Love Comes In All Colors

Later that afternoon Rainbow Dash and Cassidy found themselves chatting in Pinkie's room.

"So..." Rainbow Dash began. "Alright I'm just going to say it, you're nothing like your sister."

"Thy know," Cassidy said. "Pinkamena Diane was always a black sheep among our kin."

"And what's with your accent and the way you talk?"

Cassidy frowned. "Thy assume ye meant no offense. If ye must know, 'tis the normal to speak in this manor in Equine Hills."

"Equine Hills, but that's..." Rainbow Dash gasped. "Oh my gosh Pinkie is Amish?!"

"Only by terms of her birth, but yes. Does it come as a surprise?"

"Well yeah it does! I've met Amish ponies and Pinkie is nothing like them. They're all stuck-up, selfish..." Cassidy scowled. "Sorry."

"When it comes to first impressions, ye do a highly poor job. But thou are to be wed to thy sister, so thy forgive you."

"But still, how the hay can Pinkie be Amish? She's nothing like an Amish pony."

"Like thy said, she is only that by terms of her birth. Pinkamena Diane is quite different from the rest of our kin. Thy remember father claiming she was a curse from Nightmare Moon upon seeing her pink coat at birth. Her life went mostly well until she found her skill, then she started to change. She refused to follow any of the traditions that a proper mare must follow. Mother could not for the life of her get her hair straight. She refused to bake anything save for sweets. And those "parties" of hers disrupted the entire town from its work."

Rainbow Dash smirked. "That's the Pinkie I know."

"She eventually became too much for mother and father to handle. So they sent her away and refused to say she was their daughter anymore."

Rainbow Dash's jaw dropped. "They just sent her, a little filly, out into the world on her own?"

"That is correct."

"Uh no offense Cassidy but your parents are horrible!"

"Thy suppose one could say that. But Pinkamena Diane seems much happier with the life she has now. And she would never have met thou if she was never sent away."

"Yeah I guess so." There was an awkward silence between them, which was broken by Pinkie entering the room.

"Oh hey Dashy," She said gleefully. "I didn't expect to see you up here with Casey."

"We were just getting to know each other a bit better." Rainbow Dash told her.

Pinkie smiled. "That's great! Oh and by the way Rarity needs you so she can do some more work on your dress."

Rainbow Dash grunted. "Again? Fine, I'll go see what she wants this time." She kissed Pinkie before flying out the door. "Later sweetie."

Pinkie took a seat in the chair Rainbow Dash had previously been sitting in. "So what do you think about Dashy?"

"She is an interesting mare to say the least. She was quite surprised when I spoke of our kin."

"Oh," Pinkie said, her smile grow a little softer. "Hey Casey, could you not talk about home while you're here?"

"As ye wish."

"And also, don't act all stuffy and puffy."

"Pardon me?"

"I mean you don't have to be such a tight flank all the time here."

"Thy still do not understand."

"Well for starters you could let the world see that pretty main of yours." Pinkie reached for the strings holding Cassidy's

bonnet, but the grey mare retracted. "Oh come on Casey, please? It'll make me really happy."

Cassidy sighed. "If that is what ye wish, ye may." Pinkie smiled and undid the strings holding the bonnet to Cassidy's head. It fell to the ground and her mane was exposed to the world. "Well, how does it look?"

Pinkie just stared at Cassidy's hair. It was a mess. She knew that her mother made them wear bonnets at all times, but didn't Cassidy ever once take it off to brush or wash it? She tried to find something to say that wouldn't make her mad, bust struggled to do so. Then she got an idea. Pinkie eagerly grabbed Cassidy's hoof and ran outside down the street.

"Pinkamena Diane!" Casey shouted. "Where are we going in such haste?"

"To a friend of mine." Pinkie answered. "She can help make your mane more beautiful then it already is."

"No no no!" Rarity shouted. "Ugh why can't I get this right? It still doesn't hug your body like I want it to!"

"Come on Rarity!" Rainbow Dash moaned. "It's good enough."

