About a month later and Rarity is in Canterlot
Rarity walked around the fashion studio. There were many superficial ponies all around. The money is great, Silver Glimmer is nice, the studio is fantastic, the creating is awesome, modeling if fun and living in Canterlot is amazing, but without my friends this is horrid!
It's fun to live in Canterlot, but everypony is stuck up and superficial. They all want to fit in by being normal. What about being unique? What about originality? What about creativity? What about being who you are and expressing it? I miss Ponyville and my friends. They are some original ponies! I mean, where else can you find somepony as fast as Rainbow, smart as Twilight, fun as Pinkie, hardworking as Applejack or as kind and beautiful as dear, sweet Fluttershy.
I don't think that Opal likes it here either and, even though Sweetie Bell is a tremendous pain in the butt, I still miss her. I really miss my boutique! Fluttershy sent me a letter saying that she was okay and business is doing well, as is Sweetie Belle and the others so at least I know that. I want to go home, but I can't give up an opportunity like this and I can't just take it for granted! I must try to work here and stay in Canterlot. I must, I must, I MUST! Although, I will not be staying here for very long. Probably just a year's time, possibly two.
"Rarity, you're needed backstage!" The sudden shout from Silver Shimmer caused her to get out of her dream state.
"Yes, right away Silver!" Rarity ran backstage towards the models.
"What seems to be the-" She was interrupted by frantic whisper screaming.
"Whisper Wave has spilt something all over her dress!"
"I did not! You spilt some of that fancy make up of yours on my dress! Now I have to deal with all of this drama! I wish that I could just move back to Ponyville where everypony was normal and sane!" Rarity jumped gleefully.
"You're from PONYVILLE! I didn't think that I would find anypony else who's even heard of the place! I live there! Or at least I used to about a month ago before I came here. I miss the normal world where you could tell everypony apart! The only difference between each superficial pony is the cutie marks!" Whisper Wave jumped up from her seat and hugged Rarity.
"Okay, now we'll stick together to survive them. Also, don't worry about me having a crush on you, I'm into stallions."
"Nice to meet you Whisper Wave, we shall be the best of friends! When I return to Ponyville soon, I would like you to come and meet my friends. Hopefully, you won't mind that I am into mares, though you have nothing to worry about. I'm seeing somepony. Have you ever heard of Fluttershy?" Her face lit up.
"You mean the Fluttershy! As in The Element Of Kindness Fluttershy?!" Rarity nodded.
"OH MY GOSH! Wait! I recognize you now! YOU'RE THE ELEMENT OF GENEROSITY! I have a question for you! Will you be generous enough to take my place on stage? I, um... have a cold, yeah a cold." She turned and faked a cough in order to trick the grumpy stylist.
"Dear, you should certainly get some rest! I'll gladly take your place!" Rarity smiled and then winked at her new friend.
"Goodbye!" She used her magic to teleport back to her apartment.
"So you're taking Whisper Wave's spot?"
"Why of course! Didn't you see that she was sick!" The stylist gave her a look that told Rarity that she knew that Whisper Wave was lying.
"I mean... why of course! I love helping out and fashion!" The mare smiled, that had been enough to persuade her to not tell Silver.
"May I ask what your name is?"
"My name is Liberty Bell." Rarity gave her a confused look.
"Your name is Liberty Bell, but you're a hair stylist?" Liberty Belle sighed.
"Yes, my cutie mark is the Equestrian flag with a hair curler. I like to help out Equestria. I run little campaigns for justice, join peace groups, protest when sacred monuments are supposed to be destroyed and sing the Equestrian anthem at sporting events, yet I style hair for a living. I'm big into justice, but there's nothing better then changing the style of a mane or a good hair brushing."
"That's really cool!" Liberty Bell blushed.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah you need to get back to work." She grinned slightly. "Go put on the pink dress." Rarity gave her a disapproving look.
"Go put on the pink dress, please." Rarity glared at her.
"Go put on the magenta dress, please." Rarity nodded because she got what she wanted and then walked over to the racks of dresses to find the magenta one. She stopped towards the middle once she spotted it.
"You know, I really did do a good job on this dress." She looked at the details. Small stitching, sparkles, ruffled edge trim and a satin finish. She smiled and slipped it on quickly. Rarity then smoothed her dress and brushed her mane.
"Rarity, it's time!" Rarity added a small amount of lipstick and some eyeshadow before running over to her. They watched the previous model walk back down the runway towards them and then Rarity smiled.
