//------------------------------// // 5. Welcome to Mane Melody // Story: Sonic The Hedgehog x My Little Pony: Tell Your Tale // by BronySonicFan //------------------------------// In Maretime Bay, ponies were walking into a salon of some kind. This salon was a white brick building with light pink trim and a dark gray roof, and its establishment's logo is made up of two music notes each shaped like the letter "M" in the front of it. A yellow earth pony named Posey Bloom, came into the salon, where she saw Pipp on a stage at the end of the mall as she started to sing. Over time, Pipp opened up a salon run by her, since styling is more her thing and have a gift in styling, she wanted to share that gift by opening up her own business, and thanks with the help of her friends, she finally got the shop in her own image, with a stage to hoof for her singing talent to entertain the ponies coming in, so they can enjoy the song and get their styles as well. Clickity clack, who's that? It's your girl Pipp, styling with a brand new track Pipp sang as she flapped into the air, then flew to Posey. Setting up shop, got a brand new gig With colors that pop and a drip so big She then put Posey in a hairstyle machine and went to her friends for their style. Come in and get your hooves buffed, your mane puffed Everypony's getting their tail fluffed Pipp went to Sunny first and twirled her around, styling her mane with a ponytail on top of her head, while Sunny was sipping a drink and smiled at her new look. Pipp went to Sonic next and twirled the hedgehog around, styling him with a ponytail as well, which Sonic actually liked, and smiled at Pipp. She went next to Hitch and twirled him, giving him a mane cut and a mane style that his mane is combined to the side, as Hitch smiled to his mane new style. Dance to the beat, dance to the beat Who could ever sit still with a groove this sweet? Pipp then went to an empty seat, she suspected Zipp, be sitting there for her mane style, but she wasn’t, so Pipp looked around for her. Behind the stage was Zipp, hiding from her sister. She doesn’t mind her sister running a business, but when it comes to style and makeup, she would rather not, she likes her mane the way it is, and she can’t let her sister change it. So she is hiding from her to protect her mane and tail from being changed. Zipp hides further into the stage as Pipp was looking for her, wondering where she’d go. A place you can go Where you already know You can find your pony flow When you step through the door Putting aside finding Zipp for now, Pipp showed Izzy a mirror that somehow made selections of the main styles of her or anypony choosing. Izzy found it amazing and made a funny face for a little humor as Pipp was searching through the sections, wanting to see what fit Izzy the most. When Izzy turned around, Pipp picked a section with her mane down with a crown with stars and hearts. Izzy loved that section, so Pipp to twirled Izzy around and she got said mane style, but since she got her head turned, the style covered Izzy’s whole face, but Izzy find it great. Izzy took out her homemade phone that she made with her ‘Unicycling’ skills and picked all five stars on it for the review of Pipp's salon. On the stage, Pipp, along with a pegasus named Rocky and an earth pony named Jazz, danced on stage as they sing together to their customers. Try something new, take a chance, just believe it Let out your light, shining bright, can't you see it? The ponies in the salons are getting their manes that match their styles and giving the five star review for Pipp's salon, as they all sing together. Woah-oh-oh, oh-oh, woah-oh-oh (Hey!) Woah-oh-oh, oh-oh, woah-oh-oh Sunny, Izzy, Hitch and Sonic joined in the song as they sing, while Zipp keep trying to hide from her sister for trying to touch her mane, but she failed to hide by holding a pillow to cover her face, since Pipp was coming towards her. Zipp freaked out and ran away from her, as Pipp saw her sister with a smile and tried to catch up with her, wanting to give a new style to her mane. Try something new, take a chance, just believe it Let out your light, shining bright, can't you see it? At Mane Melody (Hey!) At Mane Melody The ponies in the salon sang together as they showed the styles of their manes. Posey, with a new