"It is nowhere near that! And I am aiming for perfection!" She levitated a piece of measuring tape over to her and measured Rainbow Dash's waist. "Hmm, perhaps if you were to gain half a pound you could..." Rarity stopped when she heard the bell atop her door ring. "I'm sorry we're closed."

"But it's me Rarity!" Pinkie said comming up the stairs and into Rarity's room.

"Pinkie?!" Rarity gasped and shoved Rainbow Dash into her walk-in closet.

"Hey what the..." Rarity shut the rainbow mare into the closet hiding her from Pinkie's sight as she entered to room.

"Pinkie what are you doing here? You know that you're not susposed to see Rainbow Dash in her dress before the

wedding."

"I know," Pinkie said. "But we got a real emergency here!"

"What could be so important that it has to interrupt me designing your bride's dress?" Pinkie showed Cassidy to Rarity and she almost fainted. "GOOD HEAVENS!" She shouted. "What in Celestia's name happened to your mane darling? Its a disaster!" Cassidy tried to speak, but Rarity kept on talking. "Why it looks like you've been keeping it balled up all your life. But there is no need to worry, I can still save it. And I'll give you a discount as well."

"She's my sister," Pinkie told Rarity.

"Then it shall be for free!" Rarity levitated a barber's chair from the corner over to where they were standing and sat Cassidy down in it. Wrapping a smock over the grey mare Rarity levitated her mane dressing supplies. "Alright darling, what do you want your mane to look like?" She levitated some plastic pony heads over to them with different hair styles. "Are you going for a simple straight mane, or perhaps you want something with a little more volume? Or maybe you want a curly one like your sister's?"

Cassidy look over to Pinkie, and at her curly mane. She did always wonder why she did like her hair like that. "Thy would like thou to make thy mane appear like thy sister's."

"As you wish darling." Rarity levitated her scissors over to Cassidy's mane and began to cut it.

"Hey what about me?" Rainbow Dash said, peaking out from behind the closet door.

Rarity used her magic to slam it shut. "You stay in there. This is a mane emergency! And Pinkie can't see you in your dress before the wedding."

"Then I'll just take it off."

"And risk you ruining all of the work I put into that dress? I think not! Just stay in there, I shall be but a minute." The white mare proceeded to work her magic on Cassidy. With a mixture of cutting, water, and magical curling, her mane was now an exact duplicate of Pinkie's.

Pinkie gasped in excitement when she saw Rarity's work. "Oh my gosh it's perfect!"

Rarity flipped her hair to the side. "But of course darling. Did you expect anything less?" She levitated a hand-mirror over to Cassidy so she could see her new mane.

Cassidy looked at it in amazement. "Thy did not think 'twas possible for anyone to produce such a look, save for thy sister of course."

Rarity giggled. "Oh hush you. I've done this a dozen times before on other ponies. I remember there was this one customer..."

"Ahem." Rainbow Dash grunted from behind to closet door. "Aren't you forgetting about somepony?"

Rarity sighed. "We'll have to talk some other time dear. It was a pleasure to meet you..."

"Cassidy."

"Well it was a pleasure to meet you Cassidy." Rarity waved goodbye to the two sisters as they left her shop.

"Thy do have to say," Cassidy said as she walked down the streets of Ponyville. "Your friend certainly does know how to

work one's mane Pinkiamena Diane."

"I'll say." Pinkie smiled in agreement. "How does it feel?"

"Well...thy confess that it makes thy feel uncomfortable to be exposing thyself in this manor."

"Don't worry about it Casey, nopony cares that you're showing your mane here."

"If thy say so. And about thou's friend, the unicorn, where was her boss?"

"Boss? She owns that shop silly."

"A mare that works?! But that is against Celestia's..."

"Princess Celestia isn't as mean and uptight as you all think. She's pretty nice actually."

"And how does thou know that?"

"Well that's how she seems when I talk to her."

Cassidy jump. "Ye mean that ye actually met Lady Celestia?!"

"Met her? I've had a royal audience with her. I even hosted the reception at her niece's wedding. I'm best friends with the groom's sister!"

"Thou must tell me everything!"