#before I liked Dash and AJ; but this makes more sense in my mind

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Applejack,, and the GODESS she pulled by being silly

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New To Equestria Chapter 1-13: Feeling Pinkie Keen

Fandom: My Little Pony, My Little Pony Generation 4: Friendship Is Magic (Cartoon 2010), My Little Pony Generation 4: Equestria Girls (Cartoon 2013)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Applejack (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)/Original Character(s), Applejack/Original Pony Character(s) (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic), Applejack/original

Characters: Applejack (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic), Twilight Sparkle (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic), Pinkie Pie (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic), Rarity (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic), Fluttershy (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic), Rainbow Dash (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic), Original Female Character(s), Original Pony Character(s) (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Canon Disabled Character, POV First Person, POV Female Character, Original Character-centric, Trauma, Canon Autistic Character, Slow Romance, Slow To Update, Friends to Lovers

Summary:

My name is Scarlette Melody. I was born on Earth, and pushed into a statue outside my high school. I woke up as a unicorn in another world! A pony named Princess Celestia found me. I explained my situation to her, and she let me stay at her castle until the portal re-opened, but I like this world a lot more than my old world. I became friends with Celestia's star pupil Twilight Sparkle, and I was sent with her to Ponyville for the Summer Sun Celebration, where I met familiar ponies. I had never met them before, but they reminded me of my friends at school in my world, even sharing the same names and personalities! We soon became became the Elements of Harmony, and I'm the element of Empathy.

**AO3 & Wattpad links in masterpost pinned to the top of the blog**

Earlier today, I watched Twilight get more and more frustrated after learning about Pinkie's Pinkie Sense, and I was pretty entertained watching her try and fail to explain it away until I ran into AJ, who invited me down to her new apple cellar.

She was showing me around when Twilight fell down the stairs, exclaiming, "Woah! Ow! Ugh! Ow! Ow!"

Applejack exclaims, "Twilight! You came to visit my new apple cellar! How nice." When the purple unicorn doesn't respond, an angry expression on her face, AJ asks, "Twi? You okay?"

I add, "Uh, Twilight? Why were you even out here anyways? Weren't you following Pinkie or something?"

Applejack asks, "Why was she followin' Pinkie?"

I respond, "Uh, something about not understanding her Pinkie Sense, I think."

I help Twilight stand back up, and she ask, "How did you know I was following her?"

I say, "You're not exactly incognito when you're sitting behind a bush with binoculars. I wouldn't be surprised if Pinkie knew, too. She's got a freaky sense for that kind of thing, even in my world. Her Pinkie Sense works a bit differently where I'm from, but she still has it."

Twilight just rolls her eyes, saying, "Of course you also believe her. Everypony does! But I need to prove that she's just making it up. She has to be! It just makes no sense!"

She leaves the apple cellar, most likely going back to stalking Pinkie. After giving me a full tour of the cellar, Applejack and I leave.

She asks me, "Would ya mind if I asked ya to help me bring some apples into the cellar? I've got a bunch o' bushels to bring down today, and I could use some help."

I say, "No problem, AJ! It's what friends do, right?"

She smiles, and the two of us fill up baskets of apples like we did on the day Twilight and I got Gala tickets from Princess Celestia, running into Pinkie on the third trip to the cellar.

Pinkie stops humming when she spots us, asking, "Hey, Applejack. Hey, Scarlette. What'cha doin'?"

Applejack responds, "Takin' more apples to my new apple cellar. Scarlette here's helpin' me."

I ask, "How about you, Pinks? What are you doing?"

Pinkie responds, "Oh, letting Twilight secretly follow me all day without me knowing."

Twilight comes out of her hiding place, exclaiming, "You mean you knew all along?! Why didn't you tell me?!"

Pinkie giggles, responding, "Silly, that would've spoiled the secret!"

Twilight grumbles angrily, and I say, "I told you she'd know. Her Pinkie Sense is pretty powerful, and you need to get better at hiding."

Spike asks nervously, "Tail... still twitching?"

Pinkie responds, "All done. Clear skies from here on, as far as I can tell-"

All of a sudden, her entire body starts shaking as if she was in an earthquake, but she's the only one affected.

