After breakfast, I connected my smartphone to the solar charger, took the fashion magazine with me, and we were off to Rarity's boutique. I was still surprised how calm all ponies were upon seeing me. It seemed they all had a lot of trust in Pinkie Pie. We walked past a little restaurant, a furniture store and what looked like some bakery, apart from the ponies, this all was pretty much like earth. The smells from the bakery made me very eager to visit it later. Maybe I could talk Twilight into stopping there on our way back from our visits. We had crossed the whole town until we finally arrived in front of Rarity's Shop. It was a rather... unique building. It looked like the child of a circus tent, and a carousel got into a paint explosion. Twilight knocked on the door. "Rarity, it's Twilight. I want to introduce somepony to you."
"Come in the door is open.", I heard a very melodic voice from inside.
We entered her shop and saw her working on her sewing machine. "I will be with you in a minute. I just have to finish this part.", she told us while she was concentrated on the task before her.
Spike sat on a chair and just looked at Rarity, he was really admiring her.
I looked around and saw a huge variety of dresses on display dummies all around me, they all look gorgeous and well made.
Rarity finally finished her task and turned towards us. "Hello, nice to meet yoooooo..." Her eyes opened wide in surprise as she looked up to me and she just sat down on her rump. "What... what is this?"
"I thought Pinkie had told everypony.", said Twilight.
Rarity perked up as she heard Pinkie Pie's name.
"She was knocking at my door yesterday talking about important news.", she told us without taking her eyes off me. "But 'important news' for Pinkie Pie could mean anything from a garage sale to Armageddon. I was in the middle of making an important dress for a Canterlot customer, so I told her I had no time for trifle and she should come another time. It seems it was important after all."
Finally, she stopped focusing on me as a creature, and instead she noticed the clothing I was wearing. "That's very interesting.", she said and came closer to look at them; all her fear seemed to be forgotten.
When she came a little to close I decided it would be best to introduce myself to her. "Hello Miss Rarity, it is so nice to meet you, I heard a lot about your amazing skills as a designer."
"Oh, how well mannered.", she replied and showed the slightest blush. "It is a pleasure meeting you too, Miss..."
"Oh, I'm sorry Miss Rarity, my name is Stella."
Her pupils shrank to the size of a marble, and she began to sweat. "Your name is Stella?", she asked, her voice a bit shaky.
I was confused about this reaction. "Yes, like I just said. What's the matter? You look as if you have seen a ghost."
"Nothing.", she said much to fast and high pitched to be believable, not to mention her facial expression.
"Is everything okay?", Twilight ask a bit worried.
"But of course darling, let's change the subject."
I was less than convinced about that, so I decided to use my secret weapon. "How about a trade, you tell us what caused this reaction, and in return I give you a 200 pages special edition fashion magazine from another universe." I showed her the magazine and dangled it in front of her.
Twilight looked not that happy. "I do not agree with the way you're handling this situation. She should only tell..."
"It's a deal!", she got interrupted by a greedy looking Rarity grabbing the magazine with her magic.
"So what's your problem with my name?", I asked her in a soft voice.
"I'm sorry Twilight.", she started and received a questioning look from her in response. "Yesterday I decided to have dinner in 'the Dancing Butterfly' the little restaurant only a few houses away from your library. While I had my dessert, I heard Twilight scream your name multiple times."
Twilight tried to hide behind her hooves. "Our kissing may have driven me a bit crazy yesterday.", she mumbled towards Rarity.
"Kissing?", Rarity asked in disbelief. "THAT WAS JUST FROM KISSING? IT SURELY SOUNDED LIKE YOU F... found true love.", she ended and cleared her throat. I was impressed by this incredible safe.
"Well, we are exceptionally good at kissing each other.", I explained. "And we will take actions in silencing Twilight next time."
As we saw Rarity's look and heavy blush after this sentence of mine, Twilight was quick to add: "It's just a magical bubble of silence."
"Of course it is darling... I'm very sorry. I am just surprised by all this. Not only have you finally found someone... who touches your heart, but additionally she is from another world. I may need a day to fully process all of this, but I am so happy for you."
"Sorry for all this chaos.", I told her.
"Oh pish posh, you have brought me a marvelous gift, I can not thank you enough for this. Maybe a new wardrobe once I read this magazine, I need someone to test these designs before I may convert some them for ponies."
"I would be so grateful for that. I can't be in the same two outfits all the time... especially if my marefriend decides to wear some parts of them.", I kissed Twilight's cheek who turned her head and turned it into a real kiss instead.
"Awww... you are so cute together.", Rarity stated. "Now, I don't want to be rude, but I really would like to read this magazine now." She smiled apologetically.
"Sure Rarity, we wanted to visit Applejack anyway.", my marefriend told her. "See you soon."
"I would like to stay, so I can help you Rarity.", Spike said with dreamy eyes.
After thinking about it for a moment, she agreed: "Sure, why not. But you need to be silent while I'm reading."
We left her Boutique, and Twilight showed me the right way to the farm of the Apple Family.
...
"I'm thinking about closing the portal later today.", I told Twilight while we walked on a dusty path towards the farm.
She looked at me worried. "Are you still sure about this? You can't undo it."
"It is necessary to keep you and all of this world safe. I want to do it as soon as possible."
"You know Pinkie has planned your welcome party for tonight.", she reminded me. "You don't want to miss that, it is pretty incredible."
"I don't have to wait six hours on the other side, once all data is erased, and I changed the program, I can open the portal one last time. It shouldn't take longer than one hour to do it all."
"It would have been fun to visit your world and explore a bit, to bad this will never happen."
"Mostly it would have been dangerous, and I would have gone crazy worrying about you getting caught. Believe me, it is better this way."
"I guess you're right... Just be careful and be sure to be back in time for the party, or Pinkie will be real sad."