After an hour of primping, preening, and general discomfort on Sunny's part, Sparkleworks had done it.
"A masterpiece if I do say so myself!" Sparkle smiled, stepping back to admire her work. The girls were in a little beach hit that had been originally rented by Sunny, but now it felt more like a second home to her.
Sunny's mane was all combed out, which took patience to achieve. It shone with the glow of hairspray, and her eyelashes were long and luscious. Her lips sparkled from the sparkly lip gloss. She wore a skimpy pink and orange striped bikini, which showed generous amounts of her flank. Her hooves were coated with hoof polish, and she had on sunglasses, which, courtesy of Sparkleworks herself, her red sparkles in the yellow frames.
"So this'll make them see how awesome I am?" Sunny asked worriedly as she looked at herself in the full length mirror. She gasped. She knew Sparkleworks was good with fashion, but not that good!
"Push the glasses down on your nose a bit." Sparkle commented as she did a final look over her client.
"But won't that make me look like an old lady?" Sunny asked. She wasn't really that knowledgeable about all this fashion stuff.
"No, no, dear. It's to make you look seductive!" Sparkle tried to reassure her.
"But what if they don't care!" Sunny protested. "I won't be able to surf with all this makeup on!"
"You'll be fine. Don't worry!" Sparkle said, taking her friend out to the beach boardwalk. "Just watch!"
Sunny tentatively stepped onto the boardwalk. She wished she was playing Ponymon right now! But Sparkle smiled and winked as if to say, 'go on!' and she felt a little more confident.
Every stallion's head turned as Sunny trotted down the beach boardwalk. Ponies offered to share their cake with her, and one stallion was even fanning her with a giant palm leaf.
Sunny looked around, surprised. It seemed that every boy on the boardwalk was at her beck and call. She shooed away the stallions as she looked into her surf shop to see what was up in there.
Daffidazey and two other mares were fluffing around, trying on bikinis, putting on makeup, and styling each others manes. They looked like a bunch of fillies at a sleepover.
She looked away. They were probably just doing frilly filly stuff like they do all the time. She ran out to the beach and was about to get on her surfboard when Sparkleworks trotted up to her.
"Wait! You'll mess up your makeup if you go in!" Sparkle warned. Sunny sighed and retreated to her beach blanket, sensing the futility of resisting.
As she plopped down on her beach blanket and opened up a book. As soon as she did, colts rush to her side. She had to admit, it was nice.
Seaspray trotted up to her, looking at her with a surprised glance.
"Wow, Sunny... I've never seen you like this before." he said, pulling her book down with his hoof.
"Yeah, Sparkle did me up like this..." Sunny said nervously.
"Well... I love it! Too bad you can't surf though." Seaspray said kindly. He was about to sit down on the blanket next to Sun when a voice called out to them. Or rather, the colts.
"Hey there, boys!" a mare called out. "Wanna hang out with some real mares?"
"Wha...?" Sunny gasped, turning around to see three of the most beautiful mares on the beach waving at the colts teasingly.
There were her two assistants, Beach Belle and Sapphire Shores. And then there was Daffidazey.
Daffidazey, out for revenge.
Daffidazey, looking really pretty.
Daffidazey, without her glasses on.