//------------------------------// // A Rarity…of Sorts // Story: Cupcakes: Rainbow Reincarnate // by Surprise The Pegasus //------------------------------// A blinding explosion of light erupted from the library, right at the time when Rarity was dropping off the books she had checked out. "Twilight dear, are you alright up there?" Rarity called. The white unicorn gingerly opened the front door and set her saddlebags on the counter. "Oh dear Celestia…" Twilight froze at the sound of Rarity's voice. "Yes, I'm fine Rarity." Twilight called. "Alright then. I came to return these-" Rarity sniffed the air. "Do I smell manespray? Are you finally styling those boring bangs?" Rarity trotted up the stairs, then paused in front of Twilight, who cracked the door open a tiny bit. "Um- no, you don't." Twilight smiled nervously. "You shouldn't have used that stuff, it smells like…flowers!" Rainbow flapped her new wings, and shot up into the ceiling with a loud crash. "Quiet!" Twilight hissed. Rarity just stood bewildered in front of Twilight. "Who's there with you? Were you giving each other makeovers? Why wasn't I informed!?" Rarity pushed open the door all the way to see a pony dangling from the ceiling, head stuck, and a very sweaty Twilight. "Twilight, who's that?" Rarity gestured at the pony in the ceiling. "I'm Rainbow Dash." Said the pony, muffled by the ceiling. "You're who?" Rarity leaned toward the pony. "I'm Rainbow Dash!" Yelled the pony. But alas, she was still muffled. "You're Rainbow who?" "RAINBOW DA- I mean, RAINBOW BLITZ!!" "Rainbow Blitz? I used to have a friend with a name similar to yours. Rainbow Dash was her name. Did you know her?" "Uh, yeah. We're…um…cousins! Yeah, cousins." "Glad to meet your acquaintance, Rainbow Blitz. I'm Rarity." Rarity stroked her curled mane. "Cool. Can you guys help me get my head out of the ceiling?" "Yeah, we'll get right on that, right Rarity?" Twilight looked over at the other unicorn. "Of course we will!" Rarity stood proudly. .................... "Al-most- there!!" With one last tug, Rainbow's head popped out of the ceiling, and she landed directly on Twilight. "Rainbow, can you please get off of me!?" Twilight shoved Dash off. Dash stood and brushed herself off. All the while, Rarity stared horrified at Rainbow Dash. "Oh my stars DARLING! Whatever happened to you!? Twilight, you shouldn't have done this without knowing how to do it properly! I mean just look at her! You got white and blue dye all over her coat! Come with me, darling. I'll fix you right up." Rarity ushered Dash down the stairs with her. Rarity dumped the books on the counter, then put on her saddlebags. "Twilight, the books are on the counter." Rarity trotted out, accompanied by the new Rainbow Dash. .................... Rainbow, would you please sit here?" Rarity pointed to a stool. They were back at Carousel Boutique, and Rarity was fixing the mess made by Twilight. Rainbow sat down. "Alright then, lets set this right." Rarity grabbed a bottle of white dye. "What're you going to do with that?" Dash asked. "You see Rainbow Blitz, Twilight was not careful using the dye, and got splotches of it all over your coat. I'm just here to fix the mess she made. And, I do love your wings." Rarity squirted the dye onto Rainbow's coat, then started to work it in. "Thanks. But what about my Cutie Mark? Will that get dyed too?" Asked Dash. "I'm afraid the answer is yes, your Cutie Mark will be dyed as well." Rarity continued to scrub in the dye. "Hmm…could you…paint it on?" "Paint it? I suppose I could." "Cool. But what about my mane? I don't really like the style, or the color." Complained Dash. "Why of course you don't! I don't admire it either." Rarity ran the bathtub water and washed the lather off. Rainbow's cyan coat was now snow white. "Time to take care of this horrid mane!" Rarity grabbed a pair of scissors and a brush. A FEW MINUTES LATER… "Ha ha! Perfect!" Rarity clapped excitedly. "Say, Rainbow Blitz. Would you care to join Fluttershy and I for our weekly spa trip?" "Ummm…" Rainbow thought. Rarity would never shut up about how "fantastic" it felt to get a spa treatment. "Ok. I'll go." "Yay! This is going to be FABULOUS!!" Rarity cheered. She levitated a cell phone and put it up to her ear. "Fluttershy darling, we have a guest for our spa trip!" Rarity listened. "Who? Why Rainbow Blitz, cousin of our dear, departed Dashie." Tears welled up in Rarity's eyes at the name "Dashie". "Y-yes Fluttershy, I'm alright. I just miss her, that's all. I'm alright, really. I love you too. See you soon." Rarity sniffled. She hung up and put the phone in her saddlebags, which were lying by the bathroom door. Rarity brightened, then turned to Dash. "You don't have a robe, do you?" Rarity inquired. "No, I don't." Replied Dash. "Not a problem! I'll make you one, right now." Rarity glanced at the bathroom clock. "It's 12 o' clock, and we have to meet Fluttershy at the spa at 2:00, so…that's perfect." Rarity led Dash downstairs into her workroom. Rarity grabbed her measuring tape and put on her glasses. She claimed that she only needed them for work, but Dash highly doubted that. "Time to measure you. Stand still, please." Rarity wrapped the tape around the base of Dash's glimmer wings. "Hmm…I need to…well…let's see if we can make this work. You see, I've never made a robe for a glimmer wing pony before. It'll be a challenge, but I can do it." Rarity trotted to her machine and levitated several bolts of cloth, along with pins, and various spools of thread. "Thread by thread, stitching it together…Yard by yard, pressing all the details…piece by piece, snip by snip, hmm hmm hmm, shoulders hip, bolt by bolt, prim and press, yard by yard, never stressed, and that's the art of the dress…" Rarity began to sing her classic dressmaking song. The clock chimed one. "Oh my goodness, one already? That's alright, because I'm finished!" Rarity held up her creation proudly. It was a light blue robe with rainbow colored trim. "Do you like it?" Asked Rarity, holding it up to her customer. "Yeah, it's cool." Replied Dash. "But how do you put it on? The wing holes are too small for these massive wings." Rainbow gestured at her wings. "I'll show you." Using her magic, Rarity stretched the holes to fit over Dash's wings, then let her put it on. "Wow. How'd you do that?" Asked Rainbow. "Elastic." Replied Rarity, rushing upstairs to get her own robe. She ran back down with her robe draped across her back. "Now, off to the spa!" Rarity quickly put on her robe and trotted out the front door with Dash. ................. "Hello Rarity, and…Rainbow Blitz." Fluttershy greeted. "Hello, darling." Rarity gave Fluttershy a quick hug, followed by a kiss on the cheek. "Hey Fluttershy." Greeted Dash. Aloe and Lotus quickly trotted up to the trio. "Hello ladies. The usual, please." Said Rarity. The sisters nodded, then led Fluttershy, Rarity, and Dash to their first treatment: the hoofacure. Rainbow Dash was starting to second guess herself, but it was too late.