Rarity had been known at High School as the number one fashionista and drama queen; it was completely true and she had gained that moniker due to her excellent dramatic moments and according to several classmates, she was an excellent whiner, capable of doing epic demonstrations of her ability at the drop of a hat, sometimes because of that. It was a talent in terms of emotion control that let Rarity always show a perfect and elegant profile at all times, except whenever she was with the rest of her friends because then the lady left and she was more than ready to party like the best of them. It was because she was so good at being the drama queen that she was completely surprised at how Sunset Shimmer had returned from Sound Wave’s meeting.
Usually Sunset was animated or maybe a little overwhelmed liked in recent days. All that work making Jem and the Holograms truly shine had caused some stress for Sunset, but apparently she was used; even more, she welcomed the stress as an expert showing her perfectionist side of hers.
The Sunset that had returned was not the exuberant and happy Sunset she was expecting; in fact, the Sunset that returned was mumbling something. The redhead did not look happy, more like her world had been shattered and the shock was so big that left her brain in auto-pilot. There was no other explanation of how Sunset had arrived at the apartment building.
Eh, Sunset my dear, is everything alright?” There was definitely something wrong since Sunset kept on mumbling something so low that she couldn’t hear “hello? Are you okay? Because you don’t look okay and I don’t want to be forced to slap you to make you concentrate,” the fashionista said not ready to go to that extreme.
“Well, it is usually that or a kiss,” the rainbow haired girl known by her friends as Rainbow Dash said popping her head from the living room. From that room, the happy music of Mario Kart could be heard and it was a testament of how many times she had heard the tune that Rarity could recognize it. It was clear that the girls were already comfortable in their new living space, so much that it was quite shocking to Rarity, but after all, they have become experts on adaptation considering their lives.
“And pray tell, were did you learn of something like that,” asked the fashionista back making Rainbow blink in surprise and some color appear on her cheeks.
“We used to watch romance movies before an action one every so often when we were younger,” Fluttershy’s voice could be heard from the kitchen somewhere in the back; she alongside Pinkie were getting dinner ready and Rarity was grateful of that. She could do many things, but cooking was not one of her fortes, but considering their new living space, maybe it would be a good idea to start paying attention on that. Rainbow meanwhile, turned a deeper shade of red.
“I won’t say a word darling, but I truly need help with Sunset, she has been like this for several minutes and I don’t know why she is like this,” she said before she was surprised by a mass of pink hair that appeared from out of nowhere; it was only the familiarity with Pinkie’s eccentricities that didn’t make Rarity jump in fright at the actions of Pinkie Pie.
“Well, why didn’t you say so? Marble usually had some really bad shock moments when we were younger, but there was a surefire way to get her out of them,” and like that, pinkie put a hand inside her hair and as if by magic, she took a balloon from the inexhaustible storage that was her hair. She took a second to inflate it and with a needle in her hand, the balloon popped with enough force to make Fluttershy squeak in surprise all the way on the kitchen. It was strong enough also to make Sunset jump in fright.
The redhead took a couple of seconds to reorient herself and after a couple of blinks she was back on Earth; Applejack also decided that the lobby was more interesting than the videogame and like that , all six friends were together in one room.
“Thank you Pinkie, I needed the shock.”
“You’re welcome,” Pinkie answered back and took another balloon, quickly inflating it and starting to bend it in the shape of a little dog. Sunset took a second to get her bearing before grabbing Rarity by the shoulders.
“Girls, I have important news; Rarity, I need you to pack your things and tell your parents you will be leaving the city for the weekend,” Sunset said, well, more like ordered Rarity leaving the rest of her friends surprised about her words.
“Sunset, pray tell where did that come from and why should I do that?”
“Because I couldn’t find a way to tell Sapphire Shores no to record a song with her and appear on a music video in Bostrot,” Just as she had said that, Rarity’s eyes began to widen to pony-of-Equestria levels and was accompanied by a supersonic squeak of epic proportions.
“Wait, she invited you?” Rainbow was more than a little surprised of that; sure, they received an e-mail from Sapphire’s agent about talking about a feature proposal, but to get THE pop star to suddenly spring that? Well, that was freaking awesome.
“Reading between the lines, it was more like an order; sure, Jem is popular, but she is the current queen of pop, so what she wants she gets I suppose,” Sunset was finally getting things under control.
“So, that means y’all gonna go on a trip? What about us?”
“Hey, we haven’t done the traditional end of High School trip?”
“Ah, Rainbow, I don’t think there is that kind of tradition.”
“Come on Flutters, work with me on that,” At those words, something clicked on Sunset; sure, they were going to stay together, but if this was any indication, their lives will become rather hectic once they started their lives on college and work.
“You know what Rainbow? That’s not a bad idea; Synergy, cold you-”
“Tickets for Bostrot for 8, first class of course, I even got a nice discount,” oh, the benefits of having a super computer as a daughter with access to a big account. Still, somewhere in the back of Sunset’s mind, she felt as if she was forgetting something.
Back in Equestria, the number one bookworm and also one of the regents of Equestria was right now relaxing with a book in front of her. She knew that soon she will be able to forget all the weight from the crown on her head and simply relax in the company with her friends living in the Human world. This next weekend would be a fun and relaxing affair.