Rarity had a few orders to deal with, and as such, had to return to the Boutique to get all her supplies. All the needles, silks, gemstones, rocks, what have you, she fucking needed it. She had to make a few dresses, mainly for Anna and Katie. She had sketches of the girl's bodies so she could make the proper arrangements. She had to make just the right thing for them, especially considering Katie's extra problems.

It was night, and Celestia was to hold a Grand Galloping Gala at the Crystal Nation! Rarity had to make special outfits for the humans and beast-persons (save for Fenrir, his bulk would only allow pants unless she could find something to work around that.)

For Anna, it was decided she'd be wearing a sky-blue dress adorned with flowers and leaves and a rare hibiscus flower in an even rarer hue of stark white.

Natalie had a Red Dress in dire need of repair; this admittedly would be the simplest thing to do.

Lance would stick to his Nazi uniform, and Matt in his pirate suit with a T-shirt that had 'epic' on it.

Blake had requested a tuxedo with a red tie. Adorned with rubies.

Katie had requested this strange thing called a kimono. Black and white with flames of rainbow, complete with a grey obi.

Coryza didn't have an order, but since Rarity insisted on it like the insane fashionista she was, she simply wanted a goth outfit. Simple black dress, simple accessories to make it stand out. A brilliant contrast to her pink hair, really.

"They're all so darling, even if they're a bit nutty..." Rarity sighed as she hummed 'the Art of the Dress' while fixing the red dress first.

And then it went into song.

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Katie was scrubbing her body furiously, she'd accumulated too much dirt now, and the Gala would be tomorrow. She had a garden hose in the tub that filled it like it was a swimming pool. The tub was drained repeatedly because of the dirt, blood, and other substances being removed from the fur that had merged with the water. Fenrir watched the whole thing, bars of soap and bottles of shampoo and conditioner at the ready.

"And I thought I had it bad!" He commented. His fur was still dripping with leftover water.

"Lance needs to install a bathing system in the Valkyrie after he cleans the damn thing out!" Katie remarked as she pulled the plug and used the hose as a makeshift shower head.

"True." Fenrir replied.

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"CLEAN IT BETTER THAN THAT, MAGGOTS!" Lance bellowed in a threatening tone of voice. "WHY ARE YOU NOT PUTTING YOUR BACKS INTO IT?! I WANT TO SEE THE INSIDE SPARKLE!"

The poor army was cleaning as best as they could, but one was slacking.

Only for Anna to give him a Spark Arrow up the ass.

The slacker convulsed as the electricity flowed through him. This caused the others of the army to work even harder now.
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The fashionista had finished working on the Red Dress. It was perfect now; in acceptable condition no less. It did take longer than expected to mend all those holes together, but it was worth the effort.

Snip, and levitating to Rarity was a long, green silk cloth. Snip, another long silk cloth--this time an earthen hue--did the same. Snip, a really long sky-blue cloth followed suit. Twilight Sparkle teleported into the room and with her she had the required flower.

"Excellent!" Rarity called as she clapped her hooves together, "All I need to do now is preserve it and make it into a hair clip!" With that statement, she ran into a room made solely for the purpose of preserving live flowers and making them into accessories. Through a process that is a trade secret of the Carousel Boutique that isn't made to fall into the wrong hooves, the hibiscus flower was made into the most dazzling hairband. On the petals were adorned small emeralds and topazes. A few aquamarines that looked more like sapphires and some blue-john also joined the fray of gemstones, causing the flower to sparkle as if in a holy light. Adorning where the stigma and filaments would be was a quartz orb that had protrusions of jade and red crystal that mimicked the plant's reproductive organs right down to the last detail. The flower was now an official treasure. And yes, if Matt touched it (unless the house was on fire), Anna would shoot him again.

The dress itself was mostly sky blue, but just above where leg met with foot was a green margin. It was made in such a way it looked like live grass every time its wearer moved. Brown roots were present underneath the grass, and they sprang up into long, green stems that were decorated with leaves and ended with vibrant flowers of all colors that Mother Earth had intended to be just right.

Now, Rarity set to work on the dress Coryza requested. It was fairly simple: black cloth in order to make the dress like those that Medieval princesses would wear with a few Oriental twists here and there. Invisible pieces of onyx decorated the ends of the sleeves and neckline as well as the contrasting purple obi that went with.

Next, the kimonos. So much color was needed it made Rainbow Dash look bland! Katie was quite the color fanatic if Pinkie Pie said it herself. Fenrir wasn't as color loving, but his black fur posed a problem. Should he wear anything black and it'd look like he was in some jump suit!

The tux Blake needed was the most difficult. Blake, being the nit-picky gentleman he was, actually had a picture of a tuxedo on hand for Rarity to use as reference. He also had a list for other things that would go with the outfit (white gloves, black shoes, etc.)

Rarity was quite satisfied with her work now. All she needed was for them to try it on.