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Sweat dripped down Taquita's face. This could go really well, or it could be horribly wrong. She gave her father an awkward glance. Yes, she was pawning her problem off on him.

TACO though, seemed to know what to do in the situation, and had told most of the children running around Phonyland that he was a wizard. After all, he had a cape.

He smiled his normal, charming smile. It had the power to melt the ladies to goo, or at least that's how he had explained it to her. Taquita had yet to see it actually work, and didn't believe that Phonies could be transmuted from flesh to liquid (except for technically when they were still in blister packs and made of plastic, because they started as liquid being injected into a resin mold. The birds and the bees were a lot more scientific than romantic in Phonyland).

"Okay little lady," TACO said in a booming voice, "I'm going to show you how this magic tube works." Taquita let out the breath she was holding; it seemed like he was playing along.

He grabbed a knife that was sitting on the end table next to the couch. From the looks of the remains around it, it was last used to peel an orange, and was a bit sticky. "First, I plunge my enchanted dagger into the great seal. There were once eight of these utensils, but some got lost when I moved. It seems to happen a lot." TACO pretended to struggle with wrapper, or at least Taquita hoped he was pretending.

"Now that the protective layer is off, I can release the wand from it's sheath." He paused for something unknown, then snickered, "that's what she said." Taquita groaned and shook her head.

TACO made a whooshing noise has he pulled the mascara brush out of the tube, then he did a fake trumpet fanfare, "Ta, ta, ta, ta, ta, taaaaaaaaa! The wand is free! Now observe as I force the magic to obey my commands. Lashous Fabulosus!" TACO then applied his make up the way he did every morning; to his daughter, there was nothing special about this. Taquita wasn't sure what she was expecting though.

"And, ta-da!" TACO declared, "My eyes look beautiful!"

What.... she bought it? Taquita was in shock.

TACO rolled with it though. "I don't think that's a good idea. You should probably wait until you're Old Enough; Starlight would be really pissed if the magic went wrong and you put your eye out. Being a wizard is no joke. It takes lots of practice to not spread chaos and disorder. TACO isn't about that. TACO loves to spread the love."

But he didn't want to break the little filly's heart. He walked over to a cabinet, and swung the doors open. Inside, there were all sorts of cosmetic products. They were all neatly arranged, and hanging in their special order in the way another man would have hung up his tools. TACO grabbed a large brush that was used for applying blush. It had a black handle, pink bristles, and stamped in gold leaf along the side was "100% Unicorn Hair". He then grabbed a compact with deep pink, almost whore-ish, blush, and lightly dusted the tip of the brush in it. Then he called out in his wizard voice again, "Rosus Cheekus!" and applied it to his face.

TACO handed the brush and compact to Sugar Delight, "here, this one you can have. It's a little bit safer. When you master the magic that's inside this case, then I can show you other wonders. It'll take some time though before you can look this good; I'm a pro at this stuff."

Taquita watched in disgust as the events unfolded. The fake magic, and the excitement, and the hug, and the raaaaaaahhhhh! It was just too much. She flopped down onto the nearest couch and sulked. At least the upside was that Sugar Delight didn't figure out she was lying about the brush being a magic wand. The ultimate downside though was that she had this sinking feeling that she would be seeing more of the other filly.

She watched as TACO patted Sugar Delight's massive pile of curly hair. "You're welcome!" he said smiling, "Here, take this also, and dry your face off". Then the stallion grabbed an electric pink and zebra striped scarf that matched his leg warmers from the make up dresser, and handed it to her. TACO looked pleased with himself; he was almost beaming.

Before things got any sappier, Taquita got up and rammed her head into Sugar Delight's flank, trying to push her out the door. "You really should be going now..." then she added through gritted teeth, "I'm sure we'll see you again soon".