Sweetie Belle just stood there in shock. Looking at the exposed wirings as if though they were the only thing of importance. She didn't want to believe it and yet there it was. The proof of who she really was.
"Here Sweetie Belle allow me to patch that up for you." Rarity said calmly. She didn't know a lot of healing spells but after being scratched by Opal several times, as well as occasionally stabbing herself while sewing, she had learned how to repair minor cuts and scrapes.
"No Rarity leave it alone, it's fine." Sweetie Belle said. Her voice lacked her usual emotion, the shock of what she had just been made aware of was still fresh in her mind.
"Sweetie Belle it is most certianly not fine." Rarity said "Your wiring is exposed for everyone to see."
"But what if I want it to be exposed?" Sweetie Belle asked. "What if I want everyone to know who I am?"
Rarity stopped. She had just lit up her horn and had been preparing to close up the scratch marks with her magic. She hadn't really thought about what "Sweetie Belle" wanted, or should she call her "Sweetie Bot" from now on? Rarity herself would've prefered to have something like this kept secret but she knew that "Sweetie Belle" was different.
"Rarity?" Sweetie Belle asked. Her "big sister" hadn't responded in several minutes and she was starting to grow worried.
"I'm still here Sweetie Belle." Rarity said "I'd like to patch up that scratch you got from Opal. If that's what you want."
"What I want?" Sweetie Belle asked.
"Yes." Rarity said "This revelation doesn't mean you don't have your own free will anymore. Whatever you want is fine. So do you want me to 'heal' you or do you want to leave the wound alone?"
"I...guess you can patch me up if you want to." Sweetie Belle said, needless to say she didn't sound very sure of herself.
"O.k. just hold still for a little bit." Rarity instructed and lit up her horn again. A few seconds later she had managed to close the flesh wound on Sweetie Belle's arm. You never would've guessed that underneath it were wires and circuits of all sorts.
After that Rarity decided to take some time to try and understand what, if any sort of changes would occur now that "Sweetie Belle" knew the truth. "This doesn't have to change anything between us Sweetie Belle." Rarity said. She wanted to give "Sweetie Belle" a hug but one look at her "sister's" face told her that she was in no mood for such a thing.
"It doesn't?" Sweetie Belle asked.
"Indeed." Rarity said "If you like this can just stay our little secret. No one else will ever need to know that you're a robot. I can still call you Sweetie Belle and we can still be sisters. Of course you'll need to be more careful around our friends from now on, especially around Apple Bloom and Scootaloo."
"And what if I don't want to keep this a secret?" Sweetie Belle asked "What if I want everyone to know who I really am?"
"Then you can do that." Rarity said "Whatever you decide to do I'll support you 100 percent. And I'll be more then happy to patch you up whenever you need me to. I can even call you Sweetie Bot if that will make you feel better. Like I said it's all up to you."
"Really? You'd do that for me?" Sweetie Belle asked.
Rarity nodded "I only want whatever makes you happy. If you want this to be a secret then I can keep it secret, and if you want everyone know then I can help spread the word. But you need to think about what makes you happy and what you want. I can't decide for you."
Sweetie Belle thought to herself for a little bit, trying to decide what she wanted to do. On the one hand if it remained a secret between her and Rarity life would pretty much just go back to the way it was. She'd just need to make sure she played a little more cautiously to avoid exposing her secret to everyone. On the other hand if she told everyone she knew and Rarity told everyone she knew she wouldn't need to hide who she really was or lie. But some people might not believe her and some might even began to fear her. And there was the whole Sweetie Belle/Sweetie Bot issue. Sweetie Belle held sentimental value to her and was the name she had gone by for as long as she could remember. But Sweetie Bot was the name that she had been given when she was "created" and was the name she had probably been intended to be known by.
The more she thought about it however the more confused she became. Why did everything have to be so complicated? Why couldn't she just make up her mind? It was so unfair.
"Well?" Rarity asked.
"I just want to be left alone for right now." Sweetie Belle said and she went upstairs without saying another word. Rarity did nothing to stop her. She didn't want to make a potentially bad situation even worse. If "Sweetie Belle" decided she needed some alone time to think things over then Rarity would respect her wish. Perhaps now she could actually do what she had set to do before the events of the past half hour had occurred.