It's There
Twilight Sparkle trotted into Carousel Boutique, the bell ringing as the door closed behind her.
"Rarity? I'm here for the dress fitting."
"Just a minute, darling, I'll be right out."
Twilight hummed, slightly flexing her wings as she looked around the shop. Rarity then walked in, a wide smile on her face—and an open book on her head.
Twilight raised an eyebrow, not entirely sure how to handle the situation. On one hand, there was a book on her best friend's head. On the other hand, Twilight didn't want to point it out. It may be some kind of new fashion statement she wasn't aware of. So she took the course of action she deemed most prudent; she said nothing.
"So, uh, Rarity... I understand you wanted to fit me for a new dress?"
Rarity nodded. "Yes, that would be correct." Rarity made a beeline towards one of the ponyquins, the book flopping against the side of her head. She pulled the dress off of the ponyquin, her smile turning into a look of pointed concern.
"Twilight, why are you staring at me like that? Is there something on my face?"
Twilight shook her head. "Erm, no."
Applejack walked into the boutique. "Rarity, there's a book on your head."
"I'm aware, it's the new fashion in Canterlot," Rarity said with a giggle.
Rarity woke up with a start. What a vicious nightmare she had just experienced! The utter gall of her subconscious to flim-flam her brain into believing that wearing an open book on one's head would be an acceptable fashion style anywhere, let alone Canterlot of all places.
She shook her head, extricated herself from her bed and trotted towards the bathroom. There was still one minor detail of her somnolent torture that beguiled her
Why was I Twilight in the dream?
She thought up various interpretations for this curious aspect of her nighttime bedevilment that seemed more and more likely. Maybe she was forced into the perspective of somepony who was uninformed about the rules of fashion!
Or perhaps maybe she desired to be thrust free of the reins of being forever fashion conscious. As much as she enjoyed her destined profession, she did have to admit that the constant influx of orders from Manehattan and the Crystal Empire left her a touch harried when all was said and done.
She opened the bathroom door and looked into the mirror to discover that the true answer was far more sinister as she reflexively flexed her wing.
She was Twilight Sparkle!
Rarity woke up with a scream and instinctively looked down at herself, immensely pleased to see her porcelain countenance as she let out a relieved sigh. She did not want to be Twilight Sparkle, no matter how many benefits being said mare afforded her. She quickly went to the bathroom and washed herself, remembering that Twilight was showing up to help her fit a dress.
After washing herself, she went downstairs and examined the dress she wanted Twilight to help her fit. It was a dress she was making for Princess Luna and Twilight’s dimensions most closely matched hers.
What to do until she arrived, though? It’s not like anypony in town wore clothes, so she really didn’t see that much walk-in business. She set herself to cataloguing her new shipment of fabric bolts to pass the time.
The bell on the door of the boutique rang.
“Rarity? I’m here for the dress fitting.”
Rarity grinned. “Just a minute, darling, I’ll be right out.” She finished marking off the most recent bolt of fabric—a cerulean muslin—and trotted out to greet Twilight, who raised an eyebrow upon seeing her. Rarity thought nothing of it, this not being a dream and most certainly reality.
"So, uh, Rarity... I understand you wanted to fit me for a new dress?"
Rarity nodded excitedly as she headed towards the ponyquin that has Princess Luna’s dress fitted to it. “Yes, that would be correct. This is a dress custom-ordered by Princess Luna for the Grand Galloping Gala and I want to make sure that it’s absolutely perfect before she receives it.” Rarity slowly undressed the ponyquin and examined the shimmering silk dress in all of its hoof-crafted glory, turning around to an expression of profound bedevilment splayed across Twilight’s face. Her heart caught in her chest, her dream seeming to play out in reverse before her very eyes!
“"Twilight... why are you staring at me like that? Is there something on my face?"
Twilight shook her head. “Erm, no.”
Rarity bit her lip. “Is… there a book on my head?”
“What?” Twilight asked, stifling a giggle. “Why would there be a book on your head?”
Rarity exhaled a sigh of relief. “Well, that’s good, at least.”
Applejack walked into the boutique. “Rarity, there’s a book on your head.”
“Oh, don’t be silly,” Rarity said with a chortle, “Twilight here just confirmed that there wasn’t a book on my—”
Rarity stopped when she felt the top of where her head should be, feeling the spine of a book. She trembled as she removed the… book, from her head and read the title: The New Fashion in Canterlot.
Rarity bit her lip and fell to her knees, completely perplexed by what had just transpired. Twilight had just—and then Applejack…
The strain was too much for Rarity’s thought processes. Her mouth foamed over as she fell to the floor, her body twitching intermittently.
