"What do ya mean you can't come?" Apple Bloom asked.
"I mean I can't come, I have to do something this afternoon. We'll just have to hang out tomorrow."
"Didn't I tell you?" Sweetie Belle said.
"Am I missin' something here?" Apple Bloom questioned.
"I have to go to a photo shoot for the wedding pictures today. Rumble had to do it with the rest of the guys last week. So now it's our turn.
"I'm supposed to help Rarity get the bridesmares ready."
"Can Ah' come?"
"Why?" Scootaloo asked with a raised eyebrow.
"I really want to see you in your dress. Please?" Apple Bloom asked.
"Sure, you can come if you want to. As long as you're quiet, since Photo Finish likes to work in silence."
"I promise." Apple Bloom said.
"Scootaloo!" Blossomforth called out. She turned away from the photographer and walked to her. "I'm glad you came." She looked to Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom behind her. "And that you brought your friends." she smiled.
"We won't say a peep about the dresses." Sweetie Belle swore. Apple Bloom made a motion of zipping her mouth, while Blossom giggled.
"Good. You should go get dressed."
"Alright! Bring forth, ze Bride first!" Photo Finish called out. Blossom stepped away and fixed the hem of her wedding dress, before stepping over to the area where Photo pointed. Blossom decided to take photos in her favorite part of town, where there were trees all around that gave the pictures a fairy tail setting, with the abundance of flowers there was.
Once she had finally finished with Blossom, who struck more poses than any model could, Photo called out for, "ze Bride's mares!"
Flitter and Cloudchaser stepped up first, holding out their flowers together, and striking different poses as well. One included them blowing a kiss to the camera, while another included both of them winking at the camera. Photo wasn't done there, once she had gotten them together, she took pictures of them apart. Flitter was reserved for the flowers in the area, while Cloudchaser flew around in her dress, Photo taking the picture at just the right time to make the pictures look elegant.
"Next!" she shouted out. Another Bridesmare, Silver Speed, the one Rumble said made bad puns, stepped up. She took several photos as well, going as far as acting like a model. Causing the other mares on the side line to giggle at her antics.
Sweetie Belle stood with Scootaloo, and was helping Rarity manage her hair for the pictures.
"Ow!" Scootaloo yelped.
"Oh quit being a baby, this is the first time I had to deal with your hair. When was the last time you brushed it?"
"Yesterday." Scootaloo replied.
"Must be the flying. You really should take better care of yourself Scoots." Sweetie sighed. She continued brushing through Scootaloo's mane until she managed to get the knots out. Afterwards, Rarity slipped the dress, after sewing in the finishing stitches, over her head. Before taking Sweetie's place to style her hair.
"Thank you Sweetie."
"No problem sis." Sweetie Belle gave the brush back to Rarity and trotted back to her place next to Apple Bloom, who was lying in the grass with the others.
Rarity didn't speak much as she brushed and combed, quickly styling Scootaloo's mane until the curl was hanging to the side of her face, much like a bang of some sorts, and the rest of her hair was flattened and curled at her neck. Rarity made sure not to go over the top and only gave her mane the same classic curls she always wore as a filly. The only difference was that it was much longer than back then.
"Thanks Rarity." Scootaloo said with a smile, once the mare held up a mirror for her to see herself.
"Not a problem." she replied.
"Next!" Photo called out. Rarity stuffed the flowers and Scootaloo's hooves, and signaled for her to rush over.
'Here we go,' Scootaloo thought. With a sigh, she quickly flew over to where Photo Finish was waiting.
She was directed to holding her bouquet getting scolded every time she moved out of place.
"Stay still!" Photo shouted.
'I'm trying to...' Scootaloo thought. Instead of saying it, she just did her best to keep a smile on her face and did her best to act like a statue.
When Scootaloo was told to lay on the ground for another photo, she couldn't help but look to the sky every now and then. "Over here!" Photo directed. Scootaloo let out a slow sigh and looked to the camera. She was aching to stretch out her wings, and to just fly away from it all.
When Photo wasn't looking, she unfolded her wings and took a second to stretch them out. To her surprise, the mare caught sight of her, even through her thick glasses.
"Hold that pose!" she called out. Scootaloo froze, her wings completely stretched out. Photo started directing her to move around, much more to Scootaloo's liking.
"Perfect!" Photo kept saying. She zipped around, taking photos from different angles. "Why didn't I think of this before?!" she called out. She continued instructing and directing Scootaloo until she was satisfied.
"Wonderful!" she praised, looking back through the pictures. "You're a natural." she called out to Scootaloo.
"I wouldn't say so."
"But these are amazing." Blossomforth replied, looking over Photo's shoulder to look at the pictures. "They really suit you."
"Okay! I go! I will bring ze photos next week." Photo announced. With that, she and the rest of her crew left, without much of a word.
"Thanks for coming Scootaloo." Blossom said afterwords. "I know it couldn't have been easy for you."
"No problem, I'm just glad it's finally over. How did the guys manage to get through this?"
"All Thunderlane said was that they barely survived." Blossom replied.
"Scootaloo!" her friends called out. The two swarmed their friend, hopping around all around her and continuously praising her.
"You looked amazing!"
"Like a real model!"
"That dress really suits you!"
"I can't wait to see you at the wedding."
Scootaloo waited until they managed to slow down to a point where she could interrupt. "Thanks girls, but I wouldn't say so. Honestly I don't know how some ponies do it."
"I'm surprised you lasted this long." Silver Speed said, coming up behind the trio.
"So am I." Scootaloo said. She sighed and hung her head. 'I hope I never have to do that again.' she thought.