“That is not fair Rainbow Dash. I didn't even get to make a move,” Rarity complained as the girls made their way back to Twilight's house.
“Oh it's pretty darn fair alright. I said I could get a colt cause I'm cool, and that's what happened. Besides, he didn't even look at you,” Dash mocked.
“Okay girls, lets not let something so pointless as some colt get between us,” Twlight tried reasoning.
“I don't know those colts were pretty hot and the leader asked Rainbow out,” Pinkie blurted, gaining her a scorching glance from Twilight.
“Ha! And I don't even care about the guy, I'm just trying to prove a point to Rarity,” Rainbow scoffed.
“And what might that point be,” Rarity said through her grinding teeth.
“That nopony cares for,” Rainbow paused to get into character. “elegance and grace.” she finished mocking Rarity. “You just gotta play it cool.”
“Play it cool? Darling, I don't think I quite understand exactly what you're saying,” Rarity admitted.
“Come by my house later this afternoon, I'll show you what I mean.” And with that the girls parted and waved goodbye. About two hours later Rarity showed up at Rainbow's house with a big fancy hat and a nice necklace. She had Twilight cast the cloud walking spell on her about an hour before she got there in a hot air balloon. Rarity rang Rainbow's door bell casually and waited before being greeted by the brash blue flier.
“Well, well, well, looks like you came after all,” Dash said while leaning on the side of her doorway.
“If you must know Dash, I simply came to try and understand the things you call 'cool' and how they attract stallions,” Rarity assured.
“Well, you came to the best to learn that,” Dash smirked. Rarity only rolled her eyes at her cocky friend. “Also, the whole thing about attracting colts is that everypony likes something awesome. So if you're awesome...” Dash stopped, letting Rarity complete the puzzle.
“That makes absolutely no sense,” Rarity complained.
“Fine. Look at it this way, you like uh, beautiful things right?”
“Correct.”
“So if you saw a colt who was beautiful or gave you something beautiful or whatever, you'd like them,” Rainbow explained. “So its the same thing with cool stuff and cool ponies.”
“I see, so apparently this generation of colts are more attracted to 'radical' things now,” Rarity figured. Rainbow simply nodded. “In that case, I suppose I should learn from the best.” Rarity looked at Rainbow hoping to get assistance.
“Oh well I know a guy who can- Oh wait a minute! I mean, I suppose I can make time in my schedule to teach you the art of awesome,” Rainbow said as smug as ever. Rarity giggled and nodded.
“When shall we start Miss Dash?”
~ ~ ~
The sky was clear and blue. Perfect for awesome lessons with Rarity. Dash had her coach hat and sunglasses on as usual and was pacing back and forth in front of Rarity.
“Alright Rarity, first I have to know how much you know about coolness. So what do you think is cool?” Rainbow asked.
“Well, I absolutely adore-”
“WRONG! Ugh, looks like I have my work cut out for me,” Rainbow sighed.
“What ever did I do that was so wrong?” Rarity asked confused.
“'What ever did I do that was so wrong?'” Rainbow said with a stupid accent, immitating her unicorn friend. “That's whats wrong. You don't say all that, you cut your sentence down. Like saying 'sup instead of 'What is up?' Cut the sentence down, now try asking me that same question.”
“What... did I do?” Rarity said unconfined.
“Better, but cool people usually like that uh, word merging thingy.”
“Contraction?”
“Whatever, we use those. So you'd say 'What'd I do'. And another thing, saying 'Oh I absolutely adore' blah blah blah isn't cool. No stallion wants to hear all that. You just say I like this and that 'kay.” Rainbow nagged on and on about proper “cool” people speech. She told Rarity about cool things people say. Dash had talked so much about talking in an “awesome” way, Rarity had stopped listening. “Alright, that's all for now.”
“Huh, what?” Rarity scampered in surprise after snapping out of a day dream.
“You're dismissed,” Rainbow reminded.
“What ever do you mean?” Rarity said gaining an evil glare from Dash. “I mean, what's that 'sposed to mean?”
“Better,” Rainbow approved smiling. “And what I mean is that you can go now, that's all for today.”
“But you haven't told me anything but how to talk. I still don't even understand why a colt would go for such obscure behavior.”
“Look we'll meet again, uh, two days from now.”
“Why not tomorrow, I'm not busy or anything.”
“Cause tomorrow I have a date with a guy you couldn't get because you're not cool enough. But don't worry, I can help with that.” And with that, the two parted ways. Rarity was still somewhat confused by the methods of her friend, but from what she had seen they seemed effective enough. However, the unicorn refused to believe it was nothing more than a fluke. Sure, Dash is brave and cute and- Wait, what. 'Cute? Where did that come from? I guess I've been over thinking things.' Rarity thought to herself while heading home. Little did she know, she was only thinking what her heart spoke.