I ask, "What in the world was that? You okay, Pinkie?"

Spike adds, 'What does that one mean?"

Pinkie responds, "Dunno, never gotten any like it before, but whatever that shudder's about, it's a doozy. Something you'd never expect to happen is gonna happen!" She shudders again, then adds, "And it's gonna happen... at Froggy Bottom Bogg!"

Applejack gasps, exclaiming, "That's where Fluttershy's headed!"

Spike says, "Oh, no! Is it about her?"

I add, "Is she okay? Is she hurt?!"

Pinkie responds, "Uh, I'm not sure."

Applejack says, "We'd better go and make sure she's okay."

Twilight says while the rest of us run toward the bogg, "Calm down, everypony. All we know right now is that Pinkie Pie just got a case of the shivers, that's all."

She races to catch up with us, Spike asking as she tosses him on her back, "Hey! I thought you didn't believe in this stuff?"

Twilight responds, "I don't. I just want to be there to see the look on Pinkie's face when we find out nothing's wrong."

Pinkie says with a smile, "Okie-dokie!"

I ask, "But aren't friends supposed to support each other? Why do you want to tear her down so badly?"

Twilight responds, "Because her 'Pinkie Sense' is utter nonsense!"

We finally enter the Everfree Forest, where Froggy Bottom Bogg is, and Pinkie shudders again.

Twilight asks smugly, "Cold? Need a jacket or something?"

Pinkie responds, "No thanks. I'm fine."

She shudders again, and Spike asks, "So... what do you think happened to Fluttershy?"

Applejack responds, "I hope nothin'."

I add, "Me too. I just want to see her and make sure she's okay."

Spike says, "I know, but, what do you think happened?"

Applejack responds, "I'm tryin' not to think about it."

Spike says, "Me too, but I'm thinkin' about it anyway. Like, what if she exploded?"

I ask, "Exploded? Really? That's what you're going with?"

Applejack adds, "Just exploded? For no reason?"

Spike responds, "Yeah, like boom!"

Pinkie exclaims, "Whoa!"

Spike adds, "I know!"

Pinkie asks, "What if... What if she exploded, and then... and then exploded again?!"

Spike asks worriedly, "Can you do that? Can you explode twice?"

Applejack rolls her eyes, saying, "Of course not."

I ask, "How would she even explode in the first place?"

Spike asks, "But what if she exploded, and exploded again, and then-"

Twilight interrupts him, exclaiming, "Will you two stop?! She's fine, I'm sure of it."

I say, "I hope you're right, for Fluttershy's sake."

Applejack points toward something, exclaiming, "Look! There's Froggy Bottom Bogg!"

We rush toward the bogg, Applejack calling out, "Fluttershy?"

Pinkie adds, "Fluttershy?"

I add, "Where are you?!"

We finally spot her, and Spike runs over to her and hugs her, exclaiming, "Fluttershy! You're okay!"

Fluttershy says with a confused expression, "Of course."

Applejack sighs, saying, "Phew. What a relief."

I explain, "Pinkie predicted a doozy here at Froggy Bottom Bogg, Flutters. We're just so relieved to see that you're okay."

Pinkie adds, "I'm so glad everything's alright."

Twilight says, "Sorry, I know it's not nice to gloat, but... Aha!" She doesn't seem to notice the large shadow looming behind her as she adds, "I told you there was nothing to worry about, and I was right! Pinkie said whatever she way shuddering about was a-" She starts coughing from the smog coming from the bogg, continuing, "Doozy, and-" She coughs, adding, "And the only-" She coughs again, finishing her sentence, "Doozy here is how right I am."

I feel my ears pin back against the back of my head at the sight of a huge, multi-headed monster rising from the bogg behind her, and Applejack says nervously, "Um, Twilight?"

Twilight ignores her, saying, "Pinkie's made a lot of predictions today, but-" She coughs again, asking, "Ugh, what is that smell? But what we've shown here is that there's no point in believing-" She coughs yet again, adding, "In anything you can't see for yourself."

Spike exclaims, his voice shaking fearfully, "Well then, see what's behind you, Twilight!"

