Diane sat on the train to Manehattan, staring out the window. She watched the trees and mountains blur past.
“Is that Pinkie Pie?” A mares voice whispered from somewhere on the train.
“Should we ask for her autograph?” A stallion whispered. Diane covered her face with her hoof, pressing her face against the window.
“First thing when I get to Manehatten, I need to change how I look.” Diane muttered to herself. The train came to a halt and the doors opened.
“Manehatten!” The conductor shouted loudly. Diane quickly stood up and rushed off of the train, avoiding all of the ponies stares. She slowed down and started to look around the train station, which was a very large. The ceilings towered over her.
“This place is so big.” Diane marveled. She looked around to see stores placed around everywhere.
“Maybe they have some disguises in there.” Diane muttered to herself, looking at a store. She ducked down low to the ground, making sure no one else saw her. She entered the store and looked around. It wasn’t that big and had aisles of stuff.
“How can I hide myself?” Diane mumbled to herself. She looked around the store and spotted a rack of capes. Diane walked over to the rack and grabbed a greyish blue cape.
“This color looks bleh.” Diane stated, sticking her tongue out. She quickly shook her head.
“No, I can’t act like Pinkie Pie, I have to act different!” She exclaimed, throwing the cape on her back. She looked up to see a shelf with sunglasses lined up in a perfect row. Diane picked up a pair of black sunglasses and put them on her back.
“If I learned anything from Rarity, I know that eyes are the window to the soul.” Diane stares. “Wait I didn’t learn anything from Rarity, the real Pinkie did. But I remember everything from before the Mirror Pool incident. Bleh, all of this clone stuff is making my brain hurt.” Diane said, rubbing her head. She made her way to the front counter when something caught her eye.
“Hair change.” Diane muttered to herself, looking at shelves filled with hair supplies. She walked over to the shelves, scanning for something to change how she looked. She picked up a hair straightener, a blue towel, and a box of red hair dye.
“Now I’ll look just like a new pony!” Diane exclaimed happily to herself. She froze when she noticed ponies were looking at her. She rushed to the counter, placing all of her items on it.
“Did you find everything well?” The mare behind the counter asked, scanning all of the items.
“Yup it was super duper easy.” Diane said with a friendly smile. The cashier chuckled and handed Diane a plastic bag.
“That’ll be ten bits.” The cashier said with a friendly smile. Diane reaches into her puffy hair and pulled out her pouch. She poured fifteen bits into the cashiers hoof, not caring about overpaying her. Diane hopped out of the store, humming happily to herself. She stopped hopping when she noticed ponies looking at her.
“I need to stop doing that.” Diane muttered to herself, keeping herself low to the ground. She made her way to the restroom area, which was in a dark part of the train station. Diane made her way into a single pony bathroom and locked the door behind her. She let out a sigh and looked in the mirror.
“Goodbye Pinkie Pie.” Diane said to herself, waving to her reflection. She reached into the bag and pulled out the hair dye. She quickly skimmed through the instructions on the back of the box.
“This looks easy as pie!” Diane exclaimed to herself before ripping the box open with her teeth. This was going to be so easy.
The bathroom was an absolute mess. Red hair dye was all over the sink, toilet, floor, and walls. It looked like someone had been murdered in that room.
“I feel bad for whoever needs to clean this up.” Diane said to herself. She looked in the mirror and smiled at what she saw. Her hair was a dark red and completely straight. She wore the blacked out sunglasses and the greyish blue cloak.
“I’m no longer Pinkie Pie, I’m Diane Pinks!” Diane exclaimed happily to herself. She picked up her pouch of bits and placed it in her pocket. She unlocked the bathroom door and walked out, keeping her head low. She walked away from the restrooms area, hoping that her disguise worked. Her eyes darted around behind the sunglasses, making sure no one was staring at her. No one even acknowledged her presence.
“It worked!” Diane exclaimed to herself. She started to hop towards the exit excitedly, humming to herself. She bumped into a pony, making them fall over. She stopped hopping to help the mare she had knocked over. The mare had a blue mane and a cream coat.
“I’m sorry, are you okay?” Diane asked, putting her hoof out. The mare grabbed Diane's hoof stood up, brushing herself off.
“I’m fine, I just wasn’t paying attention to where I was going.” She said in a soft voice. They both looked down to see rolls of fabric, feathers, and thread all over the floor. Ponies stepped on them, completely ignoring them.
“Oh no!” She exclaimed, scrambling to pick her stuff up. Diane bent over to help her out. She looked at all of the supplies and handed them to the mare.
“What do you need all of this for?” Diane asked. The mare placed all of the supplies in a large bag.
“I’m making costumes for a play. It’s been so much work lately, I could really use some help.” She said sadly. An idea popped in Diane’s head.
“I can help her, it’ll be so much fun!
Rarity taught me how to sew so I can help her out.” Diane thought to herself.
“I can help you.” Diane said with a kind smile. The mares face lit up.
“You’d really do that for me?!” She asked excitedly. Diane nodded her head, making the mare smile wider.
“‘My name is Coco Pommel. Come with me and I’ll take you to my workplace.” She greeted. Diane smiled and happily followed her new friend.
“My name is Diane Pinks.”