Hey Sis...?
“Hey, Rarity?” Sweetie Belle asks. She brushes her hoof across the ground, nervously looking at her sister hard at work. The dust bunnies moving along the floor and the knots in the wood captivate her eyes.
“Make it quick Sweetie Belle, I have a large order to fill.” Rarity continues to work thinking that it is another frivolous request.
“Sis, is it wrong for one filly to like another filly?” Sweetie Belle chokes out as her eyes begin to water. The filly looks up to her sister, her eyes wide, as she waits for a response. Her heart rate rapidly increases as it climbs into her throat, and her hoof moves even faster on the ground.
Rarity suddenly stops what she is doing. Her eyes looking over the fabric each thread a train of thought, one way of replying to her sister’s inquiry. “Why do you ask that Sweetie Belle?” Her eyes remain on the fabric at her table, a silk in a shade of sky blue that will go beautiful on any mare.
“Well, I kinda like this filly at school, her name is Silver Spoon. She’s a little like you. She acts all snooty but I don’t really think she’s like that at heart.” Her answer is plagued with sobs and pauses as she forces the words out of her throat. Sweetie Belle turns around attempting hide her face inside herself, afraid of what her sister might think.
“Why, Sweetie Belle, there is nothing wrong with that. Who cares who you like?” Rarity walks over to the now crying filly with a comforting smile. “You’ll always be my sister.”
“You really mean that sis’?” Sweetie Belle raises her head to meet the sister’s gaze. Her eyes filling with tears that occasionally spill over and down her cheeks.
“Sweetie Belle dear, I promise to love you no matter what and any good friend will do the same.” Rarity gives her sister a comforting embrace hoping to reassure her that everything will be alright. “But now you have to go to school. Miss Cheerilee would scold me for bringing you late to class and I really must get back to this order. When you get home, we can talk about this more, okay dear?”
“Okay, I guess you’re right.” Sweetie Belle sighs and goes to grab her school stuff and heads out the door. As she walks to school she counts the bricks in the road she walks on, trying to clear her mind so that she will be able to face her friends at school. I have to tell them. I have to tell them. I have to tell them. I have to tell them. Over and over the same words run through her mind. Her thoughts are filled with the same phrase, like a broken record. I have to tell them. I have to tell them. It is all that she can think. She arrives at school and sees her friends waiting for her. Their chipper smiles and laughing do not fit with the melancholy that gripps Sweetie Belle so tightly.
“Hey there Sweetie Belle, what’s got you in a sour mood?” Apple Bloom says, greeting her friend in the hope of cheering her from her gloomy disposition.
“Yeah Sweetie Belle, come on, what’s your problem today?” Scootaloo pipes up. “Did Rarity get mad at you again?” She tries to go over to Sweetie Belle and put an arm around her but is brushed away.
“No, no, nothing like that.” Sweetie Belle responds, the usual joy in her voice is sapped away by the ever-present fear of what her friends will think. “I’ll tell you at recess. Let’s get to class, wouldn’t wanna have Miss Cheerilee mad at us.” Sweetie Belle pushes by the two and heads for the door. Scootaloo and Apple Bloom exchange a look and shrug before following their depressed friend into the classroom.
Sweetie Belle watches Miss Cheerilee speak, but she doesn’t hear anything she is saying. She is lost in thought. Why am I different? What will my friends think? What if I don’t like her that way and this is a mistake? These thoughts assault her as she tries to maintain a calm composure. Multiple times, the thoughts break the mental walls that she had erected to keep her from crying, and her eyes water. She puts her head down in an attempt to hide her distress from the rest of the classroom. Her friends are able to see right through it though realizing that something is bothering her, something is pushing her into a well of sadness neither Apple Bloom or Scootaloo had seen her in before.
Time passed, and eventually Miss Cheerilee leads the classroom outside to the field behind the school. The other ponies run off to play as Sweetie Belle and her friends drift towards a secluded area where they won’t be overheard.
“Come on Sweetie Belle, tell us what your problem is already.” Scootaloo’s impatience has reached a boiling point.
“Come on Sweetie Belle, we’re all ears.” Apple Bloom also wanted to know what had her friend in such a depressed condition.
Sweetie Belle took a deep breath and sighed. She realized that at this point there was no way to get around the truth. I’d have to tell them sooner or later. She tried to come up with the strength to tell them. “Scootaloo… Apple Bloom…” her eyes were watering and she looked up to see her concerned friends’ faces waiting anxiously. “I’m a fillyfooler, I mean, I think…” She said, her gaze roaming to everything but her friends.
“So?” Scootaloo replied, smiling, not seeing the big deal. She was already moving to comfort her friend.
Apple Bloom did not take the news as lightly. “No you ain’t.” She tried to deny it. She decided that Sweetie Belle was testing their friendship.