mane spike style, walked to the door after her new mane style was finished and brought out her phone but gave out a three star review to the salon. Pipp heard the pop and saw the three review stars, shocking her as she never had three stars in a review of somepony before. "WHAT?!" she yelled out as she landed on the ground with the thump as she looked at Posey, while the ponies around looked at her, then at Posey, who looked with a confused expression. Pipp tried to go with it as she corrected what she said. "What... a... L-" she gulps nervously as she continues. "Lovely review, heh. Thank you... so much, Posey" she finished with a creepy smile, as she was about to explode. Posey looked at Pipp for a moment and smiled nervously, then opened the doors and then jumped through it as the door shut. Pipp regains her compuse as she calms down a bit, finding that review nothing to worry about as she spoke out. "So, Who is ne-ext?" she sang and asked for the next pony to get styled. The doors then opened, revealing Phyllis Cloverleaf, CEO of Canterlogic and mother of Sprout. The ponies on the local gasped while looking at her. "I am" Phyllis said to Pipp with an intimidating voice. Phyllis then walked through the salon, as various ponies whisper to each other in fright as they told each other rumors of how Phyllis came to grand opening businesses, to inspect the business to see if they are great or not since she is a CEO. Now, she was at Mane Melody g to see if Pipp's salon it’s okay or should get shut down. Pipp and Phyllis looked at each other as a tumbleweed of cut up manes blew past them. Phyllis stares at Pipp like some kind of wild west show down, while Pipp is scared and hopes she gets a good review from Phyllis. "So, you're the new stylist in town?" Phyllis asked, as she adjusts her glasses. "That's me!" Pipp cheered with a smile. "Welcome to Mane Melod--" she tried to sing, but was interrupted as Phyllis chuckled. "We'll see about that" Phyllis said to Pipp as she smirked at her. Pipp gulped nervously, thinking that if she got a bad review from Phyllis, she'll lose her salon in a day. Phyllis then came to a salon seat and sat down looking at the mirror, as she put her phone down. Meanwhile, the rest of the Mane 5 where looking worried at Phyllis, while Sonic scratched his head and looked at Phyllis with confusion. "Uh... Sunny?" he called out, "I'm gonna need some context here. Why is the ponyfied Karen acting like she's about to destroy Pipp's carrier with a review?" he asked seriously, since he haven't met Phyllis at all, just looked at her agreeing with being friends with unicorns and pegasi, but that was all. "Because she IS going to do that if she doesn't like Pipp's work!" she explained in whispers. "Phyllis has shut down five salons in one month because of how much she disliked them. And if she considers Pipp's styling horrible, is the end of Mane Melody!" she exclaimed with worry. Sonic's neutral expression turned into a worried one now, since he now got how bad the situation is. "Man, this sucks..." he said with worry. Pipp came next to Phyllis as she inspected her mane. "So…" she started out with a nervous chuckle as she continued. "Um, what can I do for you?" she asked Phyllis. "Surprise me" Phyllis requested, which caused Pipp to freak out even more as Phyllis continued. "You know, this place used to be a restaurant until I reviewed it" she told Pipp, recalling the time when this place used to be a restaurant before it became a salon. "Free all-you-can-eat pizza? Puh-lease!" she added in disbelief. "Uh... yeah" Pipp said nervously, but a little surprised that the salon used to be a pizza joint. She looked at Phyllis' phone, which had the review stars option on it, and she felt nervous while turned on a haircut machine. "Before that, it was Fancy Filly Fashion Boutique, Painting Palomino's Pottery Café... oh, and a salon actually" Phyllis listed out the business that she reviewed of the same building they are in now, which didn’t put Pipp's mind at ease. "Hair Today? More like Out of Business Tomorrow!" she laughed as Pipp brought the haircut machine and cut off part of Phyllis mane. Pipp saw what she did and gasped in shock, seeing that she made a bald spot on the back of Phyllis' hair. She backed away, whimpering nervously, and then