Episode 11: Rarity & Pipp's Mane Fasion Style

At the Station Square Mall, in the store that was purchased by the Freedom Fighters, Rarity was panicking about all the possibilities of what could go wrong on opening day.

"Oh, goodness!" Rarity said. She was breathing in and out. "It could be a total disaster! I don't know what I'd do if this new store tanks on the first day!"

Then Pipp walked up to Rarity's left side, wrapping her right arm around the unicorn's shoulders, saying, "Relax, Rarity. We've got this. None of your other stores in Equestria have tanked, have they?"

Then Sonia came up to Rarity's right side, wrapping her left arm around the unicorn's shoulders, saying, "You're a very popular unicorn from Equestria, not only on the brink of being one of the greatest fashionista's in the world, but you're also a hero for taking down Doctor Eggman and other threats to the world multiple times."

Rarity then thought about it. She then smiled and said, "You're right. I am Rarity. I can do this!" Then the three of them headed for the front entrance, which from the outside, there was a huge curtain blocking the inside entrance. They walked through the curtains where the Freedom Fighters, the rest of the Mane 6, the Young 6, Dulcy, Manic, Midpoint, Olive, Cozy Glow, Sunny, Hitch, Zipp, Izzy, Misty, Spike, Sparky and a bunch of news reporters and cameramen were outside waiting for the store to open. Rarity then stepped up to a podium and said into the microphone, "Ladies and gentlemen, Mobians, Humans and Equestrians, may I welcome you... to Rarity & Pipp's Mane Fashion Style!" Just then, on each side of the curtain, Pipp and Sonia pulled on the rope, revealing the entrance to the store.

In the store, Rarity was showing the people her new shop. The camera men followed her.

"Welcome, everyone," Rarity said. "Welcome to the opening of Rarity & Pipp's Mane Fashion Style! Where all your fashion needs, along with hair styles, can fit your personality." Rarity then showed them a special mirror. "Here, we have this special mirror that shows you the type of outfit that would fit your personality and the occasion. Whether the customer is male..." Rarity then used her magic to bring Gallus towards the mirror.

"Whoa! Hey!" Gallus said. When Gallus stood in front of the mirror, there was a scanning line that scanned Gallus's body in the reflection. Then, the reflection of Gallus showed Gallus wearing a white shirt, a faux leather jacket, blue jeans and his shoes. "Hey, I look good!" He then stepped away from the mirror.

"Or female," Rarity said, bringing Smolder towards the mirror. Smolder had her arms crossed with a smirk. The mirror scanned her reflection. But instead of showing an outfit meant for a tough girl, it showed Smolder in her cute dress attire in the mirror, making Smolder go shocked. "Huh? Smolder, you like...?"

"Um, this isn't me!" Smolder said, running away from the mirror. Then Sonic, Tails, MC, Mutt and Gallus snickered, remembering what they saw on Smolder at the end of Season 1, Episode 5.

"Well, I guess we still have some bugs to fix," Rarity said. "Thanks to the two tech geniuses here, Miles "Tails" Prower and Alex "Midpoint" Lynol, we'll get this mirror up and running again." She then cleared her throat. "Oh, and if you need to get your hair done..."

Rarity then showed the people to a part of the store, where it was a hair salon. Pipp then said, "Just pop by my hair salon, which is cleverly called..." She then started singing, increasing the two words. "Mane Melody!" Inside the hair salon, Fluttershy, Midpoint, Maria, Hitch and Izzy were in a hair salon chair, ready for their hair to be done. There was one chair that was meant for Zipp, but it was empty. Pipp then started talking normally. "Come in and get a whole new look and..." Pipp then saw the empty chair. "Zipp? Where are you?"

Zipp was on the other side of the crowd, hiding from her sister, saying, "Sorry, sis. But there is no way you're messing up my hair. I like it the way it is."

Then it went over to the clothing racks where various clothes were on display. Rarity and Sonia were in front of the racks. Rarity then said, "Of course, we also have clothes for casual day wear. But if you'd like, we can make custom made outfits that depend on the occasion. Whether it's..." Rarity then showed the dressing room areas, where Rainbow Dash was coming out, wearing a track suit. "Sports attire."

