//------------------------------// // Photoshoot with Rarity // Story: Human and Pony Alike // by ShutterGuy //------------------------------// I stood in complete silence as my tears continually flowed off my cheeks. The pony that stood before me had a dark shade of teal with a short brown and gray mane and tail. Dad... But,,, It can't be. I tried to subtlety wipe my tears, but he saw me and trotted over. I brought my head up to see him giving me a look of concern. He stood as tall as me and his build told me that if he wanted to he could crush me under his hoof. I saw that deep in his dark brown eyes held the same loving and caring look my own dad gave me whenever I was down. I felt myself choke up at remembering all the times my father was there to support me. Even though my father had passed on, I never felt closer to him then when I was standing with that pony. I wanted with all my being to throw my arms around his neck and tell him how much I missed him. I restrained knowing that he wouldn't have known me, being Shutter Flash's father. He turned to Shutter and placed a hoof on my left shoulder. "Shutter, who is your friend here?" "Dad I would like you to meet Chris Taylor. He comes from a race called humans." "Humans?" he had an opinionated expression on his face as he said it. "Seems to just roll off my tongue. I've never heard of his kind before." "That's because his kind hasn't been in Equestria before. He is the first human here, or at least I believe he is." Shutter placed his hoof on my right shoulder and smiled. His dad turned to me and nodded. "I see." Shutter then patted my back and gestured to over to his father "Chris I would like to introduce you to my father. Thunder Wing." I was about to extend my hand to shake with him, but stopped when I heard the last part of his name. "Wing?" Thunder then stepped back and opened up a pair of strong wings that spread out to be nearly the same length as me standing. My jaw seemed to unhitch as it fell. I quickly snapped towards Shutter Flash's backside to find that it was barren except for the navy fur. "How... If you don't have wings?" "Well Shutter's grandmother on my side was an earth pony and my father was a pegasus. The wings skipped his generation and the horn as well." Thunder folded his wings against his body and looked between Shutter and myself. "Chris, is it?" I nodded "Can you explain why you and my son both have the same voice?" "I don't believe I can Da... sir." Both Thunder and Shutter raised an eyebrow at my correction. "Sir? I don't think I heard that since I retired from the Wonderbolts." "Wonderbolts?" I looked over at Shutter who still had his hoof on my shoulder. "Yeah, they're the most elite flyers of all Equestria. My dad joined them after serving time with the royal guard." So went into the military like my father. I'm starting to sense a pattern in this world. Shutter took his hoof off my shoulder and scanned the house. "Hey Dad, Where's Mom? I really want her to meet Chris." "She went to the market place to grab ingredients for tonight's dinner. You two can wait here for her." Shutter and me both nodded. "You know Chris, this might sound strange. But even though I just met you, I feel like your part of my family. So please make yourself at home." feeling welcomed by him made me shed a tear. "Thank you sir." I bowed my head in respect. "Your going to have to stallion up and cut the off the tears, though. One thing I remember teaching my son was..." I knew exactly what he was going to say so quoting my own dad I cut him off. "Don't waste essential fluids on the little things." I laughed and shook my head. I couldn't believe that his saying stuck with me all these years. Both stallions looked at me baffled. Shutter moved in front of me and poked my chest gently. "How did you possibly know that saying?" I brought my eyes to Thunder and then back to the navy pony. "My dad was in the Army, a massive group of humans that fight to protect the freedom of others. Which I can only assume is equivalent to the Royal Guard here." Thunder nodded and I started imagining my father in his army uniform. "He was very much like you, sir." I paused momentarily to catch myself from tears again. "A lot like you." "Sounds like a human I could get along with." I Chuckled at the thought of my father meeting this pegasus. They would probably would have endless chess games and arm wrestling. Shutter continued to eye me as he sat next to his father. Thunder turned his head over to his son next to him. "Shutter can I ask a favor of you?" "Sure Dad. Anything?" He eagerly turned to his father awaiting orders. "Can you see if you can get your nephew outside. He has been in that room all day playing. I will get your luggage up stairs while you do that." He trotted up to me and patted my back with a stern, but loving hit. "Take Chris with you. He could hold him down with these things on his forelegs if needs be." He tapped my fingers with his hoof and Shutter and I chuckled a bit. "I'll see what I can do. Come on Chris lets go get Flash Drive out of the house." I followed Shutter through the living room to a hallway, but before I entered I turned back to Thunder who grabbed the luggage