The monster growls, and Twilight finally turns around, saying as her eyes widen, "I see it... but I don't believe it!"

It roars, and Pinkie asks, "Is that a hydra?!"

I exclaims, "It certainly seems to be!

Applejack exclaims, "Who cares?! Run!"

We scream as we run away, but Pinkie whimpers in fear, slowly backing away from the hydra.

I exclaim, "Pinkie! Come on!"

On of the hydra's four heads is about to eat her whole when Twilight doubles back, pulling Pinkie away by her tail before tossing her to the front.

We pass one of the frogs Fluttershy came here to protect, and she just has to keep running, saying to the frog as it falls behind, "Oh, I'm so sorry."

The hydra's four heads roar, and it pulls its entire body out of the bogg, chasing after us. It's heads keep diving down to try to eat us, but we barely dodge them.

We reach the end of the bogg, and Twilight leads us away, exclaiming, "Every pony up that hill!"

Spike yells out, stuck in the bogg's water between us and the rapidly gaining hydra, "Help!"

Twilight turns around and runs toward him, exclaiming, "Coming, Spike! Hang on!"

She picks him up just before the hydra could eat either of them, and the six of us run up the hill Twilight pointed at. One of the hydra's legs gets stuck in the bogg water in the same spot Spike was stuck, roaring out in anger as we get further away.

Twilight exclaims, "I think we're gonna make it!"

Pinkie shudders again, and Spike exclaims, "But Pinkie's still shuddering!"

Pinkie suddenly stops, saying, "Oh, lookie there. It stopped!"

She then starts shuddering more rapidly and violently then before, saying through shudders, "O-h-h-h, t-h-e-r-e i-t i-s a-g-a-i-n!"

Spike pushes her up the hill while she continues shuddering, and we all gasp as we reach the hill's peak, the path ahead made up of six tall rock platforms. The hydra finally starts gaining on us again, its massive stomping on the hill getting louder and louder.

Twilight exclaims, "Ugh, he'll be up here in no time! Quick, one at a time, cross!"

Spike looks over the cliff's edge, then runs back over to Twilight, asking, "Uh, do you know any spells for turning a hydra into a mouse?"

Twilight responds, "No."

Spike asks, "How about a squirrel?"

Twilight responds, "No!"

Spike asks, "How about-"

Twilight exclaims, "No small rodents of any kind!"

I say, "That's too bad."

Fluttershy's the first to jump, surprising all of us as she exclaims, "A hop, skip, and a... jump!"

Twilight tosses Spike to the first rock pillar, and I follow after him, picking him up and carrying him atop my back as I jump across the rest of the rock pillars, ending up by Fluttershy on the other side. Pinkie's shaking nearly causes her to fall off the cliff and fall hundreds of feet down before Applejack pulls her back by her tail.

Twlight says, "He's too close. I'll distract him. You two go, now!"

Twilight runs back toward the hydra, charging at it like Rainbow Dash would do as Applejack jumps across, still holding Pinkie's tail in her mouth. She passes underneath the beast and three of it's heads follow her, making it falls on top of its other head.

Pinkie calls out while shuddering, "T-T-T-Twilight?!"

The hydra starts getting up, its fourth head disorientated as Twilight runs back toward us. One of the heads dives down to bite her, but she jumps out of the way just in time, landing on the head's neck as it smashes into the first four rock pillars, destroying Twilight's path across. She hops off of it's neck and onto the cliff side where the path of rock pillars used to be, looking off the cliff with fear.

Pinkie exclaims while shuddering, "T-T-T-Twilight! You have to jump!"

Twilight calls back, "I'll never make it!"

Pinkie exclaims, "You'll be fine!"

Twilight exclaims, "I will not!"

The hydra roars again, and I exclaim, "Well, your chances aren't any better with the hydra!"

Pinkie adds, "It's your only ho-o-ope! You have to take a leap of faith!"

Twilight backs up as much as she can with the hydra running toward her again, and takes a running start toward the nearest rock pillars, but just barely misses it. She's about to fall into the bogg, causing untold injuries, when she lands atop a large bubble. When she hits it, the bubble pops, sending her flying high into the air and onto the rock pillar she was aiming for, bouncing across the other pillars and crashing into the rock wall behind us.

