Sweetie Belle: I have to leave for dress rehearsal soon, Rarity! Is it finished yet?
Rarity: Uh, not quite. I still feel it needs a certain je ne sais quoi. Perhaps it needs... appliqués.
Sweetie Belle: Appliqués?
Rarity: Or sequins.
Sweetie Belle: Sequins!
[crash]
Rarity: Sweetie Belle, I adore having you help me, truly I do, but...
Sweetie Belle: Guess I got a little carried away. It's just that I know how important it is for you to finish this wardrobe in time for Sapphire Shores and her backup dancers.
Rarity: This is without a doubt my most prestigious order ever. After all, Sapphire Shores is the pony of pop, and her Equestria-wide tour launches in Canterlot next week! Which means she must have these outfits by day after tomorrow at the latest!
Sweetie Belle: But is there time?
Rarity: Barely. But I work well under pressure. Hmm, as long as I stay calm, I'll be fine.
Sweetie Belle: Oh, good! Then maybe you could check the stitching and finish the buttons on the dresses I made for me, Coconut Harvest, Apple Bloom, and Scootaloo? I really want them to look perfect, and... I think I need your expertise.
Rarity: My, you've been so much help to me. How could I possibly say no? When do you need them?
Sweetie Belle: Tomorrow night. For the opening night of our show!
Rarity: But, Sweetie Belle, darling! I, I'm behind as it is!
Sweetie Belle: I understand.
Rarity: I suppose... if I got a few more ponies to help me, then maybe...
Sweetie Belle: Oh, thank you thank you thank you thank you! You're the best sister ever! The dresses are right over there! [giggles]
Cheerilee: My goodness, girls, it's time! And the audience is almost fully seated! Costumes!
Scootaloo: I can't believe Rarity still isn't here with the costumes.
Sweetie Belle: She's been very busy lately!
Apple Bloom: But how can she still not be here? She's known about this for weeks! Uh... she has known about this for weeks, right?
Sweetie Belle: I kept meaning to ask her, I really did, but I worked so hard on this play. I wrote it especially for the three of us! I directed it, I'm in it, I made the costumes... It's just that this is really my time to shine doing something completely myself, and I really wanted to keep it that way!
Coconut Harvest: But we wanted everything to be perfect! All our friends came out to see it tonight!
Cheerilee: Places!
Rarity: Oh, I'm here, I'm here!
Sweetie Belle: [gasps] You made it!
Rarity: Oh, I beg your pardon for cutting it so close, but I made some improvements to your original design, and I had a terrible time with these froofy sleeves. It is for the first play you ever wrote, after all, so I made quite certain it came out just so.
Cheerilee: Places! Hello?
[fanfare playing]
[applause, oohs and ahhs]
Sweetie Belle: Forsooth and anon, I cometh forthwith and posthaste with glad tidings, miladies.
[cheers]
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Discord
FanfictionThe spirit of chaos and disharmony known as Discord and his wife, Rose Light, escape from their stone imprisonment following an argument between the Cutie Mark Crusaders to which Princess Celestia summons Twilight and her friends to use the Elements...
