Quality Time

by Gleaming


II: Spa Day

II: Spa Day

Rarity awoke out of her comfortable bed upstairs, stretching her legs to remove the bed's covers off of her body, climbing out of her bed carefully. Rarity trotted downstairs, waiting for Sweetie Belle to wake up.

''Sweetie Belle, we're going to the spa now!'' Rarity yelled to Sweetie Belle from downstairs.

''Okay, Rarity! Then after we get back, we can work on the artistic painting together?'' Sweetie Belle asked Rarity, as she trotted down the stairs to the front door of the Carousel Boutique. The two sisters were preparing to go out to the local spa in Ponyville, to finally spend some time together before they paint their masterpiece.

''Of course we will together, like I promised!'' Rarity said, throwing a pair of scarves over their necks to stay warm against the oppressive cