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// Chapter 1 
// Story: Afternoon Fun 
// by GhostRider1996 
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Sweetie Belle lay on her bed as she colored a picture for her sister, Rarity. It was the weekend, so she didn’t have any homework to do. She’d also been informed that her fellow Cutie Mark Crusaders would be elsewhere during this time. Apple Bloom was with her sister, Applejack, visiting extended family, and Scootaloo was with Rainbow Dash at a Wonderbolts tournament in Cloudsdale.

As Sweetie finished her picture, she suggested to herself that maybe she should practice her magic some more. She thought it best to ask Twilight Sparkle for help with that. She was a good friend, not just to Sweetie Belle, but to her older sister, Rarity, too.

“I should ask Rarity about that,” Sweetie thought to herself. So she picked up the finished drawing, and went to go find her sister.

[h/r]

Rarity was in the lobby of the Carousel Boutique, which functioned as her fashion store as well as a home for herself and Sweetie Belle. As she was finishing some new designs, she looked up to see Sweetie Belle descending from her bedroom, upstairs.

“Hello, Sweetie,” she greeted her sister. She was about to ask a question, but the filly interrupted her.

“Hi, Rarity,” Sweetie replied. “I made a picture for you.”

Deciding to brush off the interruption, Rarity took the paper from her sister’s magic grasp and looked it over. She smiled.

“It’s wonderful, darling,” she stated as she placed it on her desk, then she remembered her question. “By the way, you weren’t headed somewhere just now, were you?”

“I was going to go see Twilight, if that’s okay with you,” Sweetie answered.

“Of course you may, darling,” Rarity answered with a smile. “As long as she doesn’t mind, that is. And I don’t think she will. Just be home in time for dinner, tonight.”

“Thanks, sis!” Sweetie hollered as she ran out the door. Rarity chuckled, and then looked back at the picture her sister had made, which was the two of them sharing a hug under a rainbow. Sweetie’s thoughtfulness always made Rarity smile.