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// The Many Faces Of Oakville/Twilight The Mage Appears Pt 2 
// Story: My Little Magician 
// by Cogz 
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	People started to gather around the incapacitated thief, confused about the commotion and then turned their attention to Twilight who had her wand out and her cheeks were red; her wand pointed in the direction of the thief; she quickly put it away as she heard some guards making their way there.  The people’s chatter were not missed by Twilight; she grimaced, she hated being the center of attention and would much rather be anywhere else at the moment.  
The two soldier’s that came were immediately sent over to Twilight after being pointed out as being the one behind stopping the thief. Twilight immediately went formal as she stood up sit and bowed her head. 
“My name is Twilight, student ID number is 4, and I am representing Princess Celestia here in Oaktown; forgive me for being so  disruptive on my first day here, I impulsively acted…” she waited for the reprimand that she was sure was heading her way. The soldiers looked at each other and coughed awkwardly, one went to deal with the thief. The other solider looked on at Twilight and chuckled “No need to be so formal,  you helped stopped a crime kid, I’ll make sure Celestia knows about this, good work..” he watched as Twilight’s expression turned to horror. 
“Ohmygodpleaseno,Icouldn’ttaketheembarrassment” Twilight babbled as she flailed her arms and then used her hands to cover her still red face. The solider laughed, unconcerned with Twilight’s protest and grinned “The princess will be more than happy to hear that you caught a thief your first day here, don’t worry about it..” he walked off to help the other solider take away the thief. Twilight fell to her knees, her face drained of color; she wanted nothing more than to bury her head in the ground “Princess Celestia will hear about that..” she looked over at Spike “How much does it take to move to another country and change your name Spike?” she moaned as she turned away in embarrassment; it clearly being a rhetorical question. Spike just rolled his eyes and patted Twilight on the back.  After a few more minutes of the soldiers asking some questions to Twilight for their report, she was excused. 
Twilight made haste in getting out of the area before drawing any more attention to herself.  The pair found themselves at the strange boutique they had seen earlier; it reminded Twilight of a carousel in a way.  Against her better judgment, she decided to walk towards the store with Spike in tow and noticed the sign that said open; she shrugged and figured she could at least take a look. Twilight opened the oddly fancy door and walked into a room filled with fabric, mannequins, clothes of all kinds, hats, jewelry, shoes, and dresses; so many dresses.  Twilight was taken back but she walked up to the counter and saw a woman on the other end hard at work. 
The woman was strikingly beautiful, she was dressed in Giovanna dress suit; it was a diamond decorated bowknot tight party dress; her white stilettos matched the ensemble well.  The girl had blue hair that cascaded down to her shoulder blade and curled at the bottom; she wore white glasses and had measuring tape draped on her like a scarf.  Twilight noticed a small bell and lightly pressed on it, getting the attention of the busy girl.  The woman looked over from her work and gave a small smile before getting up and meeting the pair at the counter, wrapping the measuring tape around her finger.  Spike was next to Twilight, looking completely smitten by the fashion designer.
“Yes? My name is Rarity, what can I do for you today?” she spoke in a Mid-Atlantic type accent; she looked over at Spike briefly and smiled warmly “And hello there young man..” she grabbed a piece of candy out a jar and handed it to Spike who took it and had a goofy grin on his face.  Rarity then turned her attention to Twilight, she observed Twilight for a moment and scrunched her nose in disgust which confused Twilight. Twilight opted to ignore it again put on her best bureaucratic front and cleared her throat as she extended a hand.  
“Yes, my name is Twilight and this is Spike; I’m here representing Canterlot on business…” she took Rarity’s hand and exchanged a handshake. Rarity had a look of excitement on her face when Canterlot was mentioned; she let out a squeal and clapped her hands together once, keeping them locked “You’re from Canterlot you say? I’ve always wanted to live there; the royal city looks so beautiful and I want to open a shop so that all the women and men in Canterlot can see my work and dawn them at all the exquisite parties; to see my designs at the gala...it would be a dream come true!” She started to day dream; leaving Twilight alone.  
