Rarity's bedroom door was shown with her humming being heard from the inside in a rather cheerful way. When Sweetie Belle was walking down the hall as she overheard the humming, peeking into her room and saw Rarity designing some kind of dress that looked rather fancy and high class. As Rarity was shown to be sewing, she heard knocking and continued working to avoid mishaps. "Rarity! I'm respecting your privacy by knocking but showing my nosiness as your sister by coming in anyway!"
Sweetie Belle then broke the door down with a mallet and then threw it aside as she entered the room and looked at what Rarity was doing. "I heard humming and wanted to see what you were doing in here. And from the looks of it, I'd say you have an important client coming up."
"Not quite." Rarity chimed in, seeming rather calm and was shown to be used to this kind of behavior by now. "Actually, this is a dress for one of my friends to take to the gala. The one I'm designing right now is for Applejack."
Sweetie Belle got a good look at the rest of the dresses, finding that Rarity was almost done with them. Twilight got a purple dress with Rainbow Dash getting a blue one, Fluttershy getting a green one, Pinkie Pie getting a pink one, and from the looks of it, Applejack was getting a red one. This made her curious, as she knew that Applejack and Fluttershy weren't red and green. "But none of your friends are red or green."
"The green one is for Fluttershy; she looks dashing in that color." Rarity responded, and then she finished up the red one and set it down. "And red is Applejack's favorite color, so that's the one I went with for her dress."
Sweetie Belle was starting to understand that more now as she then noticed that Rarity hadn't put the gems on the dresses yet, squeeing as she looked at her with a wide and bright smile in the hopes that she would say yes to what she had to say. "Can I ultra pleeeeease put the gems on the dresses!?" Rarity giggled a bit, knowing that this was Sweetie Belle's favorite part of dress making. She also knew she was hit or miss with this, but did say she could, so long as she was careful.
All kinds of moments from season one were shown as Twilight was heard singing the main theme of the show, My Little Pony Friends. "For every day, I look around me, for every time I see you near. I thank the stars, whose light surrounds me, I thank the earth that keeps you here. Cause I will only follow, my true heart. And I can see it clear now, right from the start. You were my little pony. I used to wonder what friendship could be; my little pony. Until you shared it's magic with me. My little pony. I used to wonder what friendship could be. My little pony. Until you shared it's magic, with me.
Rarity was bringing her friends over to her room as she kept talking about how great the dresses looked. "I think you'll also be glad to know that you each had your favorite color in the design of your dresses. Well, except you Fluttershy. I know you love yellow, but you just look so dashing in green and I knew you'd stand out."
"That won't be a problem." Fluttershy assured Rarity, knowing that she was right about that. "I still have my high school prom picture."
"The one from before, or AFTER our last dance?" Rainbow Dash asked, causing her to blush as she then told the others about how that made sense. "Her date stood her up so I took her to the prom after pounding said date. (Winks to Applejack) Still single though."
Applejack smiled and blushed softly at the sound of that as Rarity was getting one of the dresses as she then noticed Sweetie Belle struggling to bedazzle Twilight's with Rarity stepping in to help her as she commented on Rainbow Dash's story. "Honestly, that was probably for the best. (Walks over to her friends) If that were me in her hooves, I would've given him the worst makeup ever and caused the entire school to laugh at him about it." Everyone else was shocked by that with Rarity giggling in response. "Don't mess with me."
Rarity handed Rainbow Dash her dress for the gala, taking notice to how it was the color she wanted, but not the design she was hoping for, which caught Rarity's eye. "Don't worry, this isn't the finished product."
"Okay good." Rainbow Dash replied, being stoked to add the designs of this thing as she then pointed out one of the flaws. "The main thing that caught MY eye though is that...(Gives a smug grin) I doubt my butt would fit in this average sized back end."
Rarity took notice to how big Rainbow Dash's butt was, unsure of how she could've missed that. "Of course, how could I have missed that? Yours will need to be at least twice as big on this end. Strange how I managed to get everyone else's dresses the appropriate size."
