//------------------------------// // Dash's New Style // Story: Cupcakes: Rainbow Reincarnate // by Surprise The Pegasus //------------------------------// "SugarCube Corner? Twilight, are you hinting at something?" "No, it's just-" "Just what?" Rainbow Dash narrowed her eyes. "A few ponies went missing right around the time you died. They were all at SugarCube Corner before they went missing- It just seemed a little peculiar, don't you think?" "Are you saying that the Cakes- or Pinkie Pie, are responsible for my death, and the deaths of other ponies?" "No, I'm not, I just think we should investigate, that's all. I'm not accusing anypony." Twilight placed the photo back in the chest and returned it to its place under the bed. "Investigate, are you kidding me? Look at me. For one, I'm supposed to be dead. And, I don't have all my bits and pieces." Rainbow gestured at her thin body. "You're right. You're in no shape to be walking the streets of Ponyville, let alone having everypony recognize you." Twilight smiled deviously. "Rainbow Dash, I'm gonna give you a makeover." "But-" Twilight gave her a "seriously?" Look. "Fine. But can we wait until morning?" Dash pleaded. "I don't have all the proper supplies…I suppose we could wait. I'll keep the library closed. You can sleep on the couch tonight. I have to take a bath, no thanks to you." Twilight stepped off the bed, then trotted to the bathroom. Dash descended the stairs, then flopped down onto the couch. She closed her eyes, and, after what seemed like hours, fell asleep. ............................ "Rainbow Dash…Rainbow Dash…wake up Rainbow Dash…" Dash's vision came into focus. Twilight stood above her, levitating a filled bag. "Dear Celestia, what's that horrible smell?" Rainbow plugged her nose as Twilight pushed her up the stairs and into the bathroom. Twilight shoved her in, then locked the door behind them. "That, my dear Rainbow Dash, is the smell of Mane Dye." "Wait, Mane Dye…!? You are NOT dying my mane!!" Rainbow tugged on the door handle frantically. "I saw that one coming, so that's why I brought this." Twilight levitated a thick rope, then, using her magic, tied up Dash. Twilight placed Dash in the bathtub, then turned on the warm water. A FEW MINUTES LATER… Twilight shut off the water, then dropped in a ball of bath salts. "I hate you, Twilight." Growled Rainbow Dash, watching the bath salts dissolve into abundant pink bubbles. "I'm not the one who resurrected you." Twilight started to scrub Dash with a sponge. Rainbow was soon coated in a thick layer of bubbles. "Now, time for the rinse!" Twilight pushed Rainbow Dash under the bubbly surface of the bathwater. Twilight hauled her out of the tub, and she landed on the tile floor with a wet slap. Twilight quickly dried her off with a towel, then put her on the toilet. "Time to dye." "Twilight, before you wreck my mane and tail, can you at least tell me what color it is?" "I got 2 bottles. One is Periwinkle, and the other one is White. Trust me, it'll look great." Twilight squirted both bottles into Rainbow's mane and tail, washed and rinsed it, grabbed a Manebrush and a bottle of manespray off the counter. "Twilight, no. No, no, NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!" Twilight brushed Dash's mane to the style she wanted, put in a purple headband, then unleashed an enslaught of manespray. "Twilight *cough cough*, im dying again…the manespray…so bad…" Dash coughed. "Rainbow, stop being such a baby, I'm almost done." Twilight sprayed until there was none left. "Ok, finished." Twilight held up a mirror to Rainbow so she could see. "AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! WHAT HAPPENED TO ME!?" "You died, and let me do your mane. That's what happened." "Oh, yeah. I guess it's not that bad, it just looks…weird. Are we done now?" "…Not yet, but almost. You still don't have a cutie mark." "…That." Rainbow glanced back at the paper thin patches of skin where her cutie mark once was. "Twilight…you can untie me now." "What's that?" "I give in. You can untie me." "Hmmmm…alright." Twilight undid the knots and dropped the rope on the floor. Twilight levitated a pack of acrylic paints out of the bag, as well as a piece of parchment, a quill, and a bottle of ink. "Draw your new cutie mark here." Twilight pointed to the parchment. "But Twilight…" Rainbow whined. "But what?" "But I like my old cutie mark…" Rainbow stomped a hoof on the floor. "Rainbow, you can't have your old cutie mark." "But Twilight…I want my old cutie mark!" Tears started to well up in Rainbow's eyes. "Ok, ok. Jeez, you don't need to have a temper tantrum. I'll just make the lightning bolt yellow instead of red, blue, and yellow." "YES!" Rainbow Dash cheered. Twilight painted the cutie mark onto Dash's flank. "Now, what about my wings?" "The only type of wings I can give you are glimmer wings. Is that ok?" "Yeah, as long as I have wings." Twilight's horn lit up.