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// The Events Preceding the Makeover 
// Story: Extreme Makeover: Barn Edition 
// by JerryTheHouseGhost 
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	It was an average day at Sweet Apple Acres. The sun was out, the birds were whistling "Earth Versus The World," it was all the usual. What wasn't the usual, however, was how everypony was going to spend the night inside of the barn. Everypony being the six friends, not everypony that lives in Ponyville; that would just be ridiculous. Now, where was I? Oh yes, the sleepover. So, Applejack had invited everypony to have a sleepover in her barn. She was going to remove the animals from the barn and clean it before they arrived. Who would want to hang out in a place that smells like manure?

So, Applejack had the barn all cleaned up and ready for the sleepover. Skip a few hours. The five pony friends all walked to the barn for the sleepover that Applejack had so kindly invited them to. "Wow! I can't wait to tell the Princess about all the fun things we'll do!" said Twilight.

"I sure hope Applejack thoroughly cleaned the barn," said Rarity. "It would be almost impossible to clean it enough! Oooh, I just hate the smell of the animals that live in it!"

"Don't worry, Rarity. I'm sure the cleanliness of the barn will be the least of your problems tonight!" said Rainbow Dash. Though this was a true statement, some details about what happened in the barn that night will be left out to protect the innocence of everypony involved.

"Yeah, Rarity. You'll be having a lot more fun as well," said Fluttershy. Everypony stared at Fluttershy.

"Why did you smile weirdly when you said that?" asked Twilight. "And why did you emphasize 'a lot' like that?"

"Oh, um... No reason..." Fluttershy was going to have to find a new day to practice what she had learned while reading "What to do at a Sleepover."

The five ponies reached Applejack's barn. They knocked on the barn door, and Applejack soon opened it up and let them in. It was well-lit for a barn. Maybe a little too well-lit; Rarity had seen too much. "Oh dear... Is there any place for me to throw-up, my dear Applejack?"

"There's a bucket right over there," said Applejack. "Wait, why are you even throwin' up?"

"Oh, um... The excitement of what a great sleepover we're about to have, uh, got to me," replied Rarity as she ran to the bucket. She wasn't going to let the out-of-style barn get in the way of her having fun. She was just going to have to live with it.

After some nice food, the ponies decided to tell scary stories. Fluttershy started with her generic story that wasn't that scary at all that ended with everypony being okay. Twilight's story was about the first Nightmare Night, and it was fairly good. Applejack told of a mysterious mystery, in which a filly mysteriously disappeared in the night. Pinkie Pie just sang a song for some reason, but ended it with shooting ghouls out of her party cannon.

Rainbow Dash was ending her story. "...and you should never look behind you, because it just might be: Slenderstallion!"

"That was the stupidest story I've ever heard," said Twilight.

"I know, right?" said Rainbow Dash. "A pony with no face? Hahaha it's so stupid! But I just had to tell it."

Nopony saw the tall, white stallion wearing a suit staring at them through the window, with a single tear rolling down its faceless face.

Everypony stared at Rarity. "What are you all staring at me for?" she asked.

"It's your turn, Rarity," said Twilight.

"Oh, um. Yes, I've got a scary one!" Rarity proceeded to tell the scariest story anypony had every heard. It was so scary that they all decided to never sleep alone for the next three nights. Rarity honestly had no idea why everypony was so scared, because she could have sworn she was just ranting about how dull Apllejack's barn was and how she wanted to give it a big makeover.

Let's skip the rest of the night, as it includes the events that will be left untold to protect the innocence of everypony involved. The next morning, everypony was saying their goodbyes and heading back to their homes. Well, everypony except Rarity. She stayed in the barn, but nopony had noticed. She was planning on giving that barn the biggest makeover anypony had ever seen in their entire lives.