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// Thread 
// Story: Canterlot And Beyond 
// by Starlight Shadow 
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Rarity read Coco's newest letter one more time, glancing fondly at the spool of rainbow thread on her shelf before she got up to start packing.

Since the Fashion Week incident, Coco and Rarity had been exchanging letters. As such, she knew all about the Night Of The Stars, a fashion showcase in Manehattan that weekend. She had wasted no time in sending for an application by means of Spike, filling out said application, notifying the girls, and generally preparing. Any addition to her resume was a good one, after all, and it meant another chance to see Coco in person.The train would be arriving at three-thirty, and it was three right now.

"I probably won't need much." She murmured to herself. "At least two suitcases, one for the outfits I'll be presenting, and one for my own possessions. Just a formal dress and some jewelry to go with it, and of course my makeup kit..." Rarity was lost in her own world when Sweetie Belle knocked on the door.

"Come in."

"Rarity, it's three-fifteen." Sweetie Belle pointed to the clock hanging over Rarity's work table, which indeed read three-fifteen. "And I made you something." She lit her horn and levitated from atop her back a small basket of sugar cookies. "For you and your friends to share."

Rarity took the sweets and nuzzled her sister. "Thank you so much, you really are a sweetheart. I've got everything I need, there's my purse..." She added a small cross-body bag to her appearance. "Oh! And of course I'll be taking this." She pocketed the rainbow thread.