Then it showed Amy wearing a beautiful dress for a special occasion. Sonia then said, "Fancy party or gala attire."

Then it showed Truemen wearing a tuxedo. Rarity then said, "Even wedding attire."

Truemen then said, "That is if I choose to get married."

"So, come on down for your choice of fashion or hairstyle!" Rarity said. "We'll be sure to satisfy you in every way!" Then the news reporters walked towards the exit as the rest of the Mane 6, Freedom Fighters, Sunny, Hitch, Zipp, Izzy, Misty and the Young 6 walked up to Rarity, Pipp and Sonia.

"Not bad, you three," Twilight said. "I think this store will be a big hit for everyone here."

"I can't believe that you've gotten this place up and running so quickly!" Sunny said.

"Well, we all have our genius friends to help out with the tech here," Pipp said.

"Of course, we'll have to get that mirror fixed before we all leave for Paris," Rarity said.

"What's in Paris?" Misty asked.

"The Olympics," Sonic said. "Where competitors from all countries around the world will be competing in various events."

"And it'll be even more special because this will be the first Olympics that Equestria will be attending," Twilight said.

"Oh, well, I guess I'll... cheer you guys on," Misty said. She then brought out her phone. "Whoops. Gotta get to work. Bye!" She then zoomed away from the group, heading towards the movie theater.

"Uh, she does know she's gonna be competing in the Olympics, right?" Zipp asked.

"Not yet," MC said. "We're planning on surprising her. Speaking of which, Rares, did you get her measurements?"

"Oh, I did," Rarity said. "She's in for a surprise, isn't she."

"Speaking of surprises, we should get one last one in before the big day," Tails said. "MC, let's get going."

"Right," MC said. "Let's go."

"Go where?" Zipp asked, getting curious.

MC smirked and said, "You know, Zipp, I think you should come with us to see. Izzy, you too."

Izzy walked up to the three and asked, "Really? What is it?"

MC pulled out his Super Warp Ring and said, "Follow us." He then threw the ring, and it expanded into a portal. Then MC, Tails, Zipp and Izzy went through the portal, the portal closing after they all went through.

"Ah, man," Pipp said. "I was hoping to give Zipp a new style."

"We both know that's not gonna happen anytime soon," Rainbow Dash said, passing Pipp. Pipp then nodded in agreement.

At the movie theater, Misty was giving everyone their orders from the concession stand. Just as she finished handing the customer their popcorn, her necklace started vibrating.

"Oh, geez," Misty said. "I gotta go use the restroom. Someone cover me!" Misty then walked towards the restroom. She got into a stall and pulled out her necklace. "Opaline?"

"It's about time, Misty!" Opaline's voice came from the necklace after it started glowing. "Did you get at least one of the two young dragons or not?!"

"I'm... still trying to get them," Misty said. "But, it's becoming harder to get them without anyone noticing. Especially their home security system, Nicole. I think she's been spying on me."

"Well get the dragons when they're alone, or kiss your chance of getting a Cutie Mark goodbye!" Opaline threatened, Misty leaning back in surprise. The necklace then stopped glowing. Misty then started shedding some tears. She then looked down at her right hip, and cringed in sadness. She then bowed her head, crying.

At Tails's workshop in the Mystic Ruins, MC, Tails, Zipp and Izzy arrived there and went into the hanger.

"So, what's in here that you wanted to surprise us with?" Zipp asked.

Tails then flipped a light switch and showed something to the two futuristic ponies. MC had his arms crossed with a smirk on his face. Zipp and Izzy were looking at a new flying machine.

"Whoa!" Zipp said. "What is that?!"

"Is that the Marestream?!" Izzy asked.

"Marestream?" Zipp asked.

"That's right, Izzy," Tails said. "We've been working on this thing for months now."

"Zipp has been taking the Spirit of Freedom so much for her cases out of town, we'd thought we should make her a ship of her own," MC said. "But this one... is more of an RV."

"A flying RV?" Zipp asked.

"So, you've taken in my designs, huh?" Izzy asked.

"Everything that was created in the world is accomplished by a little creativity," MC said, using Izzy's voice.

"I still find it creepy that you manage to make your voice sound like anyone or anything," Zipp said.

"Yeah, but we've gotten used to it," Tails said. "Anyway, Izzy got a lot of the essential things for the designs, but she left out a couple things."

"And those are?" Izzy asked.

"One, a bathroom," Tails said.

"Oh, right," Izzy said. "A mobile home has to have someplace to do their business. And the other thing?"

"This," MC said, pushing a button. Then the top layer of the Marestream expanded, making more room.

"Whoa!" Zipp and Izzy said in unison.

"Extra storage!" Zipp said.

"Actually, up there are a couple of bedrooms," MC said. "The front side has two beds, and the back side has three. Hitch and Sparky can have the sofa for when you guys officially use this to go to the Olympics."

"We're taking this to Paris with us?!" Zipp asked. "That is awesome!"

MC then held up the keys to the Marestream, saying, "Care to take it for a fly?"

"Oh, yes, I do!" Zipp said, taking the keys. Then the four of them headed into the Marestream. They walked into the door on the right side. Izzy looked around.

"Hey, I was pretty sure that the door was supposed to be on the left side, not the right!" Izzy said.

"Yeah, we saw it, but standard RVs in America usually have the main entrances on the right side," MC said. MC then motioned an arm towards a staircase that was behind the rounded sofa. "Up those stairs is one sleeping area. The one for the three beds." Zipp and Izzy then went up the stairs to see the three beds on the floor.

"Not bad," Zipp said. "I'm guessing that me and Pipp will be getting the other room?"

"Actually, the other room is for Sunny and Izzy," Tails said. "Hope you don't mind sharing this room with Misty."

"Okay, that makes sense," Zipp said. She then saw the three sets of closets. "I see you have space for our clothes. Are they over the bathroom?"

"There's enough space for it to stick in with the restroom without bumping your heads, or horns on it. Along with LED lights over the entire bathroom," MC said.

"Nice," Izzy said. "Can we see the cockpit?"

"Of course," Tails said. "Follow us." Then the four of them went downstairs, and into the cockpit of the Marestream. There were two seats in front with a touchscreen stereo system in between the two seats, two seats behind the front seats, and a couch with seat belts on the right side, enough for three people.

"Whoa!" Zipp said. "This is nice! Let's take this thing back to Station Square!" Zipp then got into the front left seat while MC got on the right. Izzy sat behind Zipp and Tails sat behind MC. MC then pushed a button and the upstairs area started retracting in and locking in. Then Zipp started up the Marestream. It then started moving out of the hanger. Then the folded wings unfolded. Then the Marestream started going down the runway. Then it started taking off and it headed off towards Station Square.

At a Smoothie Shop in the mall, Twilight, Rarity, Sunny, Pipp and Sonia were there, celebrating the opening of the shop. Sunny made the smoothies for all of them.

"That was the biggest opening I have ever done ever," Rarity said. "In my life!"

"Hey, we did it together, Rarity," Pipp said.

"That's true," Sonia said. "And I must say, with all of our work, we might make it so big, we'd be an unstoppable team to the fashion world."

"Well, I hope you all will be successful," Sunny said.

"Me, too," Twilight said. "This is pretty big for you all to work together in the fashion world."

Just then, Misty came into the shop, sighing loudly. She came up to the table and sat down.

"What's wrong, Misty?" Twilight asked.

Misty didn't respond just yet. She was still thinking of what Opaline said to her.

"Well get the dragons when they're alone, or kiss your chance of getting a Cutie Mark goodbye!"

Misty then looked at the others and asked, "Have you ever been raised and taught by someone who thinks they know what's best for you, but really it was something really bad?" The others gave off various ways of saying no. "Oh."

"Misty? Have you been abused?" Twilight asked.

