//------------------------------// // Rise of the Socks // Story: Rarity,Rainbow Dash and SOCKS // by ru771an //------------------------------// "What's it like to have a coltfriend?". Rainbow stated bluntly. Looking at me suddenly, I could see her magenta eyes bristle with lovesickness. Lovesick?...EH!?. Thats where your in love in somepony or something, not like this. She doesn't even have a crush and yet poor Rainbow is somehow lovesick. I believe that a serious case of treatment is in order. From me of course. First; Fashion, what can this sobbing Pegasus that lies before me on a chair, crying about the lack of love in her life, DESPERATE to know what her friend Rarity, the beautiful spirit of Generosity can do to aid her on her own crusade for love. Question is, what shall she wear?. I know that a hat will spoil her hair, rainbows don't go well with hats Im afraid, and besides. Rainbow Dash with a hat?, doesn't suit her. Ok next one. Jumper or a jacket?, Neither since she's a Pegasus and has wings, getting stuffy in those things are a death sentence which I know from personal experience!. Seriously, I was stuffed into that "thing" for OVER two hours!. It was hot and stuffy...and hot, I felt like being sick which is most unladylike. And going to the bathroom would have looked like I wasn't enjoying my fabulous convosation with Fancy Pants. We were talking about....uh. Hang on. WHAT WERE we talking about?!. Sometimes I really have no idea what happens in my life!. "Hey Rarity". Now back on to task, how about leg warmers like for Fluttershy?. She would like decent and respectable and like a LADY in them, I can see it now!. A fashion show with me at head of it, in a new dazzling dress, I would walk across the catwalk and everpony there would swoon, then my coltfriend would propose and we WOULD GET MARRIED FOREVER!. And of course I would accept and then we would have a massive wedding and then...wait........Rainbow Dash and leg-warmers, but unfortunately while they would and have worked on Fluttershy, I cant see Rainbow wearing them, she wouldn't look like or be like Rainbow Dash. They would look good on anypony but her...hmm. Something else, something brand spanking new and able to wow the socks off everygentle colt and stallion in the vicinity!. FOR MILES AROUND THEY WILL STARE AT HER IN FASCINATION!. Speaking about fascination my coltfriend has been very "fascinated" with me for some time, no matter what regular and foolproof dresses I wear, he always says the same. "You look beautiful Rarity". No comment about what amazing type of clothing I am wearing, its like he is bored. Maybe I should dress him up in something, of course us Unicorns are the easiest to dress simply because Earth Ponies are very bulky, the Pegasus types have wings and its difficult to get the right holes in and since they have different wing sizes it really is such a bother for a lady like me. "Um Rarity?". What other type of clothing, I know that the usual and standard ones wont fit poor Dashie as she has a different personality to the others mares that I deal with. Its a brash and ego drive one. But also loyal to her friends and family to the end, I must say she is quite a catch and no wonder why Thunderlane always stares at her arse when she inst looking. I have a talent for noticing things like this you know?. Of course being in at hundreds of fashions shows, I know exactly who's looking at what. what they might be thinking. Are they satisfied with the end product?, are they bored with the particular piece of clothing?. You never know until you get a good look at them and figure everything out in seconds. While Thunderlane is a nice fellow and all, he does seem to be a pervert. i mean has anypony apart from me ever seen his chat up lines? I must say,THEY ARE AWFUL!. No lady should fall for that distasteful crap. Who else, of course there's Big Mac but he barely ever says anything Caramels a nice fellow and I enjoy his chats but he's stuck up and I don't think Dashie will like him very much. Cherry Fizzy might be the one but he does speak alot and I know she prefers actions over words, a very practical type of pony isn't she? Even for a Pegasus, Rainbow does seem to be rather outdoors and a "get going" type of pony. Quite rare. "Rarity.....". I stop my thinking and open my eyes, I look at the crying Rainbow Blur in front of me. I realised that I have not been a good friend, instead of comforting Rainbow Dash I have listened to myself too much and not been the friend that she needed. "Im so sorry Dash, I get like this sometimes, really sorry". I got off my chair and sadly spoke to her. She stopped crying thankfully and we hugged as friends. "Rarity, what's it like to have a coltfriend?". The Pegasus that I was comforting repeated her question. I could tell her everything about how wonderful it is to have somepony there for you when you need it. How they can brighten up your day simply by being there. "Rainbow Dash". I started, not sure of what to say but started the answer off anyway!. "A coltfriend is simply a wonderful thing to have and to happen to you, they are always there for you and care so much. Considering that they are stallions the colt can get a little bit of hand sometimes and does do stupid things. Mine stuck his head in the wall for some strange reason yesterday". I pointed at the large stallion's head sized hole in a wall, we both giggled at my coltfriends weirdness, he's a lovely fellow but he really doesn't get me sometimes. I finished giggling and saw that Dash had stopped crying, it seemed like my little speech had done the trick. She was smiling now and happy. "So Rainbow what are you thinking?". I asked as I noticed that she was deep in thought. "How do I get a coltfriend?". She replied, slowly and painfully. Aware that it was a deep subject, I appealed to her EGO. "Well my dear Pegasus friend, you are incredibly beautiful for starters, I have seen alot of Pegasus stallions get stiff wings when they see you. When they talk to you, they blush and mumble. Not to mention that you are the BEST flyer in Equestria are you not?". Bingo Dash's eyes lit up before me and she stood up before huffing her chest out as a sign of strength. I could tell that she had gone into "Rainbow Dash does everything with little effort mode". And to be fair I was glad. "Now Rainbow, we need to work out what we can wear in order to get the Stallions to notice you and for my own bloody coltfriend to get back into bed with me". I mumbled. "Please don't get me a dress, I HATE dresses" The pegasus answered back confidently. "I know I know, I just don't know what we can wear". I admitted defeated by my own lack of fashionable imagination....DAMMIT I AM SUPPOSED TO BE BETTER THAN THIS!. "Soooo no dresses?". Dash looked at me like I had gone insane, my love of dresses was well known to virtually the entire population of Equestria, my designs were sold worldwide to the griffins, goblins, you name it. I have made it!. Although right now,embarrassingly I cant think of anything to suit my own (and Rainbows) needs. Its a utter fashion disaster!. "How about Socks?". What. Socks?. .... ..... YESSSSSSS!. "RAINBOW DASH YOU A GENUIS!". I screamed for once which is not very ladylike and hugged Dash tightly. While I was literally giving her the hug of the century I could hear a wisp off air being cut off. "Rarity....I'm.....dying....cant....breath". "Shush up its good for your lungs". I replied, happy that we had found an answer. Lovely flank high socks, rainbow and purple coloured. No stallion on the planet can resist us now!. And maybe even my bloody coltfriend will be persuaded too. Now where's my sock drawer?