour he sat and watched her work before turning back to him. "Ready to see your new look?" She asked with her horn glowing. With a nod she quickly brought the clothes over and wrapped him in it.

After a few moments she turned him to face the mirrors. He was rather surprised at how much he looked like his old self. "This is amazing… I also like the design on the eyepatch."

"Thank you darling." She replied as he stepped away from the mirrors. "I suppose I should be heading to meet with Luna."

"Allow me to show you the way." She chimed moving to the door before gasping. "How rude of me. I haven't introduced myself. My name is Rarity. I understand if you're unable to remember your name. If what I heard the guards saw is true." She sighed.

"Call me…Swift… Swift Hoof…" He said with a hesitant bow.

"Very well then dear." She replied. "Shall we be off?"

"Let's." He replied moving up next to her letting his wingtip rush up against her flank. To his amusement, she didn't seem to pull away. In fact…

"So… is there any reason other than the atier, is there any reason you picked that look? Such as… being a sailor?"

"I'll let you know when I get my hoofs on a boat." He laughed as they started down the street.

As they made their way down the street, Swift kept his ears on his surroundings. It was rather refreshing to hear about so many possible targets. Not to mention so many possible ponies to pin things on. Speaking of which, a rather self-righteous green pegasus with a yellow man bun was doing a rather poor job at hitting on a blue pegasus mare with a rainbow mane.

As he walked past the stallion, he slipped the now empty stolen pouch into his saddle bag. Smirking, he couldn't wait to see the reaction on their faces when the guards came for him.

Glancing back he had to stifle back a laugh at seeing the guards arrest the stallion in front of the now annoyed mare.

Rounding the corner he smiled at seeing the princess waiting with two batponies and an ashamed BlueBlood at the door of a hotel.

"If you're ever in Ponyville, do stop by the Carousel Boutique. I'll be sure to have some fresh tea for you." Rarity chimed.

"I'd rather something… stronger. But I guess tea is fine to start our friendship." He replied before giving a friendly bow.

Rarity nodded as they got to the princess. "My apologies for the delay. I when I learned about what that scoundrel was going to do. I just had to sweep this stallion up and give him some proper clothes."

"Thank you Rarity." Luna replied. "BlueBlood exclaimed what happened. The shop is being investigated. Take care."

Swift smiled and walked past the guards as the princess talked to Rarity about something involving a pink pony, a very large cake and a white huffy stallion. From what he heard, it was promising to be rather comical.

A group of creatures calmly make their way down the street pulling carts full of materials to build a ship. "Where we wil, will roam."

Author's Note

What will Swift do next in Equestria?