Pinkie Pie picked at her lunch, she was a ball of nerves as she waited for Rainbow Dash to show up in the lunchroom. A small drop of sweat dripped down the side of her brow as she waited.
“Greetings, Pinkie dear!” chimed Rarity
Pinkie Pie nearly jumped out of her skin when Rarity materialized before her.
“Oh, hi Rarity.” Gasped Pinkie Pie
As she clutched her shirt just over her heart in an attempt to calm her pounding heart. Rarity held Pinkie Pie’s free hand to comfort the poor girl.
Instinctively Rarity flinched when she felt Pinkie Pie’s rather moist hand. Despite Pinkie Pie’s condensation Rarity didn’t release her friend’s hand.
“Pinkie, are you alright?”
“Of course I’m alright! I’m not freaking out about Rainbow Dash or anything. I’m not freaking out over thought that she will be here any minute! NOPE! NOT NERVOUS AT ALL!”
“Don’t worry darling, I will be here for you. In the meantime why don’t you tell me why your two younger sisters are going by a different name? I am quite curious.”
Pinkie Pie exhaled to gather her thoughts, Rarity smirked seeing her plan was starting to work.
“I’m not really sure? One day I just got a letter from them saying that they now go by Mable and Lindsey.”
“Perhaps, they just wanted to fit in with their classmates. Limestone and Marble names are a little on the strange side. Sweetie Belle is doing the same thing. She has been very admit about being called Bell!”
Pinkie Pie giggled, Rarity was relieved to see Pinkie Pie in a better mood. It was a huge improvement compared to the look of someone waiting on death row. Rarity looked over Pinkie Pie’s shoulder to get a good look at the door to the cafeteria. Rarity frowned for a moment when she saw that there was no new activity.
“You know now that I think about it, where is everyone? They should be here by now.”
Pinkie Pie quickly looked around the empty table, she felt her nerves were starting to act up again. The more she thought about it more it bothered her, she couldn’t shake the feeling that a storm was approaching or a sense of foreboding times to come. Just before Pinkie Pie could dive deeper into the ominous thoughts about what was to come. Applejack and Sunset sat down across from her and Rarity.
Applejack released a sigh as she opened up her orange lunch box, she pulled out a large meaty sandwich. While Sunset dove into her own lunch, she yanked out a peanut butter and honey sandwich with a fruit cup. In all the excitement Rarity had nearly forgotten about her own lunch. They all ate in silence for a few minutes, the peace and quite was starting to eat away at Pinkie Pie. She was about to open her mouth to speak but Rarity beat her to the punch.
“So where were you two? It’s a bit unusual to say the least.”
Sunset tensed up, she didn’t want to talk about how she had been bullied for months. And then explaining that Applejack scared the living crap out of her bully. Applejack draped the hand that wasn’t clutching her sandwich and set it on Sunset’s shoulder.
“Well we just had a friendly chat and lost track of time, nothin' special.”
Applejack gave Sunset a subtle wink, the small gesture helped Sunset relax a little. Rarity could have sworn she saw Applejack wink at Sunset, either they had a secret or they had a an earth shattering type of secret. Shaking her head Rarity decided to let it slide for now. She had more pressing problems to deal with; such as Pinkie’s Rainbow Dash problems to be exact. Now that Rarity thought about it she didn’t see any sign of Fluttershy or Rainbow Dash all day.
“Have any of you seen Rainbow Dash or Fluttershy today?” Asked Rarity.
Applejack shook her head “Nope, but I did get a text message from Fluttershy earlier. She asked me to pick up her and Dash’s homework for them. I figured, it wouldn’t be to much trouble since I do have a few classes with the both of them.”
Rarity quirked an eyebrow in surprise. “I see, did Fluttershy tell you why they are both absent today?”
Rarity’s voiced with coated with desperate concern, she glanced at Pinkie Pie for a moment only to see Pinkie frown. Applejack just scratched her chin with mild unease.
“All she said is that she was taking care of Dash and that answer was good enough for me.”
Rarity slammed her fist on the table with frustration, while Pinkie Pie slowly shrank beneath the table.
“Did Fluttershy say anything else?” Questioned Rarity.
Applejack narrowed her gaze while she spoke.
“No she didn’t, and before you get yourself in a tizzy. Ah, didn’t pester her with any other questions, cause it ain't none of my business. So don’t go sticking your nose in their affairs.”