Misty sighed and said, "You've guys have been so nice to me. I wish I could have what you all have."

"Oh, Misty," Sunny said. "You're a good pony. And we do a lot of fun things together."

Pipp then brought out her phone and said, "Yeah. Like when we all went out for doughnuts after that day at Twinkle Park." She then showed the picture of her, Sunny, Zipp, Izzy, Hitch and Izzy after a day at Twinkle Park. All of them were smiling in Pipp's group selfie. Especially Misty.

Misty smiled at the picture. Sunny then said, "Looks like that cheered you up, Misty. So, you want a smoothie?"

Misty then thought about it. She then smiled and said, "A Merry Berry, please."

"One Merry Berry, coming right up," Sunny said, heading for the counter.

"Well, we should get back to work," Rarity said. "Sonia, Pipp, let us be off." Rarity, Sonia and Pipp sat up and left the smoothie shop to get to work. Misty smiled at them as she waited for her order.

Coming from the East Side of Station Square, the X-Marestream was coming in. Zipp and MC were in the pilot seats while Izzy and Tails were behind them. Just then, the communications radio started buzzing.

"Unidentified Airship, you are flying through US Airspace. Identify yourself."

MC pushed a button and said, "This is Prince Michael Crayton, one of the leaders of the Freedom Fighters. Coming in with authorization code: 230691."

"Authorization Code approved. You are free to travel."

Zipp piloted the X-Marestream towards Freedom Fighters Mansion. Tails then held up his wrist communicator and said, "Nicole, open up the landing strip."

At Freedom Fighters Mansion, the path to the garage widened into a landing strip. The X-Marestream came in for a landing. Zipp pushed the landing gear button as she was descending the ship. The X-Marestream landed and kept going. The wings then folded up and then it started slowing down, and it came into the hanger where the X-Tornado, the Spirit of Freedom and the Freedom Fighters Spaceship were all docked. Then Zipp backed the X-Marestream into an empty spot and put it in park.

"And, that's it," Zipp said. "Wow. This thing is amazing!"

"Okay, time to show the others," MC said. Then the four of them headed out of the X-Marestream.

Back in the new boutique, all the customers were finishing up their payments. When the last customer paid, she left the store. Then Sonia went towards the the doors that lead outside and locked the doors. When the doors were locked up, Rarity, Pipp and Sonia went to the inside exit and then Pipp flew up and closed the cage door on the second floor. Rarity used her magic to close the cage door on the first floor.

"Well, I believe that was an excellent first day of the Boutique," Rarity said as Pipp flew down to the two.

"Like, totally!" Pipp said. She then brought out her phone for a selfie. "Hashtag: Successful!" Pipp, Rarity and Sonia smiled when looking at Pipp's phone. She then took a picture. Pipp then looked at the picture and smiled. "Ooh, this is gonna be amazing! And post!"

"Well, let us get back home," Rarity said. "I'm sure that the two of you will run it so well when I'm back in Equestria."

"You can count on us, Rarity," Sonia said. "Hopefully you got things ready for the Olympics."

"Oh, Sonic and Rainbow Dash had already gotten the outfits for everyone loaded in MC's truck," Pipp said. "They're currently back home."

"Oh, that's good," Sonia said. "Well, I wish you all the best of luck."

"Oh, no doubt about that, Sonia," Rarity said. "Of course, us ladies don't ever think of competing in such events that could ruin the way we look."

"Tell me about it," Sonia said. She then flipped her hair with a hand. "Do you know how long it takes to get hair like this to look this good?"

"I'm sure with the right bounce, you could make it look more exquisite," Pipp said. She then got an idea. "Perhaps I should also make my own hair care supplies. Ooh, even better! Various beauty products! Shampoos, Conditioners, Face Masks, Nail Polish!" Pipp giggled in excitement. "This could be so... amazing!"

"We'll think about it some other time," Sonia said. "Now, let's get on back to our homes." Then the three of them headed out of there.

Back at Freedom Fighters Mansion, Misty was about to get back into her room when Sonic called for her.

