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// Chapter 7: The First Custamer 
// Story: Wish Makers 
// by Short Stories 
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Despite her all-nighter the night before, Sunset was having major trouble sleeping; no matter how hard she tried, she found it difficult to catch any Z's! She was tossing and turning for half the night, then decided to lay on her back, facing the ceiling with her eyes wide open for the rest. She had an extremely worried look on her face. What if I can't stay awake during the day? She thought, what if no body buys one? What if they all think it's a fraud? She turned on her side; facing her window that was cracked open. A spring-scented breeze flew in through her window, calming her nerves a smidgin.

Stop it. Sunset! Of course somebody will buy one! Even if it's one of my friends, that's perfectly fine! She sighed, not believing a word that she thought, she still had doubts--very unrealistically heavy, doubts. She suddenly had a bad feeling about all of this, making her feel nauseous, no matter how much she tried to motivate herself.

She must have fallen asleep at some point, because she woke on the floor at the foot of her bed, tightly holding the bag of Wish Makers. She instantly checked on each and thoroughly every one of them, hoping she didn't break any. She was happy when she saw no damage, cracks or otherwise, on all ten of them. She put them all back in the bag, got ready for the day, then headed off to school with the bag full of Wish Makers in hand.



The moment she walked onto school grounds, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy ran up to her, startling the poor girl. "We heard you made some lucky charms or something." Pinkie claimed, "what are they called again? Dream Makers? Wish Castles?"

"Um, Pinkie? Let's let Sunset tell us, okay?" Fluttershy said. She then shifted the huge stack of pale pink pet papers so both her arms were carrying equal weight.

Sunset held up her bag with one hand as she spoke. "There called 'Wish Makers', I have a feeling that they'll do more then give people good luck." Sunset smiled, all the worst-case-scenarios instantly flying away from her mind.

"What makes you say that?" Pinkie asked, trying to see through the bag. Sunset gave the bag to her so she could easily see the design.

Sunset looked around nervously, checking  to see if anyone else was around them. She saw the coast was clear, but leaned in just in case."I went to Equestria yesterday and had Twilight enchant them," she whispered. "Now, people can make three wishes on them; until they have to be recharged again."

Fluttershy peered inside the bag that Pinkie had been holding out for her. "These are lovely!" She commented, "but, um, do you mind if I ask how you um, charge them?" She handed the bag back to Sunset.

"You put them out in the sun for two hours." Sunset explained. "It's that easy. I'm hoping people will use them so we can win the Friendship Games!" She yelled, but no one came. A few people looked her way, but then continued on with their lives and task at getting to class on time. Sunset sighed, feeling deflated.

"Don't worry Sunset. I'm sure you'll get more customers today." Fluttershy said, trying to reassure her. "Here, I'll buy one. How much is it?" The shy girl was about to reach into her backpack, probably to pull out her small wallet, when Sunset stopped her.

"Wait, Fluttershy; wait. I have an idea."

"Oh! Oh! Dose it involve Fluttershy, me, Rarity, Dashie, and Applejack carrying these around the school and hopefully people will notice and ask 'hey, where did you get that?' And we would say 'from Sunset Shimmer! She's selling them today!' Is that what your plan is?" Pinkie practically had her nose touching her friends as she finished.

Sunset took a step back, reaching into the bag for two Wish Makers. "Uh...yeah...how did you know..?"

Pinkie giggled. "Isn't it obvious?"

"Oh, but, I wouldn't feel right carrying around something you made to sell without buying it." Fluttershy insisted. She already had her wallet out, it was green with a green interior and a thick pink line was separating the two colors. "How much?"

Sunset held up two hands, as if in surrender. "Fluttershy..."

"I really do want to buy one, Sunset." Fluttershy said, a tiny bit of a demanding tone in her voice. "Oh, sorry, I mean, uh, if that's okay with you."

Sunset inwardly sighed. "If you really want to buy one--"

"--Oh, she dose! The only time I've ever seen her this out to buy something is when we were at the bunny farm and she desperately wanted to buy a bunny to keep her company." Pinkie interrupted, "she and Angel have been friends ever sense."

Sunset nodded, taking Pinkie's story into consideration. After a while, she made a decision. "Okay, Fluttershy, if you insist." Fluttershy nodded like a bobble head. "They'll be three dollars." Fluttershy reached into her wallet and came out with a five dollar bill. She rummaged around for only one dollar bills, but couldn't find any. She held out the five dollar bill to Sunset, not saying a word.

Sunset stared at the money as if it were a deadly spider. "Are you sure you don't have any change, Fluttershy?" She asked. "I feel wrong just taking this from you."

"Oh, it's fine." Fluttershy smiled. "Consider the extra two dollars as a tip."

Pinkie Pie leaned in. "Oooor, you could bump the price up to five dollars."

Sunset winced, taking Flutter's money. "That seems a bit...expensive." She clicked her tongue.

"Aw, come on, Sunset!" Pinkie exclaimed, "I would pay $5 if something like that's enchanted! I bet other people would, too!"

"I don't know..."

"Just try it for one day." Pinkie told her. "If that doesn't work, bump the price back down to three dollars."

"I'm not getting out of this unless I change the price, am I?" Sunset asked in a sarcastic yet joking manner.

Pinkie grinned. "Yup!"

"Fluttershy, do you have any say in this?"

Fluttershy shifted the pet papers to her right arm so she could brush some powder-pink hair out of her eyes with her left hand. "No..uh, do I have to? I could put some input in, if you would like. I don't really have any, though."

Sunset smiled, handing Fluttershy her charm. "Just let me know if you have any." Sunset said, then turned to Pinkie, handing her two. "Give one to Applejack, I know you two share first period together." She instructed. "I'll give two to Rarity and Rainbow; I have homeroom with them."

Pinkie stood confused for a second. "And the price..?"

"Five dollars."

Pinkie shook hands with Sunset, nearly bringing the poor girl off her feet. "Pleasure doing business with ya!" Pinkie beamed, then merrily skipped away towards the school doors. Sunset could see people looking at the charms she held with curiosity as Pinkie skipped inside.

Sunset could barley contain her excitement; she could actually sell all of these today! She dashed off to her homeroom to spread the news.