"Um...Twilight, are you in there?"
Rainbow called from outside her crush's bedroom door. Waiting for a response, she scratches the floor a bit with her hoof. Then she hears a voice muttering words she can barely hear inside. Suddenly, the door opens and out comes Twilight dressed in a light yellow dress, smiling at the blushing made in front of her.
"Hey Twilight...Are you ready for dinner? Celestia and everypony else are waiting for you in the dining room."
"Oh, sorry for making you wait! Rarity gave me this dress and I almost came out without wearing it! So, I quickly changed into it."
"That's okay, and oh...you look-"
"Beautiful?"
Rainbow nodded with a smile. Twilight gave a hearty laugh as she began walking with Rainbow. Slowly making their way towards the roudy room, Twilight decided to give a bit of conversation.
"So...how have you been?"
"I've been good. H-how about you?"
"I've been great."
"Heh."
Silence came in between them, all that can be heard was the sound of their hooves hitting the floor. Twilight looked around trying to think of what else to say. Rainbow did the same, but decided to break off the silence once again.
"Is there a reason why Rarity gave you a dress?"
"Hm? Oh, she wanted everypony to wear something formal, she said something about meeting Spike."
"Oh, that's nice."
"Speaking of formal, where is your dress?"
"Uh, she never gave me one."
Twilight shook her head with a smirk, "Silly Rarity, I know she'll notice once we get there, as a matter of fact, we're here now!"
"What a coincidence, heh."
Twilight opened the door, gesturing the cyan mare to enter. Rainbow trotted in to receive a gasp from the one and only, Rarity.
"Excuse me for a moment, Fluttershy!"
"Oh no-"
Rarity made her way, quickly, to Dash and began dragging her out with a hoof. Twilight only chuckled as she let them pass on by and soon closing the door to join her other friends.
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"Rainbow dear, why didn't you tell me about forgetting your dress?"
Rarity asked as she marked the last bit of make up on Rainbow's face. Dash groaned, she didn't like the idea of make up. She liked being free, wearing make up made her feel like she was trapped. But, she had no other choice but to deal with it. Especially with her crush around. She sighed.
"I forgot-"
"Sure you did, darling. And ta-da! Oh you look beautiful!"
Rainbow looked at her dress. It was a lighter shade of blue from her coat color. It was a bit too sparkly for her taste, but Rarity told her it suited her. Even a bow was added to her sides. How could this get any worse?
"Can you lend me a mirror? I want to see what you did with my hai-"
"Darling, sit still! I need this to be perfe-"
"Rarity! Are you even listening to me?"
"Oh, sorry, what were you saying before?"
Rarity let out a nervous chuckle as Rainbow just sighed and waved her hoof dismissively.
"Never mind, Rares. Continue with what you were doing."
"No! Not until you tell me what you were saying."
Rainbow groaned, "I just asked for a mirror."
"Oh! Well, I'll get you one until I'm done with your hair."
'Well didn't that answer my question.' Rainbow thought as she started getting flashes of pictures about Twilight in her dress. She blushed a bit as she stared into her dress.
"Yoohoo? Darling? Are you in space?"
"Huh?"
"Oh there you are. Now, you weren't listening to me!"
"Oh sorry, heh."
Rarity shook her head with a smile, "Anyway, here's your mirror."
"Thanks."
She looked into the mirror to see two braids on the side of her head as the rest of her hair was down. 'Girly.' She thought as she set down the mirror looking into Rarity's eyes. She was waiting for an answer.
"Oh. It's good, Rares."
"IT'S GOOD? JUST GOOD? Why not fantastic? Beautiful?"
Rainbow only chuckled as she stood up on all fours and started heading back towards the dining table, being followed by an anxious unicorn.
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"Welcome back."
Luna said, taking a slice of cake from the center of the table with her magic. Rainbow and Rarity bowed down, then walking to sit down and join the feast. Rainbow walked towards Twilight. Huh, convenient, an empty seat. She looked to her right as she sat down to see Cadence give her a wink. Rainbow only smiled, turning her head to Twilight.
"Oh hi Rainbow...y-you look-"
"Beautiful?"
Twilight nodded, giggling, she gave Rainbow a light playful punch. Grabbing some food, she began chowing down. As she was about to drink from her glass cup, a piece of paper lands in front of her muzzle. Yellow magic? She looked up to see Celestia smiling down at her. Rainbow gave a smile back and grabbed the note.
'I heard you sing the other day. You have a nice singing voice, keep it up.'
Rainbow have a gasp as she looked back up, only to see Celestia giggling. 'What a sneaky queen.' Rainbow laughed.
"Princess Celestia! You have some mail."
Rainbow recognized that voice from anywhere. She looked to her right to see Derpy flying towards Celestia with a couple of letters.
"For you and um-"
Derpy looked back at the letters, dropping them accidentally in the process. Princess Celestia only giggled saying, It's okay, repeadetly as Derpy kept on apologizing.
"Okay! And for Princess Twilight, and Rainbow Dash!"
Celestia nodded, taking the letters from Derpy's hooves.
"Thank you, Derpy. Have a nice day! Or night accordingly."
"You too ma'am!"
With that she left thought the doors. The letters floated toward Twilight and Dash. She quickly grabs it to see who it's from. Firefly. Her mother. Rainbow quickly opens it up and grabs the piece of paper inside.
'Dear Dashie,
Unfortunately, I'm not going to be able to make it in time to enter with you. The train has issues right now, but luckily it'll be fixed as soon as possible. You may enter before me, okay? See you soon sweetie. Love you.
From,
Firefly.'
"Huh. I'm entering alone."
"Hm?," Twilight looks up from her letter as she finished reading it.
"Firefly isn't going to be able to enter with me in time. So, I'll be entering alone."
"Oh Celestia, what about your dress?"
"In another letter, she told me she'll mail it to me, just in case."
"Good planning."
"Yeah, what about you?"
"Oh, well, my mother is going to be able to come since she lives a bit nearby. So, I guess I'll be seeing you as you walk down the stairs."
"That's great, and yeah, same here."
Twilight smiles sweetly before Luna announces that they all go to bed. Rainbow smiles back at Twilight before getting up with her.
They each return to their own bedrooms as they fall into slumber.