“Ok, thanks for the ride. We'll take the bus back.” Applejack said as she closed the truck door.

“Eeyup.” Big Mac replied, waving goodbye as he drove off.

The girls wave back as the truck turned on the main road, disappearing as it passed the some buildings.

“Come on, I will show you this new ice cream shop that just open recently!” Pinkie said, grabbing onto Sunset's arm and pulling her towards the mall entrance.

“Whoa... Not so fast. I think we can wait for that, let's look around first, okay.” Sunset replied, pushing the door open as they enter the mall.

Canterlot Mall is an average size mall with about 100 plus stores, all together under one long roof. The girls stop to look at the floor plan, which looks oddly like a horse shoe. In the middle of the ‘∩’ shape is the food court, which exits to a courtyard in between the left and right sides of the mall.

“I need to stop by the party store to get some supplies,” Pinkie exclaimed, pointing to a store on the other side of the mall.

“Oh that's right, almost forgot to ask ya Sunset. Next week is Apple Bloom’s birthday, do ya want to come?” Applejack asked.

Before Sunset has a chance to answer, Pinkie grabbed both of her hands, surprising her. “Please, please say yes. It won't be the same without you!” She said, hopping in place.

Some people glanced over at Pinkie making a scene as they exited the mall, which causing Sunset to blushed with growing embarrassment.

Sunset, now placed her hands firmly on Pinkie’s shoulders, stopping her bouncing. “Ok ok. I'll go. I was going to say yes anyways.”

Pinkie jumped for joy, causing Sunset to take a step back. “Yay! Party time. We are going to have streamers, balloons, cake, popcorn and presents and fun. Lots and lots of fun!” She yelled with boundless energy.

“How about we do some shopping before we get kicked out.” Sunset said grabbing Pinkie's arm, this time, pulling her along.

For the rest of the afternoon, they walked through the mall and stopping at different stores, checking out the latest fashion accessories and clothing lines. Applejack noticed that one of the stores were selling boots and different style hats. Eyeing the clothes for a short amount of time, Applejack went inside to try on a few.

“Well, how do ah look?” Applejack asked, trying on a pair of high heels, which caused her to stumbles while trying to keep her balance. Sunset laughs as Applejack almost fell down, only to be caught by Pinkie a split second before she toppled over.

“Here let's get these off, I don't think they are right for you,” Sunset says, pulling the boots off of her.

Sunset looked at the boots and wondering how they would look on her. Checking the size and seeing that it was around her size, Sunset pulled off her boots then tried them herself. Standing up, she felt a little unbalanced but managed to walk with more grace then Applejack.

“They look so good on you.” Pinkie smiled, watching her walk back and forth.

“Thanks, but how can you run in these things?” Sunset asked, sitting down and removed the boots, rubbing at her sore toes.

“Don’t know. Ah, suppose Rarity would say something like, ‘It’s all about looking good’. Or something fancy like that.” Applejack answered, now trying a brown floppy felt hat. The price tag hung down in her face and she blew at it.

“You look funny now AJ.” Pinkie chuckled grabbing Applejack’s hat and put it on her head, this causing her hair springs out to the sides like a rodeo clown.

“Give me that,” Applejack said, grabbing her hat and then dropping the floppy hat on Pinkie's head, covering her eyes.

“Hey who turned out the lights?” There was a grin on her face, as she stumbles around, in the dark only to bump into Sunset.

“Come here silly,” Sunset said, turning her around and removing the hat, allowing Pinkie to look up with a smile at Sunset.

After trying on a few more boots and hats. Sunset decided on a pair of dark shoes with red and yellow stripes. Applejack ended up getting another pair of boots that were good for working on the farm. Pinkie got a silly looking hat with feathers and matching sunglasses.

“Come on Kevin, I'm not done shopping, hurry up.” Adagio Dazzle said with a loud voice.

Sunset cringed at that voice, it's sounded something like nails on a chalkboard. Sunset turned to the sound of the voice, to see Kevin lugging a large amount of bags in both arms.

“Just how many dresses do you need?” Kevin complained as he walked behind Adagio.

“You can never have too many.” Adagio said, looking at her nails as she continued to the next store.

On her right wrist was a metal bracelet with a small green gem embedded in it, the gem was about the size of a watch head. Adagio looked up to see Sunset, Applejack, and Pinkie as she walked in.

There is awkward silence as the four girls looked at each other. Then, without a word, she reversed direction to walk out. “I don't like this store, let's go someplace else with less trash.” She said walking.

Kevin, still on the outside of the store, shook his head with an annoyed and exhausted sigh as he turned to follow Adagio. His eyes turned to Sunset as he mouthed “Help Me, please” with a pleading look. Sunset just responded by giving him the middle finger and turned away. He looks down dishearten and stumbles along to catch up with Adagio.

“What was that all about?” Applejack asked, looking at Sunset response.

“Nothing, let's go someplace else,” Sunset said, grabbing her bag and walked out. Pinkie and AJ look at one another then follow after her.

A few minutes later AJ and Sunset are sitting on a bench waiting for Pinkie who is in the Party Supply Store.

“So that was Kevin, the senior who snuck into prom to dance with you?” Applejack asked, looking at Sunset who is just staring ahead.

“What have Rainbow and Rarity been up to?” Sunset said, deciding to change the subject.

“Well, Rarity has a summer job at the Hair Salon & Spa in this mall. Rainbow is taking pilot lessons at the Cloudsdale airport, and ah heard that they also have skydiving.” Applejack leaned her head back looking at the windows in the ceiling.

“Everyone seem to have something that they’re good at. Look at me, I can only play the electric guitar and sing a bit. Not much talent in that either.” Sunset said grumbly.

“Are you kidding!?” Pinkie said loudly, popping up from behind with her hands full of shopping bags. “If we were in trouble, you would drop everything to help. Remember when the Dazzlings went crazy trying to steal negative magic, and when our Twilight tried to do the same, you stopped them.” She said with glee, sitting down next to Sunset.

“I did have help you know, Rainbooms to the rescue.” Sunset said, leaning back feeling a tad bit better now.

“Maybe, but without you, we would not have stood a chance.” Pinkie replied, embracing her in a tight hug.

“She's right ya know,” Applejack said with a smile watching them.

“Alright, alright, you got me,” Sunset said, small from her friend affection. “Now I need to talk about that magic...” Sunset stopped mid sentence as she heard a loud whistle that was soon followed by an alarm going off.

Surprised by the sudden noise, Sunset started to look around for the source of the alarm, so did Pinkie and AJ. Just as they were about to get up to see what was going on, a female figure ran past them. It was Rainbow Dash with a gold necklace in her hands, running from a mall cop who was trying to catch up to her, but the crowd was slowing him down. Sunset, Pinkie, and Applejack watched with their jaws open as their friend was fleeing from the scene.

“Pinkie stay here, I’ll be back!” Sunset yelled dropping off her bags on the bench.

Applejack, who was thinking the same thing, also dropped her bags on the bench and follow right behind Sunset.

“Go ahead, I'll be fine.” Pinkie yelled in a muffled voice, buried under a pile of plastic bags as her arm flailed.

Sunset and Applejack bolted off at high speed, running down the halls, trying to catch up to their fleeing friend.

Author's Notes:

Special thanks and to Dreagknight who is helping out with the proofreading and provided some input.

I was worried when I started this chapter.
The mall is a very busy place with lots to see and do.
In the end, I will try to keep my focus on the mane 3 so far.
The others are out there and will show up soon.

Now, what is up with Rainbow Dash, has she turned to a life of crime?