ran out to the door, with Sunny, Sonic and Zipp seeing all of this. Zipp was about to follow after her, but first she grabbed Sonic's hand wit her hoof. "You are coming with me!" she whispered to him. "The what now?" Sonic asked confused, but Zipp grabbed his whole arm and yanked him out of the building. Sunny, on the other hand, grabbed two Kiwis from the beverages Jazz was passing on the cart. "Hey!" she called out, but Sunny didn’t listen, since she wanted to distract Phyllis long enough for Pipp to get back. Sunny splatted the kiwis into Phyllis’ glasses, blocking her vision. "Ugh!" Phyllis cried out in surprise at the kiwis.r. "Oh, good, now there's food on my face" she groans, never really having done that part of a salon before. "They're fruit!" Sunny corrected her as she laughed nervously, trying to act like it’s part of the salon. "And very good for all those wrinkles!" she added as she waved her hoof in a cheer. "Huh!?" Phyllis asked in shock, and Sunny realized what she said as she chuckles nervously, trying to buy enough time for Sonic and Zipp to find Pipp before things get worse. Zipp and Sonic were looking for Pipp, trying to find where she goes as they search in the front of the salon. They turned to the left side of the salon since they heard distressed painting, then turned to the left again and saw Pipp hiding in an alleyway next to the salon. "Pipp! There you are" Zipp said, relieved that her sister didn’t go that far. "You have to come back inside!" "I can't!" Pipp cried out as her mane was a little messy, and had a mental breakdown for her screw up. "You saw what happened--I took a huge chunk out of her mane!" she sighed and then continued. "Who's the style icon now?" she asked sarcastically and hit her head against the wall. Both Zipp and Sonic looked at her with sadness and worry, but then Sonic sighed and smiled a bit. "You are, princess" he spoke out, which caused Zipp to look at him with surprise, but then smiled and looked back at her sister. "Always have been, always will be" he finished. Pipp turned a little to face both her sister and her crush, still feeling down. "So you shaved one bald spot... Big whoop!" Zipp exclaimed. "See all that confidence and swagger?" she asked, then she, Sonic and Pipp turned around and Zipp pointed out the crowd of the ponies Pipp had styled their manes from her salon. A unicorn pony then squeals in delight at the mane style, while the ponies around Maretime Bay admire Pipp’s work in style and loving it. "You brought that to Maretime Bay!" Zipp added. "You did that" she cheered on Pipp's styling skills. "I did...?" Pipp questioned, while still having her face on the wall. Then she looked at Posey looking at the mirror to check her spiky mane style and admired it. Posey was busy looking at her mane, but a Pegasus mare named Maverick came flying down. "Hey, nice new 'do, Posey!" she complimented, but Posey trotted away scared. Pipp then smiled at seeing that her styling skills are great to everypony. "I did!" she cheered as she got her head off the wall. "Why, of course" Sonic said now, as he pushed Pipp a little on her shoulder. "And I gotta say, I'm one of those people who hates when their hair is touched, but thanks to your wonderful work, I think I'm going to start touching up my style now and then, so don't be surprised if you see me around sometimes" he admitted, then winked at her and left back to Mane Melody, leaving Pipp behind with sparkling eyes and a blush. But Zipp suddenly cleared her throat, and Pipp quickly focused back on getting into her salon and work her magic. In the salon, Sunny has been busy keeping Phyllis distracted as she used a brush and a hairdryer on Phyllis’ mane, but it resulted on hermane being all poofy out since Sunny is not that good of a stylish as Pipp. "Then there was the Museum of Unnatural Hoof-story, the twenty-four-hour tramponyline park, the Golden Tree of Knowledge…" Phyllis said, listing even more of the businesses she saw and shut down from her reviews, not knowing that Sunny messed up her mane since she still had kiwis over her eyes. Behind of her, Rocky and Jazz watched nervously Sunny's job, and then looked at each other in fear. Sonic, who entered back a few seconds ago, was standing next to them, and he was just as afraid as the ponies, since he wasn't so sure on how Pipp was going to fix that mess. The door suddenly opened, and Pipp came in with a determined look, ready to finish what she started. The ponies, along with Hitch, gasped at Pipp's return and determination. Sunny gasped and smiled at Pipp’s return, and the pegasus walked to where Sunny and Phyllis were, as Zipp looked at her with a proud smile. Sunny laughed, glad that Pipp is back and step back to give let Pipp take charge from here. The pegasus cracked her hooves and stretched, then grabbed the haircutter and hairdryer, ready to get started. One, two, three, four Bring that tail right through the door Pipp then reclined Phyllis' seat and wet her mane with soap and water, washing it down to get rid of the poofiness. Five, six, seven, eight You're not leaving here 'til you feel great Pipp brought more tools as she ruffled Phyllis’ mane in determination, styling the CEO’s mane with four tools at the same time. Shine bright, sparkling glow Flick that mane with a flow like woah She bitted down the mane as she straightened it out with the straightening iron and cut a piece of loose hair that was sticking out. Vibe... you're on it You're a brand new pony so flaunt it Hey Pipp smiled at her progress, then continued to brush, comb, blow, straighten out until she covered Phyllis' mane and got the hair dryer blowout machine on top of her. Pipp twirled Phyllis around and did some style, as the ponies in the shop gasps at Pipp’s amazing work. Zipp then smiled at her sister’s inspiration as she looked into the mirror, thinking she should get Pipp to do her mane after all. Besides, she started to like the idea once Sonic confessed that he usually don't like to change his hairstyle, yet he tried out and like it. Pipp then took off the kiwis in Phyllis' eyes, and the CEO looked at her reflection as she tried to process how she looked. "It's... it's...!" she tried to find the right words for it. Sunny was biting her hoof nervously, and then Jazz came to Sunny side, filing her hoof that she was biting earlier as she was nervous as well. "It's... exactly the same…" Phyllis pointed out as Pipp brought her mane back to the way it was before it was messed up. Phyllis looked carefully at the mirror, then brought out her phone for the review stars, thinking over her mane style, while everypony and Sonic where nervous, san Pipp and Izzy because Pipp was smirking and Izzy couldn’t see anything with her mane blocking her sight. "Just the way I like it" Phyllis announced, then pressed the five stars review, making Pipp's business good. Phyllis walked out the door, with her bald spot covered with curls as she flipped her mane side to side, but caused the curls behind her head to fall, revealing the bald spot. The rest gasped in fright, hoping that Phyllis won’t notice it. But to their relief, Phyllis walked out the door as it closed. The whole salon cheered and shouted in victory over Pipp’s success, since she got all the perfect reviews she needed for her salon to keep running. Sunny, Sonic and Zipp came to Pipp’s sides. "That was amazing, Pipp! I knew you could do it!" Sunny congratulated. "Way to go, Little Pipp!" Sonic said jokingly, as he smirked at her "That was a show to remember for sure!" Pipp sighed in relief and smiled. "Thanks for covering for me, Sunny. Thanks for giving me some motivation, Sonic. And thanks for always being there for me, Zipp. You're the best sister ever--" she was saying, but then gasped as her eyes sparkled in seeing Zipp sitting in a salon chair with a smile. Pipp came straight to her sister’s side on disbelief. "Really? You never let me style your mane!" she cheered out, still unbelieving that her sister was not hiding this time. "Mmh" Zipp said with a smirk, letting her sister style her mane for once. Pipp inhales in excitement. "Oh, my pony!" She called out, then brought Zipp to a mirror to see which option she would style her sister’s mane with. "I always thought you'd look amazing with a pony perm, or like, okay, a manehawk or maybe in a different color!" She selects the options of mane styles to Zipp, who cringe at the sight of them, having second thoughts about this. "Okay, okay. How do you feel about bangs?" Pipp suggested to Zipp, which caused her to regret her choice on letting Pipp style her mane. THE END