Rarity huffed as she leaned back in her seat, she wasn’t mad at anyone in particular. But Rarity sure was frustrated with the whole situation. Pinkie Pie had poked her head up from underneath the table. Feeling depressed Pinkie Pie leaned her head on Rarity’s shoulder for support. A very annoyed, Applejack attacked her sandwich with a vengeance.
While a sheepish Sunset nibbled at her own lunch; after witnessing all of the tension and strange behaviors Sunset felt a little lost. No one said much after that. When lunch was over Rarity gave Pinkie Pie a hug before heading back to class. The rest of the day dragged by as painfully slow as possible. After school Pinkie Pie walked home to gather up some of her things before she headed back over to Rarity’s house. When Pinkie Pie arrived at Rarity’s she saw Rarity was working on a new dress. As soon as Rarity stood up to get a new bolt of fabric. Pinkie Pie darted into Rarity’s work chair before she came back with the fabric.
Seeing her chair was occupied, Rarity sighed before she sat on Pinkie Pie’s lap. They didn’t speak while Rarity worked, a few hours later Pinkie Pie heard Rarity’s stomach growl. Pinkie Pie managed to wiggle free from the chair they shared. She made her way into the kitchen to make both of them some dinner. In no time at all Pinkie Pie made a dinner of lean chicken breast with cooked veggies over rice.
She even made a large lemon cake with vanilla icing for dessert. Once everything was done, Pinkie Pie set the table. Rarity wandered into the kitchen she didn’t waste anytime filling up her plate. While eyeing her food Rarity noticed that Pinkie Pie’s food selection was so close to her own. Rarity couldn’t help smiling as she dug into her healthy meal. Pinkie Pie set the large lemon cake on the table; not a moment later Pinkie Pie joined her at the table.
Once they were finished with their dinner Rarity snagged a large piece of cake. Pinkie Pie eyed her friend’s generous serving with a raised eyebrow. Rarity felt the heat rushing to her cheeks as she stabbed her cake with a fork. When dinner was finished they both decided to get ready for bed and turn in early. The next day was almost identical, the only difference was that Fluttershy had returned to school. Rarity tried her best to squeeze out any juicy details about Rainbow Dash out of Fluttershy.
Which annoyed Rarity to no end; since, Fluttershy was surprisingly a hard nut to crack. Even with Fluttershy’s lack of info, Pinkie Pie knew that she was responsible for Rainbow Dash’s absence. Knowing that only made Pinkie Pie feel even more and anxious with each passing hour. The guilt was eating away at her. Pinkie Pie knew she had to do something, she was going to face Rainbow Dash sooner or later. Instead of rushing over to Rarity’s right after school. Pinkie Pie decided to get some fresh air at the Canterlot County park. A late summer breeze brushed by her as she approached her favorite spot in the whole park.
Pinkie Pie lazily stared at her feet as she walked, not really caring about her surroundings. Upon hearing a familiar voice, Pinkie Pie froze in her tracks. She looked up to see Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash sitting on a park bench; her heart nearly leaped out of her chest. Pinkie Pie was caught completely off guard, she wasn’t prepared to talk to Rainbow Dash in the slightest. She did the only thing she could think of. Pinkie Pie jumped into the nearest bush that was just behind her two friends.
The rustling of the bush alerted Fluttershy. The shy girl whipped around as she stared down the bush to learn what had caused the disturbance. Fluttershy hoped that it was a bunny or maybe even a cute raccoon. After a moment Fluttershy gave up on her staring contest with the bush. Figuring that whatever caused the rustling had left. Rainbow Dash just sighed before she continued with her conversation with Fluttershy.
“Hey Shy, I was wondering if you had to use only one word to describe me what would it be?”
Rainbow Dash knew what word Fluttershy would most likely use to describe her but she wanted to hear her answer anyway. The question caught Fluttershy a little off guard.
“Um, I would have to say loyalty, you are the most loyal person I know.”
Rainbow Dash’s eyes sparked with a subdued anger at the answer she was given.
“ What is loyalty anyway? I use to think that loyalty was an awesome trait to have but now I’m not so sure anymore…I realized that loyalty is also a curse! Even if you are devoted it doesn’t mean that others will be loyal to you. All the loyalty in the world won’t stop them from ripping out your heart and stomping on it! Like stomping on a dumb blue rose!”
Pinkie Pie felt her heart sink at the mention of the rose. Things were much worse than she originally thought. Uncontrollable tears started to flow from the corners of Pinkie Pie’s eyes. Fluttershy shrank back slightly from Rainbow Dash’s outburst. Rainbow Dash soon took notice of her Fluttershy’s distress. In a fluid motion Rainbow Dash gently pulled Fluttershy’s head onto her shoulder.