"Um...Rarity?" Rarity looked to where Twilight was and Rainbow Dash started snickering upon sight of this with Twilight shown to be giving a sly grin as Sweetie Belle was shown to have covered her dress in gems. Twilight didn't seem too bothered by this however, and gave a little sarcastic comment in regards to it to lighten up the mood. "Your sister clearly owns the place."
Rarity sighed as she went over to Sweetie Belle as she then decided to save this one for later. "Maybe this could work for a female dragon."
Sweetie Belle was glad to hear that as Twilight made her an offer. "Maybe we can help you remake the dresses in our liking and fitting sizes. Spike is training with a new friend of ours at the moment, so I have plenty of time before he expects me to be back." The other ponies nodded in agreement as they spoke up about it, leaving Rarity to smile and nod with determination as soft but somewhat fast guitar music played with the scene then changing as Rarity pulled the dress over the screen.
Rarity then got back to designing the dresses as her sewing needle was shown going into the fabric as she began singing The Art of One's Dress. "Stitching it together, thread by thread. (Rarity starts cutting some fabric for the patter to make for the dress) Cutting up a pattern, snip by snip." Twilight is shown helping with the dress as Rarity sings over the scene while making a dark purple dress to Twilight's liking. "Getting the color right for my friends, (Twilight smiles) doesn't matter if it's not hip."
Rarity put the finishing touches on the dress, and it was shown to be a dark purple dress with a galaxy pattern on the bottom. "Twilight's dress has been finished, and it's time to see if she'll approve." Twilight gave a nod yes to Rarity, making her smile with the knowledge that she liked the dress. "I didn't know you were into space."
"I dabble." Twilight responded, and then she brought up an upcoming event regarding space. "Actually, there's a meteor shower happening later this month if you and the others are interested."
Rarity showed interest in the meteor shower as the scene then showed her making Applejack's dress with her as Applejack picked out the decor she wanted. "Making Applejack's dress next, it needs to be something that can inspire. (Applejack picks out an apple ascot she really likes) That is, although she hates formal attire. (Applejack laughs a bit) With two minds working together, we should be able to make what she'll desire."
Rarity put the finishing touches on the dress and then it was revealed to be a red farm-style dress with green tassels on the bottom. "Applejack's dress has been finished, and it's time to see if she'll approve. Rarity showed the dress to Applejack, who seemed to be in deep thought as Rarity took quick notice to it. "Too much, or too little?"
"Actually, I was thinking that maybe some new boots could work with this thing too." Applejack suggested, and Rarity felt that it wouldn't be too much trouble.
"I'll design those after the dresses are done." Rarity informed Applejack, who smiled in response as the scene then changed to Rarity designing a pink candy themed dress as she continued singing. "For Pinkie Pie, a candy themed dress, (Pinkie Pie starts licking the dress with Rarity seeming confused and then shrugs it off) it's not exactly ideal, but I could care less. (Scene changes to Fluttershy's dress being made with a green, garden theme to it) Fluttershy's dress is next on the list," Fluttershy was shown to be inspecting the dress to find if it's her liking, much to Rarirty's gratitude. "and the beauty's so clear you could see through the thickest mist.
Rarity was then shown designing Rainbow Dash's dress, finishing up the song as she made sure everything was in line with a rainbow theme. "The last dress down, hope to get it done sooner, (Rainbow Dash is shown to be leaning on a wall with her back while her hooves were crossed) and my goal is to make this... How exactly did you want this again? Rainbow pattern, right? Is there anything I can do to make it more authentic to your liking?"
"The design is fine, but it could be cooler."
"How so? Did I forget to ask a specific kind of shade for one of the colors."
"Nah, you got it there, just make it...cooler." Rarity looked confused as Rainbow Dash then went into a bit more detail with the music stopping for a moment. "It needs to be about twenty percent cooler."
