LEGO Equestria Girls 5
Prologue
It was early afternoon in Canterlot City. With only a few clouds in the sky and with a rather warm temperature, it was a nice day for outdoor activities.
Sunset Shimmer and most of her friends were gathered at a parking lot and had brought with them sponges, buckets of soapy water, a garden hose connected to a nearby water spigot, and — courtesy of Rarity — a brick-built oversized hair dryer. Sitting in front of them was their next objective — a dirty pickup truck owned by Big Macintosh.
Sunset — without her jacket due to today’s weather and activity — and Applejack smiled and nodded to each other, then they each quickly grabbed a large sponge, soaked it into a bucket of soapy water, and began swiftly scrubbing all over the truck.
“To the right! To the right!” sang Pinkie Pie as she waved around a pair of rags in her hands while her friends continued scrubbing. “To the left! To the left! Now up! Now up! Bring it down! Spin it around! Wash that car like you mean it! Come on!”
By the time Pinkie finished her little cheer, the truck was completely covered in suds. As Fluttershy raised the nozzle of the hose, Sunset and Applejack ran back towards the others and dropped their sponges back into the buckets. Fluttershy opened the nozzle with a wide spray setting, allowing her to quickly rinse off the entire truck.
Once all of the soap was rinsed off, Fluttershy shut off the hose and Rarity set up her custom-built giant hair dryer on a stand in front of the truck. When it was properly secured, Rarity switched it on, unleashing a gust of air that not only quickly dried the truck but also caused it to slowly roll backwards a short distance.
Rarity shut off the giant hair dryer after a few seconds and then began to dismantle the stand. Meanwhile, Pinkie rushed over to the truck and used her rags to wipe away any remaining damp spots on the truck. Once she was satisfied that the entire truck was now sparkling clean, she grinned and waved at the others.
With a smile of satisfaction, Big Mac pulled out his wallet and handed a few dollars over to Rainbow Dash standing beside him.
Rainbow grabbed the dollars — 1x2 green tiles with white detailing and the number 1 printed on top — and said, “Thanks, Big Mac.”
Big Mac nodded in approval, then walked over to his truck, hopped inside, started up the engine, and then drove off.
As her friends gathered around, Rainbow excitedly exclaimed, “Sweet! More cash to add to the stash!”
“Woohoo!” cheered Pinkie Pie with a jump of excitement.
Rarity wiped her brow as she sighed and suggested, “How about a little break? All of this sunshine and suds are doing a number on my hair.”
The rest of the group said various words of agreement as they began to walk over to a cooler where Spike was sitting.
Noticing that the girls were coming over, Spike set down the comic book he was reading, then opened the cooler and passed out bottles of orange soda to everyone.
After everyone had taken at least one sip of their soda, Rainbow Dash asked, “Hey, anybody seen Twilight lately?”
“I’m here!” Twilight called out as she ran over to the rest of the group while carrying a small box in her arms. “I was just going over the numbers again,” she explained as she stopped in front of them and adjusted her glasses.
“Have we raised enough to pay off Camp Everfree’s debts?” asked Sunset.
“I counted the money four times just to be sure, and I’ve got good news and bad news,” replied Twilight. “The good news is, after taking into account today’s revenue…” She reached into Rainbow Dash’s jacket pocket, pulled out all the dollars they had earned today, and tossed them into the box in her arms. “We now have just barely enough to afford the upcoming minimum payment due next week to prevent the property from being repossessed.”
The rest of the group cheered.
“The bad news,” continued Twilight, “is that we’re still far short of paying off all the other debts we promised to cover.”
The rest of the group moaned in disappointment.
“It’s all right,” assured Applejack. “We can just wash more cars. There’s gotta be some we missed.”
Everyone looked out across the parking lot, but were crestfallen to see that it was now completely empty with nothing but a rolling tumbleweed to be found across the entire area.
“I, uh, think we’re gonna have to come up with a new plan,” noted Sunset.
“But what else can we do? We’re running out of ideas!” Rainbow Dash pointed out. “Pinkie Pie held multiple bake sales, Twilight and Fluttershy had that doggy day care, Spike and AJ have been mowing lawns, Sunset and I planned this car wash…”
“Not to worry, darlings,” Rarity suddenly spoke up. “It’s my turn to devise a plan, and I already have something amazing in mind. It will be the most profitable of all of our fundraising events — the pièce de résistance!”
“Hee-yoo! Now we’re talkin’!” cheered Applejack. “What’s your idea?”
“Meet me in my shop later this afternoon and I will explain everything,” replied Rarity.
The other girls all said various words of excitement and agreement as they all picked up their car wash supplies and walked away.
Rarity smiled and waved at her friends as they departed. But as soon as they had moved out of sight, she slumped and her smile fell.
Spike had remained standing behind Rarity and, upon seeing her gestures, snidely remarked, “You’ve got nothing, huh?”
Rarity gasped as she quickly spun around and fearfully exclaimed, “How did you know?!”
“It wasn’t really that difficult to figure out,” replied Spike.
“Am I really that obvious?” asked Rarity in a saddened tone.
The young boy shrugged and remarked, “Well, I did once read the Complete Encyclopedia of Tropes, so, uh… I’m kind of an expert at seeing these things anywhere.” As he began to walk away, he dismissively added, “Eh, I’m sure you’ll come up with something.”
Once Rarity was left completely alone in the parking lot, she let out a groan of disappointment.