“It’s okay Flutters, I know that you are one of the kindest and most loyal friend a girl could ever ask for. I know it might sound corny but I do love you like family.”
Hearing every word made Pinkie Pie’s mind over flow with questions, her brain felt like a beehive buzzing with a million questions. One question in particular bubbled to the surface of her mind. In the heat of the moment Pinkie Pie pulled out one of her perfect imitations of Fluttershy’s voice while throwing her voice. It was a very important and highly sought after skill when you are a party planner. Especially when you have to dress up as a kid’s favorite cartoon character at their birthday party.
“Um Rainbow, what you do if you found out that you kissed a girl?” Asked the Fluttershy imposter.
The sudden question caught Rainbow Dash off kilter, she furrowed her brow slightly.
“Shy, you know I only like dudes, I would never kiss a girl even if you paid me.” Said Rainbow Dash with conviction.
Not giving Fluttershy time to cut in, Pinkie Pie asked her follow up question.
“You still didn’t answer my question…” Stated Flutter Pie
Rainbow Dash scrunched up her nose, she didn’t know where this was all coming from.
“I wouldn’t know, cause I never kissed a girl and I don’t plan on kissing one either.”
Rainbow Dash looked down at Fluttershy resting on her shoulder. “What’s with all of the random questions Shy?”
A very confused Fluttershy looked up at a very perplexed Rainbow Dash.
“I don’t know?”
Fluttershy was starting to think that she was hearing things. Wondering if she really asked those really personal questions. Not getting any answers Rainbow Dash decided to drop the subject. The two friends just sat in a comforting silence for a good while. With the lack of activity Pinkie Pie decided that it was to risky to throw her Flutter Pie voice again. Pinkie Pie darted out of the bush as fast as she could. The slight rustling didn’t seem to disturb the two girls on the park bench. Within minutes Pinkie Pie found herself at Rarity’s house. Once again she found herself sitting in Rarity’s work chair. Rarity had left her chair to get herself a cup of tea while she worked on her latest project.
With a hot cup in hand she couldn’t help but notice Pinkie Pie sitting in her spot. Rarity knew the drill, she took she seat on Pinkie Pie’s lap. Once again Rarity found herself sitting on Pinkie Pie. The two of them now had a silent understanding with one another. The only noise in the room was the humming sound of the sewing machine. Pinkie Pie was lost in her thoughts as the clacking machine worked.
* What am I going to do? I can’t tell her what really happened! I wish there was something I could do to make Rainbow Dash happy….Ugh! This wouldn’t be an issue if I was a guy! Then I could just apologize in person, if I just text her an apology it won’t fix the problem… *
The gears in Pinkie Pie’s mind started work overtime as they spun, turned and clicked into place. Not a moment later a loud gasp came from behind Rarity. The sudden noise made Rarity jump right out of her chair. Sending the chair along with Pinkie Pie crashing to the floor. Pinkie Pie rubbed her head while she laid sprawled out on the floor. After Rarity recovered from her heart beating out of her chest she helped Pinkie Pie to her feet.
“ Pinkie, what on earth was that all about?”
Pinkie Pie grabbed Rarity by her shoulders while pressing her nose to Rarity’s own. Worry began to envelope the fashionista, when she saw the deadpanned yet determined look on her pink friend’s face. Pinkie Pie’s words seemed to flow effortlessly from her tongue. There was a undertone of desperation in her voice as she spoke.
“Rarity! I need you to turn me into a dude!”
Rarity blinked a few times, she thought that maybe she misheard Pinkie Pie.
If it wasn’t for the serious look on her friend’s face; Rarity might have thought of Pinkie’s request as a joke.
Rarity took in a deep breath, she thought over her response with great care. She knew that Pinkie Pie meant business, Rarity looked Pinkie Pie in the eye while she spoke.
“Where did this come from?”
Without any hesitation Pinkie Pie gave her response. “I want to be a man for Rainbow Dash. I want you to use your makeup skills to turn me into a man. I know you can do it!”
A smug smirk graced Pinkie Pie’s lips, Rarity was slightly taken aback by Pinkie Pie’s new found smugness. All the years Rarity had known Pinkie Pie, she had never seen this side of her before.
“Indeed, that is within my skill set. But I have to ask why do you want me to do this?” Asked a very weary Rarity.
