//------------------------------// // Chapter 22 Getting Dressed // Story: The Slow Mo Stallions // by gamershot //------------------------------// She'd finally finished her work, and in plenty of time. The clothes were perfect in every way and now the stallions' suits had personalized touches. Rarity smiled and walked out side of her boutique. "Pinkie!" she yelled excitedly. Within a second the pink party pony fell from the sky and landed in front of Rarity. "Hi, did you call me?" she asked. "Yes, would you please gather the rest of the girls and the stallions here, the outfits are ready!" she replied with a smile. "Okay!" yelled Pinkie as she disappeared in a puff of confetti as quickly as she'd arrived. Rarity went back inside her boutique and set out the ponyquins behind a curtain ready to be revealed. "I do hope they like them." muttered the white unicorn to herself as she made sure the display was symmetrical. Not too long after there was a knock at he door. The fashionista darted to the door to see her friends' warm faces and welcoming smiles. "Hello Rarity." greeted Twilight as she trotted through the door. "Hello everypony, do come in" added Rarity as she held the door open. Gavin and Dan were last to enter the room. "Sup Rares." greeted Dan. "Sup." added Gavin as they joined the semi circle of ponies. Rarity trotted in front of them and grabbed the edge of the curtain with her magic. "Are you ready everypony?" she squeaked. "Yes!" was the group response with the exception of Gavin and Dan. "Here we go!" She pulled the curtain down to reveal six beautiful dresses and two amazing suits, one with a stopwatch hanging from the pocket and one with a shiny, Tower of Pimps broach. The mane six smiled weakly at the dresses, they were not what they wanted. The stallions however, smiled widely at Rarity. "Wow!" exclaimed Dan happily "It's amazing!" added Gavin happily. Rarity smiled lightly at their complements, but she was unable to ignore her friends' faces. "What's wrong?" she asked quietly, her face dropping. "Uhhh, it's just not what I expected..." replied Twilight slowly. "So you don't like them?" asked Rarity, close to tears. "No, no, no, I like it, I just don't love it." replied Twilight sheepishly. "Yeah." added Applejack quietly. Gavin and Dan looked at each other and frowned. All the dresses Rarity had made were amazing; she'd taken time to do a nice thing and she was being stepped on. "You ungrateful bitches!" said Dan, shocked. "You absolute cows." added Gavin, scowling at them. Rarity lifted her head and looked at Gavin and Dan, who came to stand next to her. With Gavin on her left and Dan on her right sticking up for her, Rarity realized they were just as much ponies as anypony else. She trusted them. "What?!" asked Rainbow Dash angrily stepping right up into Gavin’s face. "Rarity spent her own time and money making you these great dresses and you're calling them crap!" replied Gavin, making Rainbow step back. "But we can't help not liking them." argued Fluttershy quietly. Dan shook his head and glared at the five mares in front of him. "No, but you can appreciate what she's done and congratulate and thank your friend!" He answered. "And to be honest they are all top notch and I don't see why you don't like them." added Gavin. Applejack was the first to step forward and look at her outfit closely. At first it didn't look good to her at all, but the attention to detail was impeccable and the fabric was lovely. "Ah suppose mine is actually quite nice..." muttered Applejack with a small smile. Rarity looked to her and returned the smile. Pinkie bounced over to hers next and grinned. "I love it!" she yelled, jumping for joy. As the rest of he mares inspected theirs, Rarity looked up at Gavin, then over to Dan and smiled sweetly. The stallions returned the smiles and trotted over to their suits to get a closer look. Gavin spent a few minutes just staring at his Tower of Pimps while Dan was fiddling with the stopwatch. "Oh my, we best get changed!" announced Rarity, catching a glimpse of the clock. She assigned everypony a dressing room and then went to the ponyquins to get the clothing off. She carefully removed each outfit and handed it to the corresponding pony. Eventually she grabbed her own and departed to get herself ready for the Gala. Gavin looked at his suit on the hanger and stared at it. Rarity had taken the broach off so she could fasten it on properly and so it wouldn't prick him. The main thing running through his head was how to get it on. He lifted the suit onto his head and shook to get the neck hole over his ears. He used his wings to scrape the fabric down, past his eyes, feathers flying all over the shop. He kept scraping until the suit had just made it over his head. The next step was to get the front hooves in. Oh dear he thought. He lifted one hoof up and pawed at the fabric, trying to locate the arm hole. Being unsuccessful, he tried using his wings again but they were no help around the front. Once again he lifted his hoof up and found the hole this time, but he got his food stuck. With only three hooves and little experience of even having hooves, he lifted his other fore leg in an attempt to free it. He scraped at the fabric until he could stand no more. His weight was too far forward for him to balance and he fell onto his knees. "Ow..." he grumble as his bones rattled against the hard floor. Both of his fore legs were stuck inside the suit, his pants were still hung up and his flank was raised in the air as his hind legs were still stretched out. Dan was having just as much trouble; he however was lying on his back with his fore legs stuck. He wiggled around reluctantly, not wanting to rip the cloth. "Crap..." he muttered as he continued to struggle. The mares on the other hand, were all dressed and busy complimenting each other in the main room. "Oh Applejack, you look simply darling!" said Rarity happily. "And you look mighty fine yerself." replied the farm pony happily. The mares pranced around, striking poses, all excited and giddy. They'd all come to love how they looked in their dresses thanks to Gavin and Dan. Suddenly they heard a loud thud and Dan shouting curses. "Christ!" came from the other changing room. "Oh dear, I forgot about them." muttered Rarity awkwardly. Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, and Applejack walked over to the door of Gavin's room while Rarity, Twilight, and Fluttershy went over to Dan's. "Uhh... Are you ok Gavin?" asked Rainbow Dash. "Nope!" replied Gavin. Dan’s answer was similar so the mares decided to look inside...