and was heading upstairs. I knew it wasn't my father, but that connection, the love I sensed in his eyes was that of my own father. I thought I would never see that look ever again. I could feel another wave of emotions hit me as it caused me to cry in the hallway. Shutter was about to turn the corner when he saw me. He trotted back and studied my face. "Something tells me that your not fretting over something small." I tried with all my strength to regain composure, but only managed to stop my sobbing as the tears continued. "I'm just... Worried about my family back home is all." He gave me a low disappointed sigh. "Nice try, but I already know that you do that to withhold something. I know because I do it too. Who can you trust if not me. We're practically the same pony you and I." I softly laughed at the fact that I was being comforted by my own voice. "Come on Chris... Please tell me what is truly troubling you." I slowly turned my head to a face filled with deep concern. I let out a long sigh as my defenses came crumbling down. "Okay Shutter I'll tell you. But can we do it at a better time, like after dinner." He nodded with a wide smile for he knew that he was victorious in getting me to open up. "Sure thing. Now lets go deal with my nephew." His hoofsteps echoed as he made his way around the corner. I smiled after him and followed. A young voice could be heard at the end of the hallway. I never had a lot of time with my own nephew in my world so this voice was somewhat new to me. Shutter made his way to the door and opened it to reveal a small unicorn that had greenish blue fur and blue streaks through his short light brown mane and tail. He was sitting on his blank flank in the middle of the room watching something on the wall that projected from his horn. "Cover my flank, I going to use my special ability!" He stomped his hoof against the ground. "What do you mean you ran out of arrows?! Didn't you buy some at the last town? ARHG! What am I going to do with you?!" He then turned his head at the sound of Shutter and myself entering the room. "AFT." he turned around with a little smile. "Hello, Uncle." I leaned in towards Shutter. "AFT?" Shutter in a low voice responded. "Away from telekinesis." I mouthed the word of 'Oh' and stood up straight. "Flash Drive, have you been in here all day?" "No I've been outside." Flash Drive's green eyes widened with protest. "When?" The little unicorn turned to the window of the room, opened it up and stuck his head outside. He then pulled it back in and returned to the center of the room. "Just now." He then turned his attention to me. "Uncle what's that." He pointed a little hoof out towards me. Shutter turned his head towards me and an evil smile formed on his face. "That is called a Chris, he is trained to grab young ponies with his talons." He gestured to my fingers. Catching the hint I pulled up my hands in a claw like fashion and smirked at the little unicorn. "WHAT?!" He stepped away from us. "Yeah, and sometimes he even nibbles on ears." I started to chomp my teeth. "No! Not the ears... Please." he made a whimpering sound as he covered his ears with his hooves. "If you go outside I will hold Chris back, but if you don't..." I took a step towards Flash Drive and he let out a gasp of fear. "Okay, okay! I'm going outside! Please don't nibble my ears!" He dashed out of the room and galloped down the hallway. Shutter and myself were laughing our heads off to the point of falling over. "That was excellent teamwork Chris." I continued laughing. "I don't think he'll be back with you still here." "Should we explain what I really am then." He tapped his hoof to his chin while smiling. "Later, I want him to stay outside for a bit." We both laughed again when the front door opened and shut. Shortly after it opened again and from the hallway two female voices could be heard talking to each other. I immediately recognized both voices to belong to Lora and a more content voice of my..."Mom!" Shutter tugged at my torn shirt and it ripped completely. My bandages and healing wounds were now clearly visible. "Oops, I guess we should head straight to our job after some lunch." "What is our job anyway?" I pulled off my shirt and examined it. The front was completely gone, but the white falcon still survived somehow. "You'll find out soon enough. I know you'll like it and besides we can get you a new set of clothes as well." I was about to rip the shirt into pieces when Shutter stopped me. "No! Don't do that. My friend will need that to be able to design the clothes properly. You being her first human customer and all." I slowly folded the shirt and stuffed it into my back pocket. I felt a little awkward having no shirt on. My physic wasn't appalling, but it wasn't extraordinary either. I had a flat stomach and my shoulders were broad. Most of my muscle mass was in my arms and legs, while my core could have used a little bit more attention. "What am I going to do now? Do you really want me to meet your mom like this?" Shutter looked me over and nodded. "You'll be fine. Your not that creepy to me, I know some other ponies might find you a bit frightening, but I don't see it." "Wait other ponies find