Applejack trotted over to Rarity and poked her, her body unresponsive except for the sporadic twitching. “I think she’s broken.”
Twilight woke up with a start, utterly confused as to what had just transpired. First she was her… then Rarity as—
Twilight sat up and buried her face in her hooves. This was too much for her this early in the morning. She just now knew never to eat anything Sweetie Belle cooked before she went to bed.
At least she had something to look forward to today: the opportunity to help Rarity out with fitting a dress for Princess Luna.
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I... what.
My head hurts. This reminds me of the first time I saw Inception- Oh, wait.
All 'wat' aside, though, this was a good little drabble.
What the booking hell is going on?
5966386 I'm glad that you enjoyed it!
5966389 Things.
Syeekoh, if we ever plan to meet up at a pony convention remind me to cosplay as Rarity with a book on my head,
"On one hand"? "On the one hand"?
I don't think that's quite right.
That was funny, but wierd as f
k. Like most of the stuff you write.
So congratulations, you made me chuckle.
This was a rather fun little read.
Valuable advice near the end, too.
5966405 Will do.
5966420 ...that's what I get for typing half of it on my phone.
Glad you enjoyed it, though!
5966431 Indeed it is. We should all heed its wisdom.
...sorry, Syeekoh. I think you overcooked this one. It feels like a bunch of mind-shocks solely for the sake of mind-shocks.
Maybe next time?
(And honestly, the very first segment of the story is a legitimate story in itself. It's not farfetched at all. I wished you'd actually just kept going with it. Maybe I will.
)
This story can take all of my yes...
5966445 Maybe next time.
And you should continue the original thread.
your mind is a beautifully twisted place.
Goddamnit, Syeekoh.
"Well, that's my job security taken care of for the next thousand years."
- Luna
A DREAM WITHIN A DRE-
Well then.
Obligatory:
That was certainly a thing.
Lol! I'm gonna favorite this!
I was bored... like so very very bored. Then I read this story, I was unbored. I owe you my lack of sanity good sir!
Brick Joke status: FAIL
5966583 I am the wat thief.
5966636 Thanks for the catch!
This makes too much sense.
I wonder who could've done that?
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This is mesmerizing.
This is something, alright.
Luna, you're needed in Ponyville. We've got another complicated one.
No, no, it's not the Crusaders. Not this time.
This was certainly a very entertaining thing.
That was amazing.
Wow. That was a total—
Goddammit, Criss Angel, Stop interrupting me. As I was trying to say... I seem to have lost my train of thought... Thanks a lot, you crappy excuse for a hack street magician.
~KBO.
Well, I laughed my ass off at that one. Glad I am not the only one who heard that damn inception horn in his head every time she woke up. Brrrrrrrrrrrraaaaamp.
You broke my Wat-O-Meter, jerk!
Minus the whole 'Inception' angle, this is more likely to be an actual dream one would have. A dream that's a simple but fundamentally wrong snippet of life. You don't see that in fiction too often. I like it.
I don't know what that was, but it made me laugh my ass off.
5967828 That's probably because as soon as the brain figures out that something is fundamentally wrong, it tries to fix it. Which never works inside the dream, even if you acknowledge the wrongness.
I've had those "perspective shift" dreams before. And dreams within dreams, when you wake up in-dream but it's yet another dream.
Those nights suuuuuuuucked.
5967807 You're welcome.
5966763 It was mesmerizing for me as well.
Well that was certainly a... uhm thing
*insert M. Night Shyamalan "What a twist" here *
Lol honestly though this was a weirdly fun read
Story: Hey, reminds me of a roblox game.
Comments: srs inception k then
Self: *muffled laugh*
8/10
PS: I am ze 70th liker.
Absolutely brilliant! That is all I can say.
Really?
Majin, you have a book on your head… it keeps dropping pages containing strange little stories.
5970340 I should probably get that looked at.
Graaaaaah.
Ow...
That was one of the most wonderful setups for a pun I've ever seen.
It is a thing, isn't it?
I believe Princess Luna is involved.
Nicely written. Short and sweet. Thumbs upping and shelving.
Possible corrections:
She opened the bathroom door and looked into the mirror to discover that the true answer was far more sinister as she reflexively flexed her wing.
5972886 huehuehue
5972891 It is a thing, indeed. And thanks for the catch!
More! complete the cycle! what happens when fluttershy does it? dashie? AJ?
My reaction exactly.
That was.. wow.
I know that all too well.