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// Part 10 - A Surprise of Their Own 
// Story: Love at First Charm 
// by Creative Charmer 
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	"Ahh, how marvelously stunning," Rarity said as she looked over the suit she was making. "And it will look even more stunning on Creo."
After Rarity's time with Creo yesterday, she wanted to do something special for him to show him her gratitude, so she immediately began work on a dashing suit for him. Because she wanted it to be just right, she had spent most of yesterday and today working on it, making changes over and over so as not to displease Creo.
After Rarity had stitched together the collar, she looked stared at the suit, and began to longingly think about Creo."I can only imagine how strikingly handsome Creo will look in this dashing suit, but I know he'll absolutely love it, and he's sure to love me for making it for him," Rarity then began to fantasize about what she thinks will happen when Creo gets the suit.

Creo and Rarity were standing inside the front room of the Carousel Boutique. Rarity used her magic to float a large present in front of Creo. "For you, Creo," Rarity said as she blushed.
"For me? Why, you shouldn't have, Rarity," Creo said in both a thankful and slightly smug way. Creo opened the box and used his magic to take out what was inside. To his astonishment, it was a suit, and quite a dapper one at that. "Oh, Rarity! This looks absolutely marvelous! I cannot thank you enough for this absolutely exquisite attire!"
Rarity blushed and giggled. "It was my pleasure, Creo. A pony such as you deserved a suit as magnificent as this."
"Well, I simply must thank you for what you have done for me!"
"Oh, you don't have to, Creo—but I wouldn't mind if you did, either!" she said excitedly.
"Well, there's only one way I can thank you, and I think it's something you'll like," Creo said in a romancing way, which worked perfectly on Rarity.
Rarity's fantasy then switched to where she and Creo were sitting at a table for two in a candlelit diner, and they were the only two there. Neither of them were eating, but were instead leaning on the table, gazing longingly into each other's eyes. Creo was wearing his new suit, and Rarity was wearing a lovely indigo dress.
"You look more beautiful than ever tonight, Rarity."
"And you look more handsome than I've ever seen you, Creo."
"It's so wonderful to hear such a thing coming from somepony as sweet as you."
"Oh, stop it, Creo," Rarity said playfully as she blushed. "If there's anypony that's sweet here, it's you for being so sweet to me."
"No, you're the sweet one. After all, you were the one who generously made me this stunning ensemble."
Rarity blushed again. "Oh, I thank you ever so much, but I know you would have made me a wonderful gift if you could."
Creo thought for a few moments, then smiled. "Well, if it's a gift you want, I believe I have one for you."
Rarity looked absolutely thrilled. "Oh, Creo, you are so thoughtful! What kind of gift is it?" Rarity eagerly leaned towards Creo.
"Well, it's a gift I'm sure you'll like."
Creo placed his hoof on Rarity's. Rarity looked at her hoof, then back at Creo. She looked at his smiling face, and then smiled herself, knowing exactly what his gift was. They both slowly began leaning towards each other. Eyes closed and lips puckered, they leaned closer, and closer, and closer, until...

Rarity felt like something was wrong with her kiss with Creo.. She opened her eyes, and saw that she was kissing a mirror! Filled with shock, she quickly backs off from the mirror, spitting in disgust. "Oh, drat! I was really enjoying that!" she sighed, but then a new thought came to her. "But, if my fantasy was that enjoyable, then doing it for real..."
Rarity paused to think it over, than started hopping up and down and squealing with delight. She quickly ceased these actions, not wanting to look childish by being so giddy. "Ooh, I don't want Creo to see me like that. He might think I'm too much of a filly for him. I'd better prepare myself for when we meet so nothing will go wrong!" Rarity ran back to the suit, touching it up some more whilst memorizing in her head what to say to Creo when she gives him his gift.

While Rarity was busy with her own work, Fluttershy was flying around her garden, picking flowers and placing them into her basket. She was humming a merry tune to herself, feeling very contented at the moment.
"I hope Creo will like what I'm going to make for him with these flowers," Fluttershy placed another in her basket, then paused to look at them. "Oh my, I hope he isn't allergic to daisies; maybe I should choose another type of flower—but what if he's allergic to that kind instead? Oh, dear..."
Fluttershy was beside herself with worry, and felt unsure as to how to handle the situation. "Maybe I could ask Creo if he's allergic to any of these flowers—but then I wouldn't be able to surprise him! Oh, what should I do?" Fluttershy looked down at her daisies again. "Well, maybe I should just use these flowers and hope for the best. After all, how likely is it that Creo will be allergic to daisies?" Fluttershy tried to sound confident in her words, but part of her was still afraid for Creo, causing her to go "meep" in fear. She then went back to collecting daisies, still unsure of what was going to happen.
During the time Fluttershy was collecting flowers, Applejack was hard at work harvesting apples. After bucking another tree, she stopped to look ever how many trees were left.
"Looks like ah've still got quite a bit of work left to do today. Sorta wish ah had some help, just like yesterday..when Creo was here..."
Applejack's mindset suddenly changed from thinking about work to thinking about Creo, which made her feel her adoration for him again. She smiled for a few seconds as she thought about him, and then an idea popped into her head.
"Yah, know, since Creo said he enjoys harvestin' apples so much, ah think it would be the right neighborly thing to do to ask him if he wants to help me out. Yeah; ah'd better go 'n' find him now so ah can ask him," And with that, Applejack left Sweet Apple Acres to try and find Creo in town, feeling quite eager just to see him again.
At the same time, Twilight had just closed a book she was looking at. "Yes, this will do," she placed the book in her saddlebag. "I'm sure Creo will enjoy this book as much as I do," she then headed towards the door and opened it. "I just hope I'll be able to find him easily," she then headed out the door to search for Creo.
Overhead, Rainbow Dash was flying in the skies above Ponyville, searching for Creo herself. "I can't wait to find Creo so I can show him my new stunts!" she said enthusiastically. "I hope he'll think they're awesome enough, since I was so eager to show him that I didn't practice them a whole lot. But hey, it's Creo; he thinks anything I do is awesome!" And with those thoughts, Rainbow gladly and eagerly picked up speed so she could find Creo faster.
While searching from the skies, Rainbow Dash flew over Sugarcube Corner, where Pinkie Pie was also preparing her own special surprise for Creo.
"Come on, oven, hurry!" Pinkie said frantically as she anxiously scuttled her hooves on the ground. "I really really really really really wanna see Creo so I can give him your baked goodies so he'll eat them and like them and like me for making them!" Pinkie then grabbed both sides of the oven and pressed her face against the oven door, smushing her face on the glass window. "So please hurry!!"
All six of the ponies each have their own special surprise for Creo, with each one unknowing of what the others were planning, and also with each unknowing of how their friends felt about Creo. At this time, Creo had just made it back to Ponyville from Whitetail Wood, and when he gets his own great surprises from the girls, they will all get surprises of their own, but they may not be as great as Creo's...