"Behold Equestria! Look at me!" She walked down the aisle and strutted her stuff. She proceeded to pose and flip her mane. When she heard her name called quietly she knew to walk back. She blew kisses to her audience and then walked back with her head held high. While she was stepping behind the curtain she caught a glimpse of a mare that looked just like Fluttershy.
Rarity pushed the curtain slightly and saw that she was just Roseluck. The light made her hair look lighter and because she was sitting down she couldn't see the cutie mark. Usually a pink mane, yellow coat and greenish eyes make you think of Fluttershy, but surprisingly Roseluck also fit that description.
I must just miss Fluttershy. I think I want to try out that spell Twilight taught me where I can talk to her in her thoughts!
"Liberty Belle, I must leave work early today. Love emergency?" She rolled her eyes.
"Go, but I will have to tell on you." Rarity did a little, pouty thing.
"I won't tell... this time." Rarity hugged her and then ran back to her apartment. I'm so happy that it's Friday! I think that I might go to Ponyville over the weekend! I can't wait to see my friends!
When Rarity got home she set down her purse and jumped into her big, fluffy bed. Maybe a nice nap would be good.
"La da da da da..." Fluttershy's soft hums filled the boutique. Angel and his bunnyfriend, Buttercup, walked over with some supplies for the current dress that Fluttershy was working on. She picked up Angel.
"Thank you for the thread." She then picked up her other little bunny.
"And thank you for the bow!" She used the thread to sew a bow on the chest area of the dress. Hmm... She decided if it's good enough for Sapphire Shores.
Fuchsia fabric, white trim lining the ends and a white bow attached to the center of the waist's ribbon layers. It's pretty good, not really my taste, but I'm sure Sapphire Shores will think that it's nice. It needs some gems, but I could never make Spike find them by himself and Twilight... is busy.
She remembered yesterday when she visited Twilight. Books were everywhere and Twi was reading five books at once while also writing a letter to Princess Celestia! How, I'll never know! Pinkie Pie can't even pull that off and she is the meaning of spontaneous and random! Hush Fluttershy, that was rude, true, but rude.
Fluttershy looked at the dress on the mannequin. "Perfect! Good enough!" She grabbed the dress and hung it up in the closet. She would ship it off to Sapphire later, now is nap time.
The two mares slept peacefully while dreaming of each other. Fluttershy was dreaming of the first time she met Rarity.
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"Hello there! My name is Rarity! I am a fashion designer at Carousel Boutique and I love your mane, darling!" The shy yellow pegasus hid her face in her mane. "You just moved to Ponyville from Cloudsdale and I would love it if I could get to know you."
"M- My name is Fluttershy."
"What? I didn't really catch that. Could you please speak up?"
"M- My name is Fluttershy."
"You could use some work on your volume, but it sounds lovely. Your voice sounds like an angel is singing softly." Fluttershy blushed and smiled at her timidly.
"We are going to be the best of friends! Come with me to the spa! You will love it!"
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Rarity was dreaming of her possible kids with Fluttershy.
Rarity woke up and then automatically tried to 'call' Fluttershy.
Hello, Fluttershy, I miss you so much! I was thinking about coming to Ponyville over the weekend! How does that sound?! How are you doing darling? How is the spa and how are Aloe & Lotus doing? How's Sweetie Belle and her friends? How are the others?
I am having a pretty good time here. I made some new friends today! Whisper Wave and Liberty Belle! Now I have three new friends! Silver Shimmer, Liberty Bell and Whisper Wave!
I miss you, my baby! I really want to hug you and kiss you! I hate not being able to see you for long periods of time! I thought I saw you at one of my fashion shows, but it was just Roseluck. Have you ever noticed that she looks like you from far away?
See you soon! Love ya, miss ya! Goodbye, darling!
Fluttershy woke up when she received the message. H- How i- is she contacting me? Fluttershy started to hyperventilate, but then hit herself with her hoof. She's a unicorn! They have magic! Stupid Fluttershy! I need to answer back.
I really... um... miss you to, Rarity. That sounds... nice. Yay! I- I'm good. I haven't been to the spa since you left, actually. it's our place and I didn't feel right going by myself without a reason. Sweetie Belle finally found her niche. She has finally decided that singing is her thing, so she's trying and on the verge of getting her cutie mark. I have an idea of what it might look like. I'm going to try and send a picture. Okay, here I go.
Also, I'm happy that you made some new friends. I didn't realize Roseluck's resemblance to me until you pointed it out. One more thing, how am I sending you this and how did I get yours? I'm not a unicorn.
Rarity smiled and then the two of them continue chatting for the whole night. Ah, young love, so beautiful.