"Oooookay. (Gets back to sewing as the music continues) I guess twenty percent cooler!" Rarity was then shown walking past reflections of all of her friends' dresses as she sang about how much detail she put into them. "Thread by thread, snip by snip, these dresses will be great, even if they're not hip. (Stops in the middle of it) I work well under pressure and can sew through any mess, (Spins for a bit in the dress world) and I can guaranteeeeeee... (Stops spinning and finishes the last dress) that I've mastered the art of one's dress."
Rarity finished sewing and was more than excited to show Rainbow Dash, who walked over to it and took an immense liking to the rainbow pattern. It matched her perfectly, and this time, Rarity got the correct size for her butt, which she knew was going to make her stand out in Canterlot as she then joked about it. "You'd think people would start to understand how disruptive big body parts can be by now."
Rainbow Dash and Rarity laughed as Rarity then realized that it was almost nightfall and she still needed to make her own dress, as well as Applejack's boots for her dress, along with a couple other things. "Oh my, it's nearing bedtime. I'll have to work on the rest of the gala stuff in private."
"Yeah, and Lightspeed always struggles at picking what kind of desert he wants." Rainbow Dash went over to the window and climbed out of it before looking back in while flying and speaking up to Rarity about the dresses. "Thanks for doing this Rare. I probably won't be able to trick Applejack into playing Seven Minutes in Heaven with me anytime soon, but we can still at least gaze at each other in your naturally beautiful attire."
"One's craftsmanship, or, woman's craftsmanship in my case, takes a very elegant care to master Rainbow Dash." Rarity assured Rainbow Dash, who got what she was getting at as Rarity knew that her dresses would stand out. "Now I just have to hope Sweetie Belle isn't doing something dangerous to avoid boring herself to death downstairs." Rainbow Dash snickered at that as she and Rarity bid each other farewell with Rainbow Dash flying off as Rarity closed the window.
As Rarity looked around her room, she found that she had the perfect idea for her dress and instantly got as much white fabric as she could to make it happen. "My dress first, the extra accessories later."
Rarity was well into the night with her dress, dawning at almost midnight as she kept working to get everyone's dress accessories ready by tomorrow. She was focusing entirely on that and was trying her best to ignore how tired she was, making sure that everything with the bonus accessories was on point. She was much better at keeping her stress under control when she had proper rest however, and now she was desperately trying to meet the deadline she'd set for herself to set for her friends.
Rarity then noticed that while making the fake wings for Rainbow Dash's costume, she accidentally made them the same rainbow color, as opposed to the cyan color she was hoping for. "No, no, no! Now I'll have to start it all over again!" Rarity's stress was continuing to build with this mistake, and built even more when she noticed that she was nearing midnight and was starting to worry if her going to bed would stop her from finishing the accessories in time.
As Rarity gave a look of concern and panic, she suddenly released a loud and bassy thirty second fart, letting out a nasty yellow cloud of rotten eggs that made her butt vibrate as the toxic fumes surrounded her entire room and got on her stuff (PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFT). Rarity snapped out her stress trance as soon as the fart began and twitched a bit before looking around, finding that her fart had surrounded the entire room and she panicked when she saw this.
Her panicking wasn't because of whether or not she'd worry if anyone would notice however, although, that was ONE reason. Her main reason was because she knew this would affect the fate of her friends' dresses if she didn't do something about it. She quickly opened the window and got some air freshener, spraying a summer breeze scent on her friends' dresses after the fart cloud cleared and sighed of relief as she made her decision. "Maybe I should get some rest now. I'd simply hate forcing a last minute moral."
Rarity was sleeping peacefully in her bed as she got a phone call right at seven thirty in the morning, much to her surprise. She picked up her phone as it started playing an elegant classical piece for a ringtone and she then saw that it was Fluttershy, and Rarity accepted the call with Fluttershy starting it up. "Hi Rarity. I just wanted to see how-" Fluttershy then noticed that Rarity was a little exhausted from last night and hoped it wouldn't hurt to ask. "Did I call at a bad time?"