me frightening?" "Oh, you bet. Throughout Ponyville ponies looked like they were about to wet themselves at the sight of you." I looked down at my hands thinking a few minutes back at Flash Drive's reaction to me. I'm I considered a monster here? "Don't you worry though my mom will find you very unique and might even try to levitate you so be prepared." "Levitate... You mean...?" "Yep. She's a unicorn." He trotted out of the room and I was left to ponder.How is it that two very distinctive traits, found in Shutter's mom and dad, are absent from him? I shook my head in confusion. I haven't the slightest idea. -_-_-_- I made my way back to the kitchen area where Lora and a sky blue unicorn, with a blonde flowing mane and tail, were working away prepping for lunch. The Unicorn was as tall as Lora, which was about my chest area, and seemed to have a yellowish glow mark around her flank. She was cutting slices of bread with a knife that had a yellow aura around it. She was humming a pretty tune until she glanced in my direction. I was a little unnerved to think how she might have reacted with the knife upon seeing me. It was also unnerving to see that she didn't really have any pupils in her eyes. Just golden round irises and the whiteness around them. Could she be blind? I moved right to left and she followed every movement. Nope I guess not. Whoa! What the... I suddenly couldn't feel the ground as a yellowish glow surrounded my body. It slightly tingled like numerous little fingers were wrapping around my figure. I felt myself get pulled further into the kitchen. She brought me in front of her and began to twist me around like she was examining me. In a sweet and collected voice I heard her speak to Shutter. "Shutter honey is this the Chris creature that you happen to scare poor little Flash Drive with?" I heard Shutters voice somewhere over my head by Lora. "Mom! Please put him down." She slowly lowered me upright so I would land on my feet. "He is a fascinating looking creature. I'm surprised the P.A.S. hasn't confiscated him for testing." "They won't get their hooves on him. I won't allow it." She looked over at her son with a doubtful stare. "It's a pretty big organization, honey. And a good number of the members live here in Ponyville." She brought her head back to me and smiled. "Hello I am Aurora Flash." Still getting over the tingling and feeling lightheaded from being levitated I responded dumbly. "Uh... Chris Taylor...Mrs. Flash." She looked at Shutter was about to ask, but Shutter already beat her to the punch. "I don't know why he sounds like me, but its pretty crazy huh?" She nodded. Finally feeling like blood was flowing back into my brain I walked over to Lora. "So what's going to be for lunch?" I heard my stomach ask me the same thing as it growled. Lora looked at my bandaged belly and smiled up to me. "Hungry are we?" "Starving." I looked over her ingredients and saw nothing but daisies, daffodils, and some grass with some seasoning on them. "Um... What is for lunch?" She pointed at the ingredients in front of her with a hoof, That's what I was afraid of. "I'm making daffodil and daisy sandwiches with my signature seasoning," I facepalmmed in my stupidity of forgetting that ponies were herbivores. Lora noticed this and tilted her head to the side. "Sweetheart what wrong?" "Well... it's not that I don't want to eat the food that your making. It's just I can't." "Why not, Chris?" Shutter spoke up behind me; he was leaning on the counter opposite of Lora and myself. "I can't eat flowers. Well I can, but they won't do anything for me nutritional wise." "Well what do you eat?" Counting with my fingers, I began the list of basic food groups. "Lets see there's the bread group, the fruit group, the vegetable group, the diary group..." Shutter smiled and relaxed off the counter. "Okay so you're like us then." I raised my index finger to indicate that there was one more. "Lastly is the meat group." Shutter slightly hesitated at the sound of this, but shrugged his shoulders in accepting the differences. "Oh your an omnivore? That's really intriguing. Well we don't carry a lot of meat around here." "Yeah I noticed." I felt my stomach cringe in hunger as it growled more pronounced than last time. Lora giggled as she trotted past me with a sandwich delicately balanced in her wings. She held out the sandwich to Shutter. "Here you go Shutter." Shutter looked over to Lora and smiled lovingly to her. "Lora could you be a dear and wrap it up for me. I don't feel hungry right now." he headed towards the exit and tossed me an apple from the counter. "Here Chris, it's an apple from Sweet Apple Acres. It will do for now trust me." I gave him a skeptical look as I held the apple. I took a bite and my mouth instantly went on a ride of nirvana. "Wow that is good!" "What did I say?" Lora trotted past me with a sandwich wrapped in a big leaf in her mouth. She gave it to Shutter and then kissed him on the forehead. "Thank you honey. I'm going to enjoy this at Rarity's." "Oh good you can finally get Chris some new clothes." She turned her head towards me and smiled. I immediately felt my heart start to race as I saw her. What is it about Lora