//------------------------------// // Chapter 6: The Jeweled Cloth Line Robbery Part 1 // Story: Sunset Shimmer Please Come Home // by Pinkie Pie Sweets //------------------------------// Sunset Shimmer travels with Jingle and Herbert leading them to Manehatten one of the largest cities in Equestria. They decide to head to the city to see what Manehatten has to offer. They come across a boutique in the middle of the city and decide to check out the store before moving on. "Hello is anyone here?" Sunset Shimmer asks. "Yes," They hear a girl's voice heading towards them. The girl coming out is a light pink skinned girl, with black hair, a blue and a magenta streak in her hair. She also has bright yellow eyes. She is wearing a white blouse with a blue shirt and on it is a spool of blue thread with a silver needle. "Hello my name is Radiance, how may I help you today?" Radiance introduces and asks. "Hello, my name is Sunset Shimmer and this is Jingle and his pig Herbert." Sunset Shimmer says. "Oh hello, how may I help you today?" Radiance asks. "Oh, we're not here to buy something. We're here to see this nice shop it looks really nice," Sunset Shimmer replies. "Thank you," Radiance says. Sunset and the others start to look around her store until Herbert notice something on one of the walls of the store. That also caught Sunset's attention. "Oink, oink, oink," Herbert says as he looking at the poster. "Hey Radiance, what's this poster?" Sunset Shimmer asks. "This poster shows today's fashion contest; me and my fiancé Gold Silk are entering the contest as a team." Radiance answers. "Fiancé?" Jingle asks. "Yes, Gold Silk and I first met went he applied to work at my boutique. Then later on we became partners, then two months ago we got engaged and are going to get married in the summer." "Congrats on your marriage," Jingle says as he strums his guitar. "Where is Gold Silk anyway?" Sunset Shimmer asks. "Right here," A male voice calls, which is Gold Silk. He is a little taller than Radiance. He has yellow gold skin with light blue straight hair. He has blue eyes. He is wearing a blue sweater suit and pants to match, with a white button up shirt under it. He is also wearing a golden silk sewn with light blue thread pinned on to his jacket. He is also wearing nice black shoes. "Hello Gold Silk, how is our line going?" Radiance asks her fiancé. "Everything is ready for the contest this evening," Gold Silk replies. "Oh, I hope our special beach line is good enough to win the contest!" Radiance says excitedly. "I'm sure we're going to do fine," Gold Silk says trying to calm her down. When he faces forward he notices Sunset Shimmer and the others, "Oh Radiance, who are your friends?" "Gold Silk this is Sunset Shimmer, Jingle, and his pet pig Herbert." Radiance introduces her fiancé to the group. After introducing themselves, someone comes through the door. She is a tall woman with pale white skin, long black hair, and brown eyes. She is wearing a long sleeve blue dress, brown boots, and a white fur coat. She also has a French accent. "You again, what do you want?" Gold Silk asks in an angry tone. "Like I said before, I'd like to buy all of your fabrics, threads, needles and everything else in your shop. I'll pay double from what it's worth," The woman replies. "I told you Miss Glimmer, we can't sell our materials today!" Gold Silk yells. "Maybe you can wait until after the contest," Radiance suggests. "No, after the contest will not do at all!" Ms. Glimmer yells and marches out the door without another word. "That woman is as stubborn as a bull," Gold Silk says in an angry tone. Then he says, "She wants to buy all our material before the contest this evening and she won't take no for an answer." "But what I don't understand is, why?" Sunset Shimmer asks in a curious way. "I don't know?" Radiance replies worried. "I'm going to see if she's up to something." Sunset Shimmer suggests. Then she decides to go to find Ms. Glimmer to see what her problem is. When she saw Ms. Glimmer getting inside car she decides to see what is going on and she saw one of the windows of the car is open and decides to survey the conversation. She starts to hear two people, one of them is Ms. Glimmer and she also hears a man's voice. "How did it go? The man asks. "They wouldn't sell me any," Ms. Glimmer says. "But the contest is this evening!" He yells with fright. "We need to buy everybody's material from Manehatten or our beautiful operation will turn ugly." Ms. Glimmer replies. "It seems like those two are interested in buying all the fashion material before the contest, but why?" Sunset Shimmer thinks to herself. Sunset Shimmer also begins to understand that those two are up to something. Some time later in the afternoon, Sunset Shimmer explains to the others that Ms. Glimmer and her assistant have some kind of operation that involves buying every fashion material from different fashion stores all over Manehatten. Everyone in the group also have the strange suspicion that Ms. Glimmer is up to something. The question is what?