We cheer, and Pinkie exclaims, hugging her, "I knew you could do it, Twilight!"

I mutter, "It sure was good that bubble was there."

Twilight says to Pinkie, "I don't know how it happened; coincidence, dumb luck, or what, but you said there'd be a doozy here at Froggy Bottom Bogg, and I'd say we just had ourselves one heck of a doozy. I mean, that hydra-" Pinkie shudders again, and Twilight asks, "Pinkie?"

I add, "You okay?"

Pinkie says, "That wasn't it."

Twilight asks, "Huh?"

I add, "What wasn't what?"

Applejack adds, "What are you talking about, Pink?"

Pinkie responds, "The hydra wasn't the doozy." The hydra blows raspberries at us before finally retreating, and Pinkie adds, "I'm still getting the shudders." She shudders again, saying, "You see? There it is again! Whatever the doozy was a Froggy Bottom Bogg, my Pinkie Sense says it still hasn't happened."

Twilight angrily exclaims, "Huh? But I- What?! The hydra wasn't the doozy?! How could it not be the doozy?! What could be doozier than that?!"

Pinkie responds, "Dunno, but it just wasn't it."

Twilight sounds like a kettle whistling as she gets more mad than I've ever seen her, her mane and tail literally bursting into flames as she growls in anger before the fire extinguishes, Twilight saying in a defeated tone, the ends of her mane and tail burnt, "I give up."

Spike asks, "Give up what, Twi?"

Twilight responds weakly, "The fight. I can't fight it anymore. I don't understand how, why, or what, but Pinkie Sense somehow... makes sense. I don't see how it does, but it just does. Juse because I don't understand doesn't mean it's not true."

Pinkie asks while shuddering, "Y-Y-Y-You m-m-mean you b-b-b-believe?"

Twilight responds, "Yup. I guess I do."

Pinkie's shuddering becomes more violent and rapid before ending suddenly, Pinkie gasping as she exclaims, "That was it! That was the doozy!"

Twilight asks, "What? What is?"

Pinkie responds, "You believing! I never expected that to happen! That was the doozy! Oh, and what a doozy of a doozy it was!"

She starts singing ot herself, cheerfully walking away and leaving us in dumbfounded silence. I chuckle at her antics, and the rest of us make our way down.

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New To Equestria Chapter 1-12: Suited For Success

Fandom: My Little Pony, My Little Pony Generation 4: Friendship Is Magic (Cartoon 2010), My Little Pony Generation 4: Equestria Girls (Cartoon 2013)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Applejack (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)/Original Character(s), Applejack/Original Pony Character(s) (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic), Applejack/original

Characters: Applejack (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic), Twilight Sparkle (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic), Pinkie Pie (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic), Rarity (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic), Fluttershy (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic), Rainbow Dash (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic), Original Female Character(s), Original Pony Character(s) (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Canon Disabled Character, POV First Person, POV Female Character, Original Character-centric, Trauma, Canon Autistic Character, Slow Romance, Slow To Update, Friends to Lovers

Summary:

My name is Scarlette Melody. I was born on Earth, and pushed into a statue outside my high school. I woke up as a unicorn in another world! A pony named Princess Celestia found me. I explained my situation to her, and she let me stay at her castle until the portal re-opened, but I like this world a lot more than my old world. I became friends with Celestia's star pupil Twilight Sparkle, and I was sent with her to Ponyville for the Summer Sun Celebration, where I met familiar ponies. I had never met them before, but they reminded me of my friends at school in my world, even sharing the same names and personalities! We soon became became the Elements of Harmony, and I'm the element of Empathy.

**AO3 & Wattpad links in masterpost pinned to the top of the blog**

A/N: I'm skipping Call of the Cutie since it's a CMC episode.

Since it's getting closer to the Gala, I decide to go to Rarity's to ask her to help me pick out a dress for the occasion, finding Twilight already there. We both wait in silence, watching Rarity use her sewing machine.

Applejack knocks on the boutique's door, exclaiming, "Howdy, Rarity!"