that makes me feel this way? "Come on Chris let's head out to Rarity's" I happily nodded with my mouth filled of the wondrous apple. Aurora caught Shutter and in a serious tone spoke low. "Make sure you take the back roads to Rarity's don't want to cause a lot of attention with Chris." "It's okay mom, Chris will be fine. I'll have him home just before dinner starts." He trotted over to his saddlebag and threw it on. Before leaving the kitchen I turned to Aurora. "Mrs. Flash I would like to thank you for your hospitality. I'm willing to contribute in any way to earn my keep around here." "That would be greatly appreciated, Chris. Thank you." I smiled at my mothers accepting tone, but I noticed that it was just her voice that matched. Something about her personality was off, but in a good way. She certainly was happier than my mom that's for sure. I headed out of the kitchen only to catch the face of Thunder Wing giving me a caring smile. I'll see you when I get back dad. Shutter opened the door quickly. "Chris lets just get going. We don't want to burn anymore daylight." -_-_-_- While we walked along the outskirts I was enjoying the amount of sun my torso was getting. I have to say with the stiches and the bandages I probably looked tough and rugged. As shutter trotted along side me I could hear his camera equipment clatter together with each step. That's no way to carry photo equipment. Perhaps these ponies never heard of camera bags. I let the thought subside as I stretched my arms over my head and smiled in the rays of the sun. Shutter looked at me and saw my smile on my face. He must have known what I was thinking and smiling about. "Why don't you just take off your clothes and enjoy the sun like the rest of us?" My smile slightly disappeared as I tried to think of a way to explain my need of clothing. I was going to go with the fact I was furless and needed them for warmth, but the afternoon heat was against me. Then I thought maybe I could convince Shutter that my race was very fashion orientated, which isn't too far from the truth. In the end I couldn't think of anything other than that I needed it to cover my manhood. That was something I was not going to discuss with Shutter under any circumstances. "I just need them on. Going shirtless is fine for my race, except if your a girl. However both male and female are kind of reliant of clothing for the waist down." I was hoping he was going to leave it there, but if I had his hooves I bet I would ask as much as I could to know about him. "What for? I mean for Celestia's sake the sun is hot out and..." He stopped in his tracks and put on a scowl. I was happy he didn't continue further, but noticing his angry complexion I couldn't help being concerned. "Shutter? Shutter what's wrong?" I followed his eyes to a giant poster that had a pony with the same colored fur as Aurora, but her mane was white and she wore giant magenta colored shades. His teeth grinded as he said her name. "Photo Finish." "I take it she's competition for you." "Only the biggest. She's considered the most talented fashion photographer in all of Equestria. And it's because of her title that when I get a big photo job somewhere. BOOM! There she is taking the thunder as my client would rather work with her than with me." He continued to walk past me as I looked at the poster. "Well what about you Shutter? I bet your really talented as well. I mean you have a camera on you indicating that you do." He turned and smiled at me as he continued to walk. "Thanks Chris, I really appreciate that coming from you." I grinned hearing him say that. "We photographers gotta stick together." Then the grin faded. "I'm not a photographer Shutter." He turned to me with a expression on his face that said 'Are you kidding, me?' he trotted up to me and put a hoof on my bare chest. "I've been taking photos since I was a colt and I can tell a photographer by the way they act around camera's. Your biggest sign of being a photographer my friend was when you first held my camera." "I don't do that anymore Shutter. I'm not a photographer." he sat on his haunches and looked at me as if to say 'We'll see about that.' He then turned around and pointed out with a hoof. "We're here." I took in what looked like a purple carousel that had elegant trimmings all along it, but it had windows and a front door. "The Carousel Boutique. Rarity's home and shop for the latest fashion design in all of Equestria. Trust me Chris if anypony can make you an outfit it's Rarity." He trotted up to the door and knocked on it. An elegant voice seemed to sing from within. "Come in." Shutter opened the door and trotted in. I followed closely behind him. Inside I saw a bunch of Equine-shaped manikins with dresses and suits In various colors and fabrics. Any one of these outfits would make me stand out like a walking fruit. "Why hello Shutter, darling! It's been ages since I last saw your handsome face." Shutter blushed at the voice that came from the stairs. I glanced up to see a pearl white unicorn, with a curly purple mane and tail, descending down to us. Once she hit the bottom of the stairs she looked over to me and shrieked. "Rarity, please don't be frightened he's