"Yo, Misty!" Sonic said. Misty turned her head to see Sonic coming towards her. "Come check this out." Sonic then grabbed Misty's hand and he sped the both of them towards the hangar. When they got there, Misty was dizzy.

"Whoa!" Misty said as they stopped. "How do you super speeders not get dizzy?"

"Who says we don't?" Sonic asked.

Misty then recovered and looked in the hangar, saying, "Whoa!"

"Ladies and Gentlemen, behold the X-Marestream!" MC said.

"That is awesome!" Gallus said.

"Yeah, it is," Zipp said. "Now, it's gonna be a transport and camper for some of us when we go to the Olympics in Paris."

"This is amazing!" Sunny said. "Who's all gonna be going there in that?"

"You, me, Pipp, Hitch, Izzy, Sparky..." Zipp then looked over at Misty. "And Misty."

"Wha... Me?!" Misty asked in surprise.

"That's right, Misty," MC said. "In fact, you're all registered to actually compete in gymnastics for America."

"What?!" Misty asked. "But... but...!"

"Hey, don't worry about it, Misty!" Sunny said, coming up to Misty's right side. "You're our friend! And friends have each others backs! No matter what!" Then Hitch, Izzy, Zipp, Pipp and Sparky joined in for a group hug.

Misty was a little concerned about what she was going through. She looked around in worry, hearing Opaline's voice.

"Well get the dragons when they're alone, or kiss your chance of getting a Cutie Mark goodbye!"

But then, Misty remembered what Sunny just said.

"You're our friend! And friends have each others backs! No matter what! No matter what! No matter what!"

Misty then smiled in true happiness and accepted the group hug.

In the middle of the night, Misty went into the kitchen to get some milk. When she got there, she saw both MC and Zipp there.

"What are you guys doing up in the middle of the night?" Misty asked.

"Eh, couldn't sleep," MC said. "Which is kinda rare since I'm a heavy sleeper. Both figuratively and literally."

Zipp laughed at that. Zipp then said, "So what, do you put something heavy in under your bed to keep it up?"

"Cement blocks," MC said. "I take some whenever I got out. Except when I'm camping." Zipp nodded in understanding.

"So, why are you up, Misty?" Zipp asked, looking towards the unicorn.

"I... I just have a lot of things on my mind," Misty said. "And it's kinda eating me up inside."

"Hey, don't worry about it," Zipp said. "So, you're shy, not very good with most people, hiding the fact that you don't have a Cutie Mark..." Zipp then went wide eyed. "Oops."

"YOU KNEW?!" Misty asked.

"Misty," MC said. "It's okay. You don't have to hide it from us."

"But... look at me!" Misty said. "I'm all grown up, and I still don't have a Cutie Mark. I don't even know what I'm good at!"

"Well, you won't know until you be you," MC said. "According to the ponies of Equestria, your Cutie Mark will appear after you let your true self shine through. Whether you're a sculptor, a dancer, or even an athlete. Just be you."

Misty then thought about it. She then asked, "Is there any other way of getting a Cutie Mark?"

MC and Zipp chuckled and said, "No."

"No amount of magic will make a Cutie Mark appear," MC said. "Well, it would make a Mark appear, but it would only be temporary." Zipp nodded in agreement.

"I've asked Twilight about it," Zipp said. "She tried it multiple times on Apple Bloom before she even met Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo. It didn't even last five seconds of staying on her flank. And that was before Equestria was brought back to Earth."

"So... there's no other way?" Misty asked. She then turned around, making sure that MC and Zipp didn't see the necklace she pulled out from under her nightgown. Misty then whispered, "She lied to me..."

"Misty?" Zipp asked. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah," Misty replied putting the necklace back under her nightgown. "I'm just... tired. Goodnight." She then headed out. MC and Zipp looked at each other with smirks.

"She's coming around," MC said. Zipp nodded.

"I hope you're right about her, MC," Zipp said.

Author's Note

Next Episode:
The Opaline-lympic Games (Part 1)