“Because I want to make things right for Rainbow Dash. I don’t want things to hang in the air. I want to give her closure and keep our friendship intact. If I can just apologize to her for standing her up I know she will be back to her old rainbowy self in no time!”
Rarity couldn’t help raising an eyebrow at Pinkie Pie’s statement. While Pinkie Pie sported an all knowing look in her eyes. Rarity knew that Pinkie Pie would have to give her a more in depth explanation before she could jump on board.
“ If I do this for you, what will you say to her?”
Pinkie Pie released Rarity’s shoulders her smugness just strengthened with every passing second.
“I would tell Dashie, why I ran away and ask her if she would forgive me for what I had done. Also, I know it would just crush her if she knew that she kissed a girl.-”
A pained look replaced her smug attitude that she sported just moments ago. Pinkie Pie cleared her throat before continuing on.
“I know she acts tough but she is actually a really sensitive girl…I’m not sure if she could handle what really happened back at the gym. I just want to make things right…that’s all.”
Rarity didn’t expect such a deep and well thought out answer, not that she thought that Pinkie Pie was an airhead or anything. It’s just sometimes she misses important social queues. Such as, personal space and saying awkward things from time to time. The most recent example was Pinkie Pie accusing her of seducing the school janitor. Rarity was snapped out of her thoughts by a hand on her shoulder. Pinkie Pie pull out one of her sneakiest, dirtiest tricks. She flashed Rarity with her biggest, saddest, set of puppy dog eyes imaginable. Pinkie Pie didn’t waste anytime and went in for the kill when she quivered her lips slightly. Even, a woman made of tougher stuff would crack under that level of genuine innocence. Luckily for Pinkie Pie, Rarity crumbled quicker than a cookie dropped in a glass of milk.
“I can’t believe I’m saying this….but I will do it.”
Pinkie Pie grabbed Rarity in a bone crushing hug, Rarity felt the air being squeezed out of her lungs. Just as she thought that she was going to die Pinkie Pie released her.
“Thank you so much Rarity! I know this will work!”
“I hope so, let's get started! This whole transformation process will take me a few days.”
“Yay! I can’t wait to get started!”
Pinkie Pie jumped up while throwing her arms in the air. Rarity pinched the bridge of her nose as she thought of all of the things she had to get ready.
“I must warn you, this will be no walk through the park. If you are serious about this; you have to do everything I say without question. Do you understand Pinkie Pie?”
Pinkie Pie’s face got very stern, she immediately straightened her posture. She brought up a stiff arm to her forehead to salute Rarity.
“I will do whatever you say Rarity! And I mean anything.” said Pinkie Pie while she suggestively wiggled her eyebrows at Rarity.
As soon as Rarity caught on to what Pinkie Pie was eluding to. Rarity grabbed the nearest magazine and swatted Pinkie Pie with it.
“When did you turn into such a naughty little beast?” exclaimed Rarity.
Pinkie Pie giggled “Ever since I learned that it was funny!”
Rarity huffed since, she yet again fell for Pinkie Pie’s tricks. She grabbed Pinkie Pie’s wrist and dragged her to the nearest computer. Without a word she gently pushed Pinkie Pie into the chair. Rarity leaned over Pinkie Pie’s shoulder and began to type. Within seconds Rarity pulled up a video for Pinkie Pie to watch.
“Now before you do anything, you must watch this video. It will show you the process of casting a mold of your face. Until I get a proper mold of your face. I can’t make a bust and if I don’t have a bust than I can’t make custom prosthetics. So as soon as you are done watching the video, come into my private lab then we can get started.”
As soon as Pinkie Pie clicked on the video Rarity rushed up to her room to get everything ready. Pinkie Watched the entire video she was surprised to learn how messy and goopy the whole process was. In no time at all Pinkie Pie walked into Rarity’s bedroom closet. Rarity was busy cutting up a trash bag. Pinkie Pie took a seat in a chair that she guessed was for her since it was near the table of supplies. When Rarity had finished prepping for the molding processes she turned towards Pinkie Pie.
“Now we need to get you ready.”
Rarity combed back Pinkie Pie’s hair slightly, Rarity applied a large headband to keep Pinkie Pie’s curls out of the way. After that Rarity pulled a large trash bag over Pinkie Pie’s head. Pinkie Pie’s head popped out of the hole Rarity had just cut, Rarity grabbed a bottle of tear free shampoo. She dabbed a few drops into her fingertips.
“We are now ready to begin, close your eyes. I need to rub this over your eyebrows and eyelashes.”