not dangerous. He's actually..." "An inspiration! Idea!" She sang with a high pitch note. Her horn glowed with a light blue glow and sheets of white, navy, and royal blue fabrics floated up into the air. She began to piece them together in a symphony of color as she stationed herself at a sewing machine. Shutter sat and watched while I was in awe at the work of this unicorn. In less than ten minutes she had crafted a beautiful white gown with navy and royal blue stripes twisting their way down the dress. She even made a navy sunhat with a white stripe at base of the brim to accommodate the dress. She jumped into the air with excitement. "Oh my isn't it just lovely!" Her blue eyes twinkled at her creation. "It's beautiful Rarity. I see you've been making progress since the last time I saw you." She turned and smiled widely at Shutter. "Oh thank you, darling." She then gave me a curious glance. "Oh my, who is this? if a lady may ask." "This is Chris Taylor. He is known as a human." "Human? Why is that word interesting to say, oh well. He is quite..." She closely eyed me up and down my figure. "To be frank... Intimidating." "A lot of ponies seem to react to him that way. That's why when you shrieked I thought you were frightened." "I've seen scarier things in the Everfree Forest, Darling. Sure Chris is a little more furless than I would like, but he's not that scary to me. Looks a lot like you to be honest." Shutter nodded in agreement. "Miss Rarity if I may ask. How did you find me to be an inspiration?" Her eyes widened at the sound of my voice, which at this point was to be expected. "His voice...sounds like..." she was holding a hoof out towards Shutter and myself. "We know." We spoke in unison. She then blinked a few times listening to our one voice combined. "That's extraordinary." she then regained her composure and stared at me with a grin. "To answer your question Chris I simply was taken by your navy pants and white bandages. The bandages reminded me of stripes and thus I came up with the third color to go with it. The result." She gestured to the dress and kissed her hoof into the air. "Perfection." "It is quite beautiful Rarity." She turned back around and showed her pearly whites in a wide smile. "Why thank you Chris." Shutter then stepped in front of me. "Rarity can I ask of you to make an outfit for Chris?" She examined me closely and nodded. "Yes I believe I can, but it will take about two hours to come up with a design to fit his body." "You don't have to. We have something for you to work with." Shutter pulled out the torn shirt from my back pocket with his mouth and walked it over to Rarity. She scanned it over taking it in. She noticed the falcon and nodded. "Chris darling would you like it in the same three colors I used to make the dress." "Um... sure I guess that would be great thank you." She giggled "Not a problem." Suddenly I felt a tug at my pants as she pulled them off with her magic. I grabbed the nearest piece of fabric to cover myself. Even though I was in my briefs I still blushed uncontrollably. "Please warn a guy before doing that!" Shutter laughed and Rarity giggled at my outburst. "This shouldn't take too long. Please if you two wouldn't mind taking a seat." Shutter pulled out his camera and clipped on his new lens. "Actually Rarity I'm here with Chris to photograph your dresses for you." Rarity paused a moment before continuing her work on my new set of clothes. "Oh do you have a model in mind." "Yes. I figured who better to show off your design than you Rarity." She was scribbling something a design board. She was too focused on the task on hoof to answer us right away. She then put down the pencil with a smile of satisfaction. "Oh that would be a splendid Idea. First I must complete Chris's outfit. Chris darling, please would you be so kind as to stand over in front of the mirrors." I nodded and walked over to the yellow pedestal that stood in front of three mirrors. Shutter trotted over to Rarity. "So where do you wish for me to set up my equipment Rarity?" "Oh in my room darling. I have four dresses I want done including my latest one. I'll call it the Chris Twist." Shutter laughed and headed upstairs while Rarity stared at me intently. She tugged with her magic at my hand holding the fabric that wrapped around my waist like a towel. I shook my head in protest, but she didn't give it any more thought she pulled away at the sheet of cotton. I stood there in my black briefs my face completely and utterly red with embarrassment. "How peculiar you wear shorts under your pants. I guess I can make another pair like them." I heard Shutter setting up his equipment in Rarity's room. He called down at me. "Chris what do you think? 