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// Chapter 2 
// Story: Rarity's Gem Collection 
// by ChickenHooves 
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"Oh, hi Applejack." Sweetie Belle squeaked. "You're just in time!"

"Time for what?" Applejack asked.

"Where's Applebloom? It's time for our Cutie Mark Crusaders meeting!"

"Oh, that? Applebloom changed it to.. err.. The clubhouse, yeah, the, er, clubhouse."

"Oh, okay then, Applejack!" Sweetie Belle said as she trotted out of sight to go to the clubhouse. Applejack peered in. No Drama from upstairs, or the ground floor. She cantered in and saw the chest. She ran over to it and noticed a lock.

"Dangnabbit!" she scowled. The lock was shaped like a Rupee, from The Legend Of Zelestia. She saw a key on a cupboard upstairs a few days ago when Rarity was making the farmer 'pretty' for the Grand Galloping Gala.



[A Few Days Ago...]

"Applejack," Rarity shouted. "Stay still, or I can't tie this saddle properly!"

"Well excuse me, Princess," Applejack countered. "I didn't agree to getting 'spruced down'!"

The white unicorn pulled on the string tightly. Applejack was trying to breathe, but the drama queen was tightening it still.

"Phew. There, all done!"

But the earth pony was laying on the ground, coughing roughly.

"Rarity, did you have to tie it that tightly?"

The sun glistened through the large glass window and a beam of sunshine bleached the room. A small, golden object was glittering in the sunlight on a red cupboard that had the sewing machine and three rolls of fabric on. Applejack wondered what it was for, when she got shoved out the room.

"Now go on! Go get your hair done, Applefat!" Rarity shouted.



[Now Back To Present...]
Appejack ran upstairs. She gasped as she saw the room in a large mess. Rarity would never leave her house in a mess like this. She saw something on the floor. It appeared to be the same key she saw the other day, and, believe it or not, it was Rupee shaped. but, it looked slightly bent at the end, and there were a few scrapes on it. Applejack took it, and ran downstairs. She placed it in the gem-shaped lock, and turned it around. She lifted the lid off and gasped. It was amazing, it was...