Rarity arrived back at the Carasoul Boutique, the smile still ever-present on her face.
“Sweetie Belle, I’m home- oh, Applejack, is anything the matter?”
Rarity saw Applejack sitting in the center of her boutique, Sweetie Belle looking quite sullen just to her left. Rarity placed down her bag and the crystal, now concerned.
“What did she do this time?” Rarity asks, sighing, her mood slightly dampened.
“I love these three with all my heart, but they just keep gettin’ into trouble! The three of them conspired to steal my shotgun and use it for target practice!” Applejack ranted, causing Rarity to gasp in shock and Sweetie Belle to whimper. “They could’ve gotten themselves killed! They don’t know proper gun safety.”
Rarity glared at Sweetie Belle, which caused her to dip her head lower than before.
“Thank you for bringing this to my attention, AJ, but I can take it from here.” Rarity nodded to Applejack, a serious look on her face. Applejack slowly nodded and walked to the door of the boutique.
“They worry me too much…” Applejack whispered.
“Same with me, darling…” Rarity whispered back. Applejack left shortly after. “Now, Sweetie Belle, explain yourself.”
“It was Apple Bloom’s idea… she said that we could earn sharpshooters Cutie Marks.”
“It doesn’t matter whose idea it was, it was still stupid regardless to even accept it as a good idea!” Rarity walked over to Sweetie Belle, and for a second, Sweetie Belle expected violence for whatever reason. However, a tight hug was all that she got. “Don’t worry me like that ever again…”
“I’m sorry, sis…” Sweetie Belle sniffled.
After this encounter, Rarity grounded Sweetie Belle and sent her to her room. Hearing that her little sister could’ve died today really and truly dampens to mood. And after getting a quick bite to eat, Rarity got to work. She grabbed the crystal that she had left by the door and carried it over to her workshop, where she set it on the table, turned on a lamp, and sat down, ready to get to work. However, before she could even begin to carve the crystal, she noticed something odd.
“That’s weird…” Rarity saw a patch of reflective, almost crystal-like hairs shimmering on her left foreleg. Now that she noticed it, she can feel, or rather can’t feel, the area that has been taken over by these admittedly pretty hairs. She could feel pins and needles around this patch of hair on her coat. “It feels… odd. Maybe I got some dust on me, I’ll wash it off later.”
But as the minutes passed, she couldn’t help but feel a growing sense of doom as the patch of crystal hairs continued to grow.
“Oh dear… maybe I got cursed or something? I’ll go talk to Twilight about this.”
Rarity
Status: Infected Stage 1
Infection: Has begun to spread from the first point of contact
Health: 89%
Stress: 81%
Energy: 47%
Hunger: 2%
Thirst: 3%
“What could’ve possessed Sweetie Belle to do something so stupid?”
“This is starting to hurt a bit…”
“Why can’t I grip the door with my magic?”
Inventory: NOTHING
Twilight Sparkle
Status: Healthy/Passed out
Health: 95%
Stress: 52%
Energy: 0%
Hunger: 24%
Thirst: 49%
Inventory: Paper and quill
Sweetie Belle
Status: Healthy?/ Grounded
Health: 84%
Stress: 99%
Energy: 30%
Hunger: 88%
Thirst: 89%
“Should’ve never listened…”
“I’m hungry… and thirsty…”
“I made Rarity mad…”
Inventory: Empty 12-gauge shell, a box of tissues
Applejack
Status: Healthy/Worried
Health: 100%
Stress: 43%
Energy: 68%
Hunger: 20%
Thirst: 49%
“Those three… I swear.”
“Do they never learn?”
“I’m glad they’re okay…”
Inventory: NOTHING
Discord
Status: Suspicious
Health: 1000%
Stress: 2%
Energy: 100%
Hunger: ?
Thirst: ?
“Something odd is currently happening…”
“I can’t place my talon on it, nor my paw.”
“Whatever it is, I hope it is nothing bad.”
Inventory: Teacup, stuffed rabbit made by Fluttershy