"No, my morning alarm was close to going off." Rarity admitted, and then she explained a bit of what happened. "I had a bit of a creator's panic last night and set a false deadline for myself. I'm going to take a mental health day to make sure I finish the dresses at an appropriate time and with the right mindset."
Fluttershy was glad that Rarity was looking after her mental health, having an idea in mind for that. "It always helps to take care of yourself. Feel free to meet me at my cottage. I might be able to help you." Rarity did take a liking to that idea since she and Fluttershy rarely spent quality friend time alone together. And the setting was fairly relaxing as well.
Rarity was in Fluttershy's living room as she sprayed herself with some perfume, which quickly caught Fluttershy's attention. She knew Rarity was one for looking, and smelling, fabulous, but she didn't know how far that needed to go. As she offered her some blueberry pancakes, since it was breakfast time, she decided to ask about what could've happened as they ate their breakfast. "That's the fifth coat you've put on since you got here Rarity. Did something happen?"
Rarity finished her fifth perfume spraying and set the bottle in her purse as she answered Fluttershy's question. "I'd prefer not to go into details. I'll just say that it happened last night, and was NOT, pretty." Fluttershy respected that. Some moments were just worth keeping under the rug. Instead she just sat down next to Rarity as the latter contemplated the Gala. "I will say this however; it was simply exhausting working that late at night. I've done it before, but it felt more personal this time."
Fluttershy instantly knew what Rarity was talking about, starting to worry for her, but then smiling as she spoke up about the Gala. "You don't have to rush this Rarity. We still have plenty of time to get the rest of our Gala clothes done."
"I suppose so." Rarity admitted, starting to wonder if she worked herself a little too hard last night. The fact that she got a massive stress fart from it wasn't exactly a subtle indicator either. "I actually haven't even finished my own dress yet. I think you'd all love it when the product is finished. The color will scream fancy royal party, and the design will be almost impossible to keep from gazing upon!"
Fluttershy was glad to see that Rarity didn't lose her creative spark, knowing that it would take a lot to bring her from doing what she loves most. "Let me know if you need any help with finishing my gala clothing. I may have to tend to the animals in my cottage first, but I'm always happy to help if you need it."
"Thank you Fluttershy. Hopefully I'm right about being almost done with yours." Rarity replied, leaving Fluttershy to smile gratefully at how much Rarity was doing for herself and her friends. Rarity knew that this gala would be something worth remembering, and that her friends looking just right would be an incredible benefit to the night they'd have.
Rarity was heading back to the Boutique and opened the front door to find that Sweetie Belle was watching Tv. However, she was also trying to mimic something that was on the Tv, this being the roar a griffin could do when they were mad. When Rarity got a closer look at what she was watching, it was revealed that she was watching a documentary on griffins. This surprised Rarity, and then when one griffin in particular came up, Sweetie Belle pointed it out. "Hey. Isn't that the rude not friend of Rainbow Dash's that you told me about?"
"Yes, that was Gilda." Rarity confirmed, and then she lied down on the couch with Sweetie Belle then pointing her butt out while standing on her hind hooves as she scrunched her face to mimic a griffin's angry face. She grunted in her attempt to get it right, and during thes attempt, Rarity realized that she was right behind Sweetie Belle's butt...a little too late, as Sweetie Belle's butt was shown with it then vibrating as she accidentally released a loud and bassy five second fart into her sister's face, hitting her with a yellow cloud of rotten eggs that made her look back when she released it (PFFFFFFFFFFT).
She then flinched when she saw that Rarity had been farting on with her older sister coughing and gagging from the fart as Sweetie Belle wafted it away. The young filly felt bad about farting on Rarity, knowing how much she hated this uncouth behavior. "Sorry Rarity."
Rarity quickly brushed the face blast off, knowing that she wasn't one to talk after her butt burst last night, and instead gave a sly grin to her sister. "Oh that's quite alright dear sister. At least after the explosion from my room last night." Sweetie Belle giggled a bit after hearing that, knowing that her sister's farts were not something to be ignored, even if the mare didn't always admit to when they happened.