Twilight and I shush her, and Twilight whispers, "Can't you see Rarity is trying to concentrate?"

Applejack whispers, "What do ya think she's makin'?"

I peek around Rarity, responding, "Looks like a dress."

Applejack whispers, "Well, that makes sense, since this is a dressmaker's shop and all."

Rarity turns her head toward us, asking passive-aggressively, "Is there something I can help you with?"

Twilight, being the first to enter the boutique, goes first, saying as she reveals a frumpy, worn dress, "Oh, so very sorry to trouble you, Rarity, but I need a quick favor. Could you please fix the button for me? It's my dress for the Grand Galloping Gala."

Rarity gasps at the sight of the dress, exclaiming, "Oh, no, no, no! You can't wear this... old thing. You need a glamorous new outfit for the Gala, and I'll make it for you. No problem at all. It would be my pleasure!"

Twilight says, "Oh, that's really sweet of you to offer, Rarity, but I can't let you do that. It would be so much work. This dress is fine."

Rarity says, "Twilight Sparkle, I insist on making you a new dress."

Twilight protests, "But..."

Rarity says, "Not another word! I won't take no for an answer."

Twilight says, "Well, in that case... thank you for your generosity, Rarity. Knowing your handiwork, I'm sure it will be absolutely beautiful."

Rarity turns to me, asking, "And what about you, Miss Melody?"

I say, "Me? Oh, I don't need you to make me a dress, I was just hoping you could help me pick out a good one that you already have."

Rarity says, "Oh, nonsense. If you're looking for a dress anyways, we might as well make it fabulous, darling!"

I sigh, knowing I can't change her mind, saying, "Alright. I trust you'll make a good dress for me."

Rarity turns to AJ, saying, "Let me guess, Applejack. You don't want a new gown either."

Applejack raises an eyebrow, asking, "Gown? Shoot. I was just gonna wear my old work duds."

Rarity exclaims, "You can't possibly be serious, Applejack! You absolutely must wear formal attire."

Applejack thinks about it for a second, then says, "Hm... nah."

Rarity compromises, asking, "What if I just spruce up your... duds... for you a little bit?"

Applejack responds, "Um... Okay, sure, why not? Since you're up for it and all. Just don't make them too... frou-frou-y."

Rarity smiles, saying, "Deal!"

Suddenly, Rainbow yells out, "Look out below!" She crashes into the boutique, saying, "Sorry. New trick. Didn't quite work."

I mutter, "No kidding."

Rarity exclaims, "Idea! I'll make you an outfit for the Gala, too, Rainbow Dash!"

Rainbow asks, "Outfit for the what now?"

I sigh, saying, "You know, the one where you tried stealing tickets from Applejack so you could show your tricks to the Wonderbolts?"

Rainbow says, "Oh yeah."

Rarity points at each of us, saying, "I'll make one for you, and you, and you, and all of you. Oh! And of course Pinkie and Fluttershy, too. Oh, and when I'm done, we can hold our very own fashion show!"

Twilight exclaims, "What a great idea!"

I add, "Of course, only if you're sure you can handle it."

Rarity says, "Oh, it'll be a bit of work, but it will be a wonderful boost for my business. Plus, fun!"

Rainbow says, "Oh, I love fun things!"

Rarity says, "Then it's settled. We'll have a fashion show starring us!"

We cheer at the idea, and Applejack asks, "So all you have to do is make a different, stunning, original, amazing outfit for one, two, three, four, five, six - plus yourself - seven ponies? And lickety-split?"

Rarity scoffs playfully, saying, "Oh, Applejack. You make it sound as if it's going to be hard."

She sends us off, and surprisingly only takes a few days to make our dresses.

The six of us meet up at her boutique to see our new dresses, and she makes us close our eyes as she leads us to her workroom, saying, "That's it. Keep them closed. Don't look. Okay, you can look now!" We all gasp at the sight, and Rarity says, "These are your new outfits. What do you think of your old dudes now, Applejack? Pretty swanky, are they not? And Twilight! I made this dress for you, and I designed each outfit theme to perfectly reflect each pony's unique personality."

