//------------------------------// // Traveling // Story: The Titanic // by Weisted Machine //------------------------------// “Rarity! Rarity wake up!” The first-class pony felt herself being shaken, with two small hooves on her back. “Goodness! What’s the matter, Sweetie Belle!?” Rarity cried, opening her sapphire eyes to look at her sister. “It’s nine already! I don’t want you to be late, and you have visitors” Sweetie Belle explained, releasing her grip off the older mare. “It’s already nine!? Oh my! And visitors!? This early!? What could ponies possibly want at this hour? It’s nine in the morning for Celestia’s sake!” Sweetie Belle shrugged. “It’s the girls, if that changes your opinion” Sweetie Belle added. “The girls? Ooh I must see them right away!” Rarity jumped off her bed. With the magic of her horn, she levitated a brush next to a dresser that she was leaving behind in her room. With the brush, she brushed at her mane valiantly. “Coming!” Rarity called, racing down the stairs. Rarity halted in front of her front door, and opened it with a hoof. “Hi girls! How nice of yo- OOOF!” The dress maker fell to the ground, as a pink blob tackled her. “Oh Rarity we’ll miss you SOOO SOO much!” The familiar, squeaky voice of Pinkie Pie rang in her ears. “Aww I’ll miss you guys too!” The unicorn brushed Pinkie off gently with a fore hoof, and got to her hooves. Rarity looked up to see the faces of her best friends, standing over her. “Ah just can’t com’ to beliven’ that ya won’t be with us anymore, sugarcube” The farm pony, Applejack trotted up to her white friend and put a hoof over Raritys shoulder. “Yeah. We’re all gonna miss you, Rares!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed, flying above the crowd of five to get a better look of the unicorn. The rainbow maned Pegasus smiled sadly. Fluttershy, the other Pegasus flew up to join Rainbow in the sky. With her quiet voice, she piped up. “Oh yes indeed. And it’s too bad we won’t be able to go to the spa together anymore, but this is your life. I don’t want to stop you” Fluttershy said, with her usual quietness creeping into her voice. “I know it’s heartbreaking girls, but this is Raritys choice. I know we’ll all miss her, but she’s still here in our hearts and mind. Isn’t she?” Twilight spoke up, exchanging glances with everypony with a smile on her face. The six ponies smiled back at Twilight. “Well, I will for sure miss all of you, but I must start heading to the ship now ..” Rarity broke the silence that held within the six. “We’ll head to the dock with you!” Twilight Sparkle announced, followed by cheers of agreement from behind. “Oh that would be delightful!” Rarity put on her best smile, as she rushed upstairs to grab her luggage’s. As she picked up three bags with her levitation magic, she trotted down the stairs. “Umm need help with that?” Rarity looked over to see Spike, Twilights assistant and baby dragon offer a claw. “That would be very nice of you” Rarity said happily, putting one of her bags down for the young dragon to carry. “And Rarity?” Sweetie Belle called from behind. “Yes?” Rarity looked over her shoulder to see her sister approaching her. “I don’t think I’ll be able to meet with you at the dock … I’m helping Cheerilee at the Food Bank. Here, take this” Sweetie Belle handed over the same paper she fell asleep with last night. “Thank you darling” Rarity said gratefully, pulling Sweetie Belle into the most affection-filled hug she’s given. “I’ll miss you” Sweetie Belle said, kissing Rarity on the cheek. “I’ll miss you too” Rarity said, drawing back. “Now … I must go, I’ll miss my voyage” “Okay. Bye! I love you!” Sweetie Belle waved her hoof as Rarity exited the boutique. “Love you too! See you soon!” Rarity waved as the door shut behind her, separating the two sisters. She turned around to face her friends. “Are you ready?” Twilight asked. “Indeed I am!” Rarity smiled. “Are we just gonna take a carriage or what?” Rainbow Dash called from above. “Yes, of course Rainbow dear” Rarity answered. Because the Titanic is the largest, and an unsinkable ship, stallions from all over have volunteered their time to carry ponies in carriages to the ship. “In fact, I can see him coming” Rarity added, as she saw two stallions trotting into view. She recognized a blue stallion as Noteworthy, a kind pony she met at the Gala, but the other orange one was somepony she didn’t recognize. The two halted to a stop in the front of her boutique. “Six ponies and a dragon?! We can’t carry that much!” The orange stallion called from the pathway. “You’re not taking me in that carriage! I can fly there! In 10 seconds FLAT!” Rainbow cried from above, flipping through the air. “Oh and if it’s too much, I can just fly with Rainbow too. I don’t want to put too much weight on the carriage” Fluttershy spoke out softly. “And Ah’ can help ye stallions too!” Applejack called out, dashing to the empty spot in the middle and wrapping the harness around her body. Noteworthy and the other stallion stared at the apple-bucking pony in surprise. “What? Do ya think that some mares can’t do what ya’ll can do?” Applejack asked in annoyance, noticing the twos stare. They shrugged, and continued to stare ahead of them. Twilight and Rarity exchanged glances before hopping into the carriage, followed by Pinkie Pie. “Where’s Spike?” Twilight asked. “Over here, Twily!” The three mares looked over to see Spike sitting in the drivers seat with three reins in grip in one claw. In the other, he waved to the three. Twilight laughed. “Alright, here we go! But wait .. We’re heading to Appleoosa, right?” Noteworthy nodded. “Then off we go!” Spike announced, as the carriage started moving upon the ground. “Well, this is going to be sad, seeing you leave” Twilight said, looking at Rarity. “Oh yes it’s SO sad! I even cried last night at the thought of you leaving! You mean soo much to me, and my alligator pet Gummy!” Pinkie added. “I’ll miss you all dearly too” Rarity said sadly. Changing the subject, Rarity turned to Twilight. “Hey Twilight?” Rarity looked over to the violet-hued mare. “Yes?” “How long is the drive to Appleoosa?” Rarity asked. “Three hours the least” Twilight responded. “Oh no! Is Fluttershy going to be able to last that long?” Rarity gasped. “Oh, we’re traveling pretty slowly, and if so, Rainbow will lend her a hoof” Twilight informed. “Good I’m glad” Rarity let out a sigh of relief. “Well I hope to not be rude, but I might have to take a beauty nap. I barely got sleep last night” Rarity smiled tiredly. “Oh. For sure go ahead if you must” Twilight said. “Yea! Oh! I know! We can have a sleeping game!” Pinkie Pie exclaimed. “Why not?” Twilight asked. “The pony to sleep in the longest WIIINS!” Pinkie jumped out of her seat at the moment. “Sounds good to me” Rarity said. “Okay. Three, two, one, GO!” With that, Pinkie Pie fell over, sound asleep. Rarity giggled to herself as she dozed off, too. --