The next day.
Rarity was hard at work on her dress and managed to get most of it done before eleven o clock, much to her glee. Her dress was revealed to be a clear white dress with a diamond trail that went over the top right, bottom right, top left, and bottom left of the dress. She made sure that everything was sewn in perfectly, and that no detail was left without care and finesse put into it. She put this amount of detail into the rest of her friends' dresses and accessories as well, but she also wanted to make sure she looked her best in addition to that.
In fact, Rarity was almost done with her dress, and just needed to put the last finishing touches on the part around the neck. She decided to coat this with a red velvet wrapping, making sure that it aligned perfectly with fitting on the dress, as well as matching the color perfectly. As she put the finishing touches on it, she grinned and then put it on, excited to see how she looked. Much to her delight, her mirror was still in working condition, even after last night.
Rarity admired herself in the mirror and had to say that she was more than impressed. She felt this way with the rest of what she made for herself and her friends regarding the gala, but she was still quite proud of what she managed to do with her own dress, and knew that she would impress. She then took out her phone as she looked at the audience to explain something. "I don't think there's a clear moral here. Just life happening." Rarity then started giving calls to her friends, starting with Applejack. "Applejack, get everyone in group call. They're ready!"
Rarity was taking a look at how everyone else was looking and feeling in their dresses and gala accessories. Twilight was the first to admire her dress, and she found that the color perfectly bounced off of the color of her skin. The galaxy pattern was also an amazing touch, one that would make her want to wear this dress forever. To fancy parties anyway. "It's almost as if I'm a part of the galaxy as we speak!"
"When we discussed how you dabble in space knowledge, I knew the design was just perfect." Rarity replied, knowing that she made the right choice from he start. "No pun intended, but I think you'll be out of this world at the gala." Twilight giggled a bit when she heard that. She always liked when someone took care in her interests.
Applejack was also getting a kick out of her dress. Although she wasn't that fond of fancy clothing, she WAS fond of what Rarity did with her dress and tassels, and to her new boots that went with it. Rarity took notice to this and couldn't help but comment on it. "I take it I made a rare exception to your distaste of formal attire."
"Ya sure as sunshine did Rarity!" Applejack exclaimed, knowing that this dress would give a good idea as to what she was like at the Gala. "This'll also be good advertisement for Sweet Apple Acres stock." Rarity gave a bit of a surprised look, having forgotten the reason Applejack wanted to attend the Gala, but smiled nonetheless. Regardless of the reason for it, or the outcome, she was glad to find her hard work appreciated.
Rainbow Dash was then shown to be admiring her dress, with this one actually going over her butt successfully. That would've been enough to make her say it was an improvement, but she was also glad to see that Rarity went out of her way to match her Rainbow tail and mane pattern on the dress as well. "Forget 20% cooler. I think you made this at least 50% cooler!"
Rarity rolled her eyes while smiling, still not being fond of the way Rainbow Dash worded that, but being glad that she liked her dress design for her nevertheless. "I knew you'd like it. You'll definitely be noticed in more ways than one." Rarity's jab at the size of Rainbow Dash's butt made Rainbow Dash laugh. She was always open to jabbing at how big her butt was.
Pinkie Pie admired her dress next, and found the candy theme of said dress to be very appealing. As much as she wanted to eat the dress however, she knew the candy decorations on it weren't actually edible, which started to make her stomach growl. Not because she skipped any meals, but because the candy theme on her dress was starting to make her hungry. "Hehe. I just might skip dinner and go straight to desert tonight!"
Rarity giggled at the joke Pinkie Pie just told, knowing that her love for sweets was anything but average. She just knew it was the perfect touch to guarantee a positive review on the dress. Not that Pinkie Pie would've given her a negative one mind you. "I knew you'd love it. I just know it'll help you stand out at the Gala." Pinkie Pie didn't care about whether or not she stood out, but she was still excited for the gala nevertheless.
