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// My Coiffure? 
// Story: Nightmares and Harmony 
// by Starpony999 
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An hour later, Dawn and Gummy walked through town, tummies full and happy.  Dawn's, in particular, was more than happy.

"I think I ate too much piiiiiie."  The unicorn moaned.  She felt like a home-made doll--stuffed, and bursting at the seams.

Gummy, on the other hoof, was already getting down to business.  "Hmm, there's supposed to be a pegasus pony named--"

"Twilight Swish."  Dawn deadpanned. 

"-clearing the clouds."  Gummy continued, "How'd you know that?"  



Dawn pointed up with her hoof, where a certain purple pegasus could be seen rapidly busting some clouds.  Dawn rolled her eyes at the mare.  Well, maybe pegasi liked clearing clouds?  Would they consider that a fun party game?  Trapped in her thoughts, Dawn failed to notice that the one particularly gray cloud in the sky was directly above the grounded duo as Twilight came zooming in their direction.  Barely a second later, the quickest downpour of rain anyone ever saw came sloshing down on Dawn.   By some stroke of luck, it completely missed the small dragon.  (Perhaps he had been paying atention to his surroundings?)  Whether the lavender mare noticed the now wet mare and her dragon was impossible to tell, for she was currently in the middle of doing a loop-de-loop.   To the pink one's luck, the pegasus's speed and her lowness to the ground managed to dry the unicorn's hair, but that also resulted in a messed up manestyle in the process.  

Dawn harrumphed.  She could feel her mane frizzing out.  While it had done that once, long ago, it was no longer one of her favorite hairstyles.  In fact, the last time she had seen it on her head, she had almost thrown up.  Which is why her assitant's reaction angered her more than usual.

Gummy, who was trotting along side the unicorn, had tried to stifle a laugh but failed miserably.  Once he gave up his poor attempt at hiding it, he tumbled onto the ground, and rolled over with laughter.  

"Yeah, yeah, laugh all you want."  Dawn rolled her eyes before dawning a mischievous smile. "Just you wait, I'll be the last one laughing."  

Gummy stopped in the middle of a chuckle.   His eyes grew wide as his friend looked down at him with a smirk.  Gummy knew full well what Dawn meant.  She was the master of pranks, and that title didn't even touch her when her magic was involved.  In a desperate attempt to save himself, he straightened up and offered, "It's really not that bad once you get used to it."

Dawns face, however, continued to display her grin, which set the little dragon on edge.  'That should teach him.'  He toddled off after Dawn who had already started trotting along to their next destination: Town Hall.  Thankfully this town was small enough that they had arrived quickly at every stop.  The designer was already there, decorating away to her heart's content.   Said mare happened to be a yellow unicorn with a short pink mane and an equally pink, floor-length tail.  She sported a pink parasol accompanied by small blue sparkles as her cutiemark.  In her green magical grasp, she held an assortment of ribbons and bows.  

"Ahem."  Dawn coughed to get the mare's attention.  "Are you in charge of the decor--"

"Hold on, I'm in ze zone."   The mare responded, not even glancing back to see the newcomers.  She soon found the "perfect" bow, and the turned to face the other unicorn, gasping at what her eyes beheld. 



Seeing that the yellow unicorn was indeed in charge of the decorations, and had paused, Dawn tried her spiel once more.  "I'm Pinkamenia Dawn Pie, and I'm just here to check on the decorations for the Summer Sun Celebration, and then I'll be out of your hair!"

"My hair?  What about your hair?"

"My hair?   Oh, it's nothing a brush and a curler won't fix."  Dawn dismissed with a wave of her hoof. 

"Don't tell me you're going to go back out in public like zat!"

"Um, okay.  I won't tell you that."

The mare wasted no time in grabbing the pink mare with her telekinesis and rushing off to a nearby boutique.  Well, Dawn guessed that was what it was. It kind of looked like a carousel: something from old pony lore.  Inside the building, there was a fair amount of pony mannequins, most of which were clothed in magnificent gowns of varying colors and styles.  What would grab anypony's attention the most, however, was the catwalk in the dead center of the room.  That, as luck would have it, was exactly where the yellow mare decided to place Dawn.  

The decorator then preceded to try varying mane styles and outfits on Celestia's student like some kind of doll.

"Go on dear, you were telling me where you were from?"  The resident unicorn asked the newcomer, tightening the strings on the corset that the former had dressed the latter in. 

"I've... been sent... from Canterlot... to--"  Dawn squeaked, her face contorting in pain.  Why was this pony so obsessed with making sure Dawn looked like one of those stuck-up, insanely rich ponies?

"Huh?"  The still unnamed mare gasped, which caused her to let go of the straps and to fall backward.   "Canterlot?!"  She returned to face her newest model.  "Oh, I am so envious! The glamour, the sophistication! I have always dreamed of living zere! I can't wait to hear all about it! We are gonna be the best of friends, you and I... Topaz?! What was I zinking? Let me get you some sapphires!"

Yep, this pony would definitely fit in with Canterlot's "elite."  Dawn had to stop her self from visibly gagging in front of the decorator.

The fashionista rushed out of the room, presumably to fetch sapphires, and Dawn jumped at the chance, literally.  She leaped off the runway and grabbed Gummy in her telekinetic grasp.  "Quick!" She exclaimed, "Before she decides to de my coat a different color!  I can't be Greenamena Dawn Pie."