100 or 400 film speed." I felt a little agitated at the question. Rarity pulled out a pair of glasses and placed them on her muzzle. Then proceeded to grab a piece of paper, a pencil and measuring tape. She began run it along the length of my body when I called back up to Shutter. "Depends on the lighting. If you have poor studio lights I would go with the 400 film speed." Rarity's magic pulled my arms up and she measured across my chest. "400 you say. Alright good choice. What do you think about a smaller aperture?" I slightly growled in annoyance. Why are you asking me if you know so much about it already? "A smaller aperture would capture the background too much. You don't want to open it up all the way either or you'll lose depth in the dress." Rarity wrote down a couple more measurements then took her glasses off and headed over the table to begin her work. "Good call. I knew you would make a great assistant. Come up here and help me with the camera angle." I shook my head as I made my way up the stairs. I entered the room where a total of nine Dresses were lined up against the wall. Three of them looked to be somewhat plain with a little design, but the other six stood out on their own. Each one had its own personality. One looked to be made out of candy and another seemed to be made of a rainbow. I peered at each one catching each theme. A nature related one, one that seemed to be made for a cowgirl, one that seemed to sparkle, and the last one was just overwhelmingly elegant. Shutter looked up to me from the viewfinder of his camera. "Chris good thing your here can you position the camera to where I place a dress." I sighed in exasperation. "Fine, Shutter just let me know where your going to put it." He trotted over to one of the more simple looking dresses and pulled it to the center of the room. "What are you doing?" I gave him a deadpan stare. "I'm setting up the shot. What's it look like?" I pulled my hands to my face in a double facepalm and ran my fingers through my hair in frustration. "Where's your backdrop for the subject? Where's your lighting, Mr. 'I was doing this since I was a colt'?" "Hey professionals make mistakes." "Yeah, but not amateur ones. GAH! You know what? You know what? Just go and sit in the corner or something." Shutter raised an eyebrow at me before going over to his bag. He sat down and pulled out the sandwich that Lora made him and started eating. I looked around the room trying to come up with something creative to capture these dresses. I gazed at the window in Rarity's room where the afternoon sun was jetting through the tapestry. Instantly I had an Idea. I walked over to Rarity's bed and pulled back her red blankets. Thank you for having them Rarity I promise to make up your bed later. Underneath was a white thin bed spread that was perfect for diffusing the light from the window. I pulled the thin blanket and the rest of the bed fell apart. I walked over and draped the thin bed spreed over the window which created a soft warm glow. Next I ran over and grabbed the full length mirror and placed it next to the window where some of the light bounced off softly back towards the window. I walked back towards Shutter who was already halfway done with his sandwich. "100 film speed please." He reached in the bag and tossed me the roll. I caught it and walked to the camera. I opened the backing and realized that Shutter had already put in the 400 film. "Don't worry there wasn't any pictures on that roll." "Thanks Shutter, but I don't need any help right now." He shrugged his shoulder and continued to eat his sandwich. I loaded up the new roll and moved the camera over to the window. I pistioned it to where the subject would have a glow around them while the light from the mirror would brighten the subjects face. This is going to look amazing. I stood up and turned to Shutter with a wide smile. "And that's how its done." Suddenly I stopped smiling when I saw the giant smirk across his face. "Did I ever tell you about how I could tell whether a pony was a photographer or not?" H-how did he... What just happened? "Chris darling, I finished your outfit it's downstairs folded nicely. I know you'll love it. It's a navy jacket with a hood and that falcon mark across the back. I also took the liberty and made you a royal blue shirt. I also provided you with extra shorts and pan... What did you do to my bed!" Rarity yelled upon seeing her bed askew. "I needed the white bed spread for the pictures Rarity." Shutter was trying to calm her down, but with little success. She narrowed her eyes and glared at the both of us. "Just as long as you two make it perfectly again things will be fine. Next time though ask a lady before destroying her accommodations... Gasp?" She put a hoof over her mouth. Shutter immediately rushed to her. "Rarity, what's the matter?" she pointed down the stairs. "Chris's outfit is gone. And whoever took it left my door open." She stomped her hoof in frustration. "Who would do such a low act?" I approached Rarity and put my hand on her shoulder. "Rarity, I hope it's not an inconvenience for you to make my clothes." She turned towards me and shook her head. "Oh no, Chris darling, its not a inconvenience at all. I can make you another but I ran out of royal blue. Can you settle with red?" I smiled at her generosity. "Yes please, that sounds great." "Okay it will only be about an hour, do you mind waiting that long?" "Not at all. Thank you very much." She gave me a sweet smile and descended the stairs. "Your very welcome Chris." I looked back to the open door with a question flowing in my mind. Who would steal clothes that doesn't fit anybody else on this world?