Fluttershy got a good look at her dress next, and as she admired herself in it, it was revealed to be a green nature themed dress that she just loved the outside feel of. It was almost as if she was relaxing in nature while being indoors. Of course, there were indoor gardens, but she was actually wearing it from the feel of the dress. "Thank you so much Rarity. It feels like I'm wearing a garden."
Rarity couldn't help but smile at that comparison. The description fitted Fluttershy's love for nature perfectly, and it made Rarity glad that she could capture it so well in her Gala clothing. "As soon as we became friends, I knew green would be the perfect color to match your love for nature. And if you still want to see Queen Celestia's royal garden, the animals will simply adore it." Fluttershy was even more excited for the Gala after hearing that, wanting to make sure the animals were as happy and excited as she was.
Rarity was glad that she was able to satisfy her friends in terms of their dresses, and their accessories. Even though Fluttershy was the only one who outright thanked her for the dress, she knew her friends were doing that as much as she was. Rainbow Dash then flew up to Rarity, hoping that she wouldn't mind making two more possible things for the Gala. "Oh, and before we shut down the Gala dress committee or, whatever it's called for however long, (Hands Rarity two designs) Spike and Lightspeed have some requests."
"Not a problem." Rarity assured Rainbow Dash, and then she got a look at the designs and found that she should be able to manage. Especially since she knew not to work for too long on them like she did with the dresses.
Rarity was working on the tuxedos for Spike and Lightspeed and doing her best to replicate the designs Rainbow Dash gave her. Thankfully they weren't all that complex, since that meant she could finish them without having to work overnight. As much as she loved a challenge, she couldn't go out of her way to mess up her mental health just to get a couple tuxedos done. She made absolute sure to get a good design for Spike's especially, since he was the first dragon she'd ever went out of her way to make clothing for.
For Lightspeed's, it wasn't that hard to make a tuxedo for a colt, especially one who was in his early teens. As she made sure to consider Lightspeed's body size and weight, she stitched his accordingly, just like she did with Spike's. She was quite proud of what she was doing with this one as well, knowing that it would come out an amazing work of art. She wasn't quite sure when she would be able to see them wear said tuxedos, but she was still excited to hear their thoughts after they tried them on.
Rarity was sleeping in her bed as her morning alarm went off at seven thirty exactly with Rarity waking up and turning it off. She stretched as she sat up and felt incredibly relaxed, glad that she was able to do so without overworking herself again. As she got up, she made her bed with her magic and then got a look at the tuxedos she made for Spike and Lightspeed. She felt she could let them know about it later, feeling that showing them too early would reveal them being in a bad mood. "I'll show them after breakfast."
Rarity left her room and went downstairs to find Sweetie Belle struggling to make breakfast again, leaving Sweetie Belle dismayed as she noticed Rarity downstairs. "You ruined the surprise! I was gonna make you breakfast in bed!"
Rarity chuckled a bit as she went over to Sweetie Belle, having to point out what she did wrong, again. "Perhaps you would've been successful if you remembered I wake up at seven thirty, AND how to properly prepare a breakfast meal." Rarity fixed the mess Sweetie Belle made, which consisted of burnt eggs, messy bacon scatterings, and something she couldn't identify as she then got started on a new one. "Come now. Let's prepare a new batch together."
"Okay!" Sweetie Belle excitedly joined in with Rarity guiding her on what to do as she listened extra carefully to make sure she got it right this time. Rarity was glad to have finished everything needed for the Gala now, knowing that she had to look after her younger sister the best she could as the screen faded to black, ending the episode off.
An instrumental version of the main theme played during the credits.
Celestia and Luna were in the castle as the two of them were discussing decorations for the Grand Galloping Gala. As they got to what color the ribbons in each room should be, they both decided that the ribbon in the main hall should be purple, as to fit with the sophisticated tone of the party that most of the guests would be accustomed to. There would be different colored ribbons in the other rooms, but the two sisters smiled at each other as they thought about how good the gala was going to turn out this year.