“Umm, hello? earth to Rarity” Twilight waved a hand in front of Rarity causing her to come out of her day dream abruptly. Rarity brushed a piece of hair behind her ear, giving a small chuckle of embarrassment “Oh do forgive me darling, I’m just happy to meet someone from Canterlot…” she then observed Twilight again, scrunching her nose “But I’m NOT happy to see…” she used her index finger to gesture to Twilight’s outfit which consisted of a plain brown ankle long skirt with a white blue and blue sweater vest “That” she chuckled lightly “It looks like you need to be teaching school children in that outfit.” she gently tugged at Twilight’s sleeve. Twilight lightly swatted Rarity’s hand away with a huff; she adjusted her glasses again and looked away “I’ll have you know I tend to be conservative with my dress..” she heard Rarity chuckle causing her to look at Rarity again with a disapproving look; the fashion designer leaned a little on the counter. 
“Darling, your fashion should make a statement, make it say something about you; and right now yours is saying prairie girl..”  She went behind the counter and went around the corner with a dumbfounded Twilight standing there in silence “But worry not Twilight, I have JUST the thing for you and it will match much better, and this will be free of charge as long as you get rid of that hideous skirt …” she came back with a purple plaid  knee high skirt with frill at the bottom. 
Twilight looked at it with interest, she loved matching and the skirt matched her sweater “Well…I mean…” she looked away not wanting to admit the girl was right “I mean..” she groaned, knowing Rarity was right “It’s cute..” she groaned in  defeat. Rarity laughed lightly and winked at Twilight, a victorious grin on her face. 
“Of course darling, when it comes to fashion, I know what I’m…” her attention was dragged away from Twilight when some mannequins fell over making a mess of parts and clothing “Oh dear, this is the third time this month this has happened, one moment darling, this won’t take long” she sighed and Twilight could of sworn she saw some white aura appearing around Rarity and after a second glance, she was now sure she saw white aura going around the fashion designer.  
Rarity touched her forehead and the same light that appeared on Twilight’s head manifested on Rarity’s; she pulled out a white twisted wand identical to Twilight’s purple wand from  the light and pointed it at the mess of mangled mannequins. 
	“Magicae quae in venas currit..” she spoke fluently as she closed her eyes and let the white aura lightly brush across her skin and across the room to the mess “revertere ad locum istum eo statu naturali” the mannequins and clothes then started to levitate off of the ground; floating al l around the room until each part of the mannequins had been properly reattached and the cloths were back on them. The mannequins were then gently placed back to their positions when Twilight had arrived. Twilight watched with awe, this was the first mage she met here. 
“Oh wow, I didn’t know you were a mage as well, your levitation is good…” she smiled at Rarity who adjusted her skirt and smiled at the compliment. Rarity nodded with some pride “Of course darling, levitation is my specialty” she grinned and for show, made her register levitate with ease “What’s yours darling?” she looked at Twilight expectantly.  Twilight never missed the opportunity to talk about magic, with anyone.  All mages, when they’re ready for their coming of age ceremony, normally choose to specialize in one particular magic type or craft so they can focus on completely mastering something. 
“My specialty is the stars and astronomy” she said as she took the skirt from Rarity; she was ushered into the changing room by the fashion designer but she was still curious about some things “So, can I ask where you studied Rarity?” she asked with curiosity from the other side of the changing room.  
Rarity was taken back by the question but saw no problem in answering it “I studied here in Oakville actually, in a small magic school. Might I ask you the same question darling?” she watched the skirt get thrown over the door which landed on Rarity’s shoulder. Rarity looked at the skirt in utter disgust and brushed it off like it was contaminated. 
“I studied at a magic school in Canterlot, I started school right after my horn started to show.”  Twilight smiled at the memory of her parents and brother happily watching her start the magic academy. Twilight finally stepped out after adjusting the skirt. “Alright, what do you think?” she stepped out and felt shy, she felt awkward in a short skirt, even if it was a knee high skirt. Rarity smiled and nodded approvingly “Much better darling!” she then shooed Twilight away from the changing area and back to the other side of the counter. 
“As promised darling, the skirt is on me” she looked at the clock and was overcome with panic “Oh dear, I lost track of time. Twilight dear, I must ask that you come back at another time, I’m dreadfully behind on my work..” she raced around the corner disappeared from view shortly afterward.  Twilight didn’t even have a chance to respond before she was gone and just let herself out.
“Everyone here so far has some weird quirks…” she groaned but her words were lost because Spike was looking back, waving at the boutique, still smitten with Rarity.