She gestures at my dress, which is a deep purple, and the skirt is shorter than I would like.



She says, "Oh, it took me forever to get the colors right on this one, Scarlette, but I did it. Oh, and it turned out beautiful, don't you think? And I know you are going to love yours, Fluttershy. It just sings spring! And Pinkie Pie, look! Pink! Your favorite! Aren't they all amazing?"

We all pause, looking at each other for something to say to not upset Rarity when it seems like none of us got the dress we were hoping for.

Twilight starts, "Wow... they're..."

Rainbow adds, "Yeah, they're..."

Applejack adds, 'They sure are... somethin'."

I say, "Yeah, that's the word. Something."

Pinkie exclaims, "I love something! Something is my favorite!"

Fluttershy says, "It's... nice."

Rarity must've noticed our wierd behavior, asking, "But what's the matter? Don't you like them?"

Twilight says, "They're very nice..."

Applejack adds, "And we're plumb grateful 'cause ya worked so hard on 'em."

I add, "And I do like the colors on mine, but..."

Rainbow bluntly states, "Mine's just not as cool as I was imagining." We all look at her in shock at saying what we were all trying not too, and she just says, "She asked."

Twilight says, "I guess what we're all saying is that they're just not what we had in mind."

We all nod our heads, muttering our aggrement at her statement."

Rarity sighs, saying, "That's okay. Not a problem. There's plenty more where that came from. They were only a first pass. You're my friends, and I want you to be one hundred and ten percent satisfied."

I ask, "Really? You'd do that?"

Rarity responds, "Not to worry. I'll redo them."

Fluttershy says, "Oh, Rarity. You don't have to do that. They're fine."

Rarity says, "I want them to be better than just fine! I want you to think they're absolutely perfect."

Applejack asks, "Are ya sure? I mean, we wouldn't wanna impose."

Rarity says, "Oh, it's no imposition! Really, I insist."

Twilight says, "Well, in that case... thank you again, Rarity."

The six of us turn to leave, Rarity politely waving a hoof at us. Over the next few days, she calls each of us in individually to discuss what we want her to do with our dresses. When she gets to me, I pick out a soft, pale blue fabric for the main color, and ask her to make the bottom of the dress look like piano keys, since my whole thing is music and blue is my favorite color. At the end of the week, she's got six new dresses for us.



She leads us back into her workroom, saying, "Okay. I did exactly what each of you asked for. Now, don't hold back. Let me know what you really think."

Twilight exclaims, "Oh, my!"

Fluttershy adds, "It's... perfect!"

Rainbow adds, "It's cool!"

I add, "More than that, it's amazing!"

Applejack says, "Why, they're the best duds I ever did see."

We all exclaim in unison, "It's exactly what I asked for!"

Rarity sighs, and Twilight says, "Thank you, Rarity."

Pinkie asks excitedly, "Are you as happy with them as we are? Huh? Huh? Huh?"

Rarity responds, "Well, I'm... happy that all of you are happy. I'm just relieved to finally be done."

The door opens and Spike rushes in, exclaiming, "You are never gonna believe this! You've heard of Hoity Toity?"

I ask, "That fancy fashion guy back in Canterlot?"

Spike nods, saying, "Uh-huh! He heard about your fashion show. Well, maybe I happened to mention it to him... He's coming here all the way from Canterlot to see your work, Rarity!"

Applejack exclaims, "Whoa, Nelly! You could sell a ton o' dresses to this guy. Your business'll be boomin'!"

I add, "This could be your shot to really make it big as a fashion designer!"

Twilight exclaims, "Wow!"

Rainbow adds, "That's so cool!"

Pinkie adds, "I don't believe it!"

Rarity asks, "Hoity Toity? He's coming here? To see these dresses?"

Spike responds, "Yup! Get ready for all of your dreams to come true."

Just as we'd planned last week, we have our fashion show, starring us, later the same day our dresses were finished.

Spike announces at the lights dim to signal the start of the show, "Since the beginning of time, the elite of Equestria have longed for pony fashions that truly expressed the essence of their very sounds. Patiently waiting decades - no, centuries - for the perfect party gown. Today, at long last, Equestria, your wait is over! Let's hear it for the breathtaking designs of Ponyville's own... Rarity!"