Doing as she was told Pinkie Pie closed her eyes and did her best to relax. She could feel Rarity’s thin fingertips rubbing her eyebrows and other sections of her face. Seeing that Pinkie Pie’s face was prepped properly, Rarity grabbed on of the two part solution of BR silicone. One of the jars of was filed with a purple goo while the other jar was white. Rarity grabbed the popsicle stick that was in the purple solution. She scooped it out and plopped it into an empty jar she grabbed the same amount of the white solution and mixed them together. The two mixtures turned into a pale violet. With her mixture in hand Rarity was ready to begin.
“Alright Pinkie Pie, I’m about to start just relax and don’t move a muscle! No twitching of any kind, and don’t worry no matter what I will not leave your side. I know some models get claustrophobic while being encased. Any last words before we start?”
“ I just want to say thank you, this means a lot to me. Arighty! Goop me up baby!”
Rarity nodded, not that Pinkie Pie could see the gesture. Rarity dapped on the violet mess onto Pinkie Pie’s forehead. She knew that she only had a small window before the BR started to harden. Rarity masterfully encased Pinkie Pie’s face in silicone. She made sure not to cover up Pinkie Pie’s nostrils. Rarity carefully rubbed her pointer finger over Pinkie’s silicone covered eye sockets. Rarity had gently pushed out all of the air bubbles. Rarity then pulled out a blow-dryer to make the BR stiffen up a bit before she put on the next layer.
In the next forty minutes Rarity repeated the process. She had applied three layers to Pinkie Pie’s face. After using the blow-dryer for the last time, Rarity soaked her plaster gauze strips in warm water before she applied them on top of the hardened silicone. Rarity rubbed her fingers over each strip making it as smooth as possible. Rarity sighed with relief when she put the last strip over the bridge of Pinkie Pie’s nose.
She quickly checked Pinkie’s nostrils for any blockage. A few minutes later Rarity carefully pulled off the plaster shell off of Pinkie Pie’s face. Leaving the violet mask underneath. Once the plaster mask was out of the way, Rarity carefully began to peel off the newly formed silicone mask. Within minutes Pinkie Pie was freed from her silicone prison. Rarity placed the silicone mask inside of the plaster one, Pinkie Pie flashed Rarity a large smile,
“Good job Pinkie, you didn’t move a muscle! Now I can get started making a bust!”
“This is so exciting! Wow! Is that what my face really looks like?”
Pinkie pointed at the mold on Rarity’s table, with a tired smile Rarity nodded.
“Now you are free to go, I can finish the rest on my own.”
“Ok! I’m just going to watch you work then!”
Rarity just rolled her eyes as she plugged up the nostril holes on the mold with green slit putty. Pinkie Pie laughed and said something about how the putty looked like boogers. Despite the occasional comment from Pinkie Pie Rarity finished sculpting Pinkie Pie’s bust. All that was left to do was cast it in plaster and wait for it to dry. Rarity couldn’t help yawning in a very loud and unladylike fashion.
Feeling completely drained Rarity held onto Pinkie Pie for support as she stumbled out of her lab. Rarity dug deep to find the willpower to take a brief shower and rinse off all of the grime off of her body. Too tired to pick out a matching set of pajamas Rarity dressed into whatever was at her fingertips. Once she was dressed she flopped onto her bed just before she fell asleep she ordered Pinkie Pie to take a shower. Especially since Pinkie Pie still had a few flakes of silicone and plaster on her face.
“I’m not going to let you get in my bed without a proper shower…”
After her declaration Rarity fell into a deep sleep, Pinkie Pie smiled at Rarity before she took her shower. It was a short shower, she made sure to scrub her face. When Pinkie Pie dried off she rummaged through her bag to find her pajamas. After she was dressed she crawled in bed with a snoring Rarity next to her. Pinkie Pie turned on her side she watched Rarity sleep. It was a rare sight to see Rarity sprawled out in an such an uncouth manner. These little moments were like little treasures to Pinkie Pie, she quietly giggled when she heard Rarity snort as she dreamed.
“Good night Rarity, I’m really glad that we are friends. I mean how lucky am I that you are so kind and super talented!”
Pinkie Pie covered her mouth, in her excitement she forgot to whisper. Fortunately, Rarity’s snores told her that she hadn’t aroused Rarity from her dreams. A lopsided smile tugged at her lips; Pinkie Pie carefully leaned over Rarity giving her a light kiss on the forehead.
“Sweet Dreams Rarity.”