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// 6. Moments in Fashion 
// Story: Trading Memories 
// by Brian Sheil 
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Moments later, Rarity entered the room, carrying a knapsack with her. Megan greets the trendy pony. "Rarity. Pleasure to see you."
"Hello, darling." Rarity replied as she looks as the girl. "Your pink and blue outfit is beautiful. Too bad those ropes are covering too much of it."
"That's true." Megan stated sadly. "I still feel a little upset about this."
Rarity approached Megan to comfort her. "I know how you feel. Especially when my mane got wrecked."
"How did that happen, Rarity?”
Rarity  told her about the damage to her mane. "I was scheduled for a photo shoot done by Vanity Mare magazine. Special Mane edition. After a party string accident at Pinkie Pie's house, I tried washing the string off my mane. But, I used some of Zecora's remover potion by mistake. That potion was supposed to remove the string from Pinkie's house." Rarity's voice grew grim. "But, it removed most of my mane."
"Ouch!" Megan frightfully said. "Talk about a bad hair day."
"Indeed. I was so upset, I cancelled the shoot. However, my friends reminded me of how helpful I was to them and other ponies in Ponyville. After I got my composure back, I retouched my mane, slipped on some accessories, and came out with a new look."
"What kind?" Megan wondered.
"Something you probably refer to as a Punk Rocker look."
Megan was shocked. "What?! You got to be Joking!"
Rarity pulled out her special issue of Vanity Mare magazine, used her magic to flip through the pages, and showed Megan what she was talking about. Megan was impressed. Especially with the pictures of Rarity helping others. "Rock on, Rarity! No wonder you represent the Element of Generosity."
"Thank you, darling." Rarity said proudly. "Everypony loved my mane, and I was shining wonderfully."
Rarity closed the magazine and put it back in her knapsack. Then, asked Megan about a figure from the past. "Do you know of someone named Porcina?"
Megan knew who Rarity was referring to. "I sure do! Porcina was an arrogant pig-like princess who was looking for some magical material to fix her cloak. That cloak had the power to turn anything into glass."
"Sounds dreadful." Rarity blurted out.
"That's for sure. So these creatures called Raptorians swooped down and captured three ponies, Gusty, Heartthrob, and Lickety-Split, and brought them to Porcina. Me and other ponies went off to rescue them. My little sister, Molly, and another pony, Shady, were backing us up. Meanwhile, the captured ponies had their hair cut off. That hair grew back quickly."
"How did that happen?" Rarity asked puzzlingly.
"Even I don't know the answer to that. Anyway, we found the captured ponies and prepared to free them. Molly and Shady followed us, carrying some fur our furry friends, the Bushwoolies, shed. Meanwhile, pressured by the Raptorians, Porcina used her cloak to turn Ponyland into glass. Later, while Porcina was sleeping, I tried to switch her cloak with a cloak we made from Bushwooly fur.
"But, those Raptorians woke up Porcina and told her to turns me and my friends to glass. But, she couldn't. Turns out, I switched cloaks just in time. Those bullies tried to grab the cloak from me. It became a real tug-of-war which ripped the magical cloak and turned those creeps into glass themselves."
"Serves them right, pressuring their leader like that!" Rarity shouted. "Everything work out in the end?"
"Sure did." Megan answered. "Using her torn magical cloak, Porcina turned all of Ponyland back to normal, and left for her home. Some of the Bushwoolies went with her to be her groomers."
"That's proof you're a fine maiden, Megan." Rarity said, giving Megan a sweet hug. "Never lose faith in yourself."
Rarity left the room with her knapsack. Megan has been giving a bit more confidence. She was grateful to Rarity. "Thanks for your help, Rarity, darling."