The six of us models walk out onto the runway, then stand in our respective positions on a rotating platform, the ponies below giving us odd looks and murmuring among themselves.

I start feeling self-concious, whispering to my friends, "Why's everypony looking at us like that?"

Twilight looks down at her outfit, muttering, "Oh, dear."

Rainbow asks, "You think we overdid it?"

Applejack responds, "Nah."

I whisper to her, "You're wearing rain boots and it's not even raining."

Applejack looks down at her hooves, then corrects herself, "Okay, maybe a little."

Hoity Toity, a grey earth pony with a lighter grey flounced mane and tail, sits on a pillow as he scoffs, "Oh, those amateurish designs look like a piled-on mishmash of everything but the kitchen sink! The only semi-tolerable dress is the music-themed one, but it's colors clash awfully with the pony wearing it! It's a travesty is what it is. Those outfits are the ugliest things I've ever seen. Oh, for shame! Who is responsible for subjecting our eyes to these horrors? Not to mention wasting my valuable time."

Spike, apparently not noticing how rude Hoity Toity was being, exclaims, "Come on out and take a bow, Rarity! You worked really hard for this." She slowly walks out onto the runway from behind the curtain she was hiding behind, her head held low as Spike cheers, "Yes! Alright! Woo-hoo! Go, Rarity!"

After what happened at the fashion show, I heard whispers of mockery from ponies around town everywhere I went, all directed at Rarity. But every time I try to defend her, I get mocked as well for being one of the models who wore such an awful dress. I feel bad that we made Rarity design those horrible things, but I haven't seen her all week. After expressing my concern with the others, we all decide to go over to Rarity's to try to help her.

Pinkie knocks on Rarity's bedroom door, asking, "Rarity? You okay in there?"

I add, "You haven't come out for days; we're starting to get worried."

We can hear Rarity exclaim from the other side of the door, "I'm never coming out! I can't show my face in Ponyville ever again! I used to be somepony. I used to be respected. I made dresses. Beautiful, beautiful dresses! But now every pony is laughing at me. I'm nothing but a laughing stock!"

She starts sobbing, and Twilight says, "You're not a laughing stock, Rarity..."

Rainbow bluntly states, "She kinda is."

I whisper-shout to her, "Shut it, Rainbow! It was your bluntness that started this whole thing!"

Twilight shushes the both of us, saying to Rarity, "Come on out and talk to us."

Rarity exclaims through sobs, "Leave me alone! I want to be alone! I want to wallow in... whatever it is that ponies are supposed to wallow in! Do ponies wallow in pity? Oh, listen to me; I don't even know what I'm supposed to wallow in! I'm so pathetic!"

Twilight asks as we descend the stairs to Rarity's workshop, "Now what do we do?"

Fluttershy suggests, "Uh... panic?"

Rainbow exclaims, "Well, we can't just leave Rarity like this."

Pinkie exclaims, "She'll become a crazy cat lady!"

Twilight says, "She only has one cat."

I ask, "And how's she supposed to get more cats if she never leaves her bedroom?"

Pinkie responds, "Give her time."

Twilight stares at a dress design that Rarity was working on, saying, "Hmm..."

I ask, "What is it, Twi?"

She responds, "It's just... Rarity never got to finish her dress because she was so busy working on making ours exactly how we wanted them, instead of the amazing ones she made in the first place."

I say, "But what can we do about that? It's not like any of us know how to sew. I mean, I knew how to in my world, but it was mostly just patchwork for fixing my clothes. I don't know any advanced stitches like the ones Rarity uses."

Fluttershy quietly says, "Um, I might know a thing or two about sewing."

Over the next hour, we follow Rarity's detailed drawing to finish her dress exactly how she wanted it to make it up to her, Fluttershy acting like an enciplopedia of sewing knowledge in helping us with the complex stitching.

Once we're done, I ask, "How are we supposed to bring her down her to show her the dress? We'll never get her to come down here."

Rainbow smirks, saying, "I've got it. Just bring the dress outside and I'll take care of the rest."

