//------------------------------// // Changes // Story: Phases // by Bronyraptor26 //------------------------------// I woke up early the next day, I put on the black lipstick that I had gotten from my sister's make up drawer the previous day. I looked through my closet and found a black head band I put it on and made my way to the door. Rarity was still up working on dresses for the up coming gala. She had circles around her eyes and her mane was a mess. "That's a new look." She said as she saw me making my way to the door. "Aren't you afraid it's a little depressing?" "I like it." I replied she rolled her eyes and put down what she was doing. "Sweetie Belle is this for that guy you've been hanging out with?" She went into the other room and came back with a wet rag. She sat me down on a stool and proceeded to wipe the lipstick off. "No I just wanted to try out a new look." She took off my head band. "Is that so well then you should loose the head band." She went back to work and I put it back on, "Um I think I'll keep it." I replied she ignored my remark and kept working. I left and headed to Sweet Apple Acres. I found Scootaloo along the way and caught a ride in the wagon she was carrying with her scooter. "What's with the head band?" She asked as we zoomed through Ponyville. "I just thought it looked nice." I replied she rolled her eyes. "So this song that we're suppose to be singing is it better than last time?" "Um I hadn't really started on it." I replied sheepishly. She sighed as we pulled up next to Applebloom's house. "What's with the fishing poles?" I asked as Applebloom got into the wagon. "Why else would we get up so early?" She replied as Scootaloo started moving again. We went to the lake that we had tried cliff jumping at and set up. "So where are the two newbies?" Scootaloo asked "They decided not to come." Applebloom said. Her pole started to bend. "Hey I got one!" she started reeling it in but she began moving towards the water. Scootaloo bit her tail and began to try to fly backwards I grabbed onto her and the fishing line snapped causing us to fly backwards. "I guess we aren't getting a cutie mark in fishing." Scootaloo said we all started laughing. After that we gathered our things, loaded them back into the wagon, and headed back towards the town. "So what should we do now?" I asked as we put the fishing supplies up. "I know we could work on our act for the talent show!" Scootaloo said so we ended up going into town to get the supplies plus some ideas for a song. We rode through town picking up fabric, wood, and whatever else we thought we would need. "We should find Button and Cord maybe they'll have some ideas." Scootaloo suggested. I wanted to protest because Button seemed to care more about his games and Cord seems like he could care less but Scootaloo had already turned the scooter around. We found out that Button was sick and Cord was at the music store. "This is good maybe Sweetie Belle could get some inspiration." Applebloom said as we walked in. It wasn't hard for us to find him he was looking at the guitars. "Nice head band." Cord said as we walked over to him. "So do you play?" Scootaloo asked "Yeah why?" He replied and I could see that Applebloom exchanged a quick glance. "How would you like to play for our act in the talent show?" They asked in unison. "I c-an't.." He said before turning away and walking to the hard rock music section. "Hey Sweetie Belle ya should try to woo him over." Applebloom suggested so I walked over and saw that he was listening to some band called Disturbed. "So why can't you?" I asked he looked away as though he was embarrassed. "I have um...stage fright..." He replied he turned back to me, I was a bit shocked to hear this. "If you needed any help with lights of effects I can help with that." "Okay well we won't force you to play." I said we had to go our separate ways after that. I found myself going through all my clothes and finding all the ones that were black. I found a black zip up hoodie, a spider hair clip, and some headphones similar to Cord's. I put everything on and looked at myself in my mirror. I decided that the black lipstick really put it together. "Sweetie Belle why are you dressed like that?" Rarity asked as she walked into my room. I stared at her for a moment trying to come up with an answer that wouldn't cause her to go into a diva state. "Well I thought I should change it up a little." I replied luckily for me that was okay with Rarity and she walked back downstairs. I laid down on my bed I was levitating a pencil and had a notebook in front of me. Coming up with a song was harder than I thought it was going to be. "Hey Sweetie Belle there is a pony here to see you!" My sister called up. I couldn't help but wonder who it is. Applebloom was helping on the farm and Scootaloo was off practicing with Rainbowdash.