Sweetie Belle was confused by Apple Bloom’s reply. She tried to read her friends’ expression. “Yea I am, why would I lie to you two?” She paused and then continued hastily, “Please don’t go and tell nopony. Please, it’d be terrible.” Sweetie Belle pleaded, realizing that if this got out a lot of ponies would make fun of her and judge her. “I don’t want you to look at me and just think fillyfooler, remember I’m still Sweetie Belle.” she said, trying to make certain that their friendship would not change due to the new dynamic. No sooner however, did she finish saying that, than Apple Bloom had run off towards Sweet Apple Acres to make light of* what had happened.
*To avoid further confusion, I'd like everyone to know that this is used as 'to understand', I was unaware that in different places people saw this as 'to make fun of' and did not mean to cause any confusion.
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Sorry It's a bit late, I hope you guys like it and expect a third chapter (or maybe a prologue) very soon.
I really hope AJ's more open-minded than Big Mac and Granny. I'm happy Apple Bloom doesn't mind, but I think being FORCED to stay away from Sweetie Belle would be even worse than CHOOSING to stay away, since that damage is gonna take hold right away.
...and note that when I say "worse" in that context, I mean for the characters' happiness. If you're wanting to go the tearjerker route, that's a damn good way to go. The only reason I even use the word is because, ironically enough given what I'm reading and commenting on here, I'm more of an optimist with these stories.
289115 You got my biggest problem with the actually writing process of this story... I don't want anything bad to happen to my little ponies but... It's not always what's best for the characters.
>Apple Jack
That annoys the heck outta me.
I don't think that much really happened in the chapter to comment overmuch on. This sounds like a good set up for next chapter, but its effectiveness all depends on how it's payed off. I felt like there should have been more here before it was published; it doesn't provide enough on its own, I feel. Still, it's not bad, and I like where you're going with things. Worth keeping an eye on.
289154 Trust me more was intended to be added, however time restraints and a mental deadline of one chapter every week or so meant I got this out with what I did... Also sorry about the Apple Jack, to be honest it looked funny to me also but I was unsure for some reason
I'll fix it...
i had trouble reading this...mostley cus i REALLY dont see granny smith/bic mac as homophobs :P
289233 I actually find the apple family the easiest to picture as homophobes
. They do seem the most conservative in their ways, and have you seen when big mac get's angry? I'm sorry that you didn't like the fic though
I can see where he's coming from. Big Mac is probably one of the least likely characters to be a homophobe. He's logical and he cares about his sister. Kind and rational people, especially "simple" farm folk, don't really do the homophobia thing. I CAN see GS as a homophobe easily, or at least I can forgive it. Her character development in some S2 episodes puts some doubt on the idea, but I'll still buy it. Big Mac?
Eenope.
289467 What makes you think just because he's 'kind and rational' can't be a homophobe. In fact, making a character whom one would find steryotypically homophobic is not what I want. Anyone can be a homophobe. Also I hope this doesn't come off as argumentative I'm just trying to explain my thought process.
Because homophobia stems from certain character traits that are incompatible with Mac's character. That's why we have stereotypical homophobic characters.
oh my god,its like a conversation between oppposite clones e~e
lol jk,couldnt resist due to your two's icons
Beep.
289734 Ahh yes but, in reality, anyone can be a homophobe. Not every person who hated black people during the period of segragation was a grumpy old person, the same applys to homophobia. The thought that homophobia does in fact come from a particular character trait is, in itself, an example of naïvety. (I hope that didn't sound offensive.)
It wasn't offensive; it was stupid. Of course there was more than one type of homophobe. Similarly, there was more than one type of people who, for the most part, did not become homophobes. Saying that anyone can be a homophobe--when looking at it from the perspective of personalitiy--is something that's just plain ignorant of homophobia's source. It's a nice idea, but it's not true except for in circumstances of extreme manipulation--not personality. Some types of people are apt to become homophobes, and some are not, and Big Mac is one of those types of people who is not.
And it's not ONE trait. Traits. With an 's'
290734 I would oh so much like to contest that, but I don't want to argue. As the author I feel conflicted, I want to defend my viewpoint, however I do not want to dictate the readers thoughts. Big Mac is a homophobe in this story short and simple. I will stand by it, if you do not like the idea it is not my place to tell you so or to change how you feel of homophobia as a whole. I believe anyone can be a homophobe and they don't hve to have certain character traits and I speak from experience. This story deals with some controversial content due to the nature of this story. I knew this when I started and if I argue every point, this comment page will fill up fast.
Also sorry for any typos including prior, any time I reply to a comment I'm probably using my iPhone so mistakes happen.
Good chapter.. I guess that I'll have to go and write myself up a story ;)
P.S. Internet fight above move
And autocorrect sucks. Took ten mins to friggin make this comment
am i right in thinking what im thinking about apple bloom "hint hint"
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That'd depend on what you're thinking.
NO! Applejack why u so intolerant?!?
Wrong grammar a filly is just a young pony/horse a young girl pony/horse is a foal a young boy horse/pony is a colt. Hope I helped