She ends up bringing Opalescense, Rarity's cat outside, placing her high in a tree just outside Rarity's bedroom window.

When the cat starts meowing loudly for help, we hear Rarity exclaims worriedly, "Hang on, you poor dear! Mama's coming!"

She rushes outside, only spotting Rainbow atop the tree with her cat.

She gasps, asking angrily, "Rainbow Dash?! How dare you strand my poor Opal in a tree?!"

Rainbow responds, "Well, how else were we gonna get you out here to show you this?"

Rarity asks, "What is it?" She finally notices us at the base of the tree with her finished dress on the mannequin, and she mutters, "It's not... you..."

She gasps again, and I say, "To make it up to you for making you design those awful dresses for us..."

Pinkie adds, "We all finished your dress for you."

Applejack adds, "Thanks to Fluttershy's freaky knowledge of sewing."

Fluttershy asks, "Do you like it?"

Rarity asks, "Like it? Like it?!"

Fluttershy cowers, muttering, "Uh oh, she doesnt' like it."

Rarity turns her head, saying, "No, I don't like it."

We all mutter, "Aw..."

Rarity turns back to us, exclaiming happily, "I love it!"

We cheer, "Yay!"

Rarity says, "You ponies did an amazing job! It's exactly the way I imagined it."

Fluttershy says, "We just followed your brilliant design."

I say, "Like we should've let you do in the first place. We should've just trusted the designer to make the perfect designs for us."

Twilight adds, "Those first dresses you designed were perfect."

Pinkie says, "We're super sorry."

Rainbow says, "You worked really hard to make our dresses exactly the way we wanted them. We all saw how well that turned out."

Rarity says, "Oh, I forgive you."

I ask, "You do?"

Applejack says, "Well, that's mighty big of ya."

Rarity's face droops, and she exclaims, "But my whole career is ruined!"

Applejack nervously says, "Oh, right. That."

Twilight thinks for a moment, then says, "Maybe not. Hoity Toity hasn't left Ponyville yet; maybe we can catch him before he leaves and convince him to let us do another fashion show!"

Spike says, "On it."

He runs off to find the pony, and the rest of us get set up inside the boutique for a second fashion show, getting our original dresses on. Spike was able to get him just in time, the pony sitting down on his pillow just as we're finishing styling our manes and tails.

He says, "Alright, I haven't got all day. Take two." Twilight walks in, and he lowers his glasses, muttering, "Hello... Oh, this can't be the same designer." Applejack enters next, and he exclaims, "Simply magnificent! And I suddenly have a fierce craving for some Dutch apply pie, candied apples on a stick, apple turnovers, apple cobbler..." He trailes off as Pinkie walks in, and he exclaims, "Brilliant!"

I come in next, wearing my imperial magenta purple dress with a halter-top neckline, my mane and tail done in intentionally messy buns, my bangs peeking out at the top.

Hoity Toity says, "Oh, the colors on this one are picturesque!" Rainbow comes out next, and he exclaims, "Oh, spectacular!" Fluttershy comes in as the last of the original models, and he exclaims, "Now, this is a fashion show! All of these dresses are absolutely amazing! Who is responsible? Step forward; show yourself!" Rarity reveals herself in the dress we helped her finish, and he cheers, "Brava! Brava! Magnifico! Encore!"

Rarity says, "Oh, thank you. Thank you! Oh, thank you so much!"

Now that it's evident he liked Rarity's actual designs, Twilight and Spike start writing a letter to Celestia, "Dear Princess Celestia, this week, my very talented friend Rarity learned that if you try to please everypony, you often times end up pleasing nopony, especially yourself. And I learned this; when somepony offers to do you a favor, like making you a beautiful dress, you shouldn't be overly critical of something generously given to you. In other words, you shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth."

She giggles at that, and Hoity Toity says, "Rarity, my congratulations to you on a most impressive fashion debut. Would you do me the great honor of allowing me to feature your couture in my Best of the Best Boutique in Canterlot?" Rarity gasps, and he adds, "Now, I'll need you to make a dozen of each dress for me by Tuesday."

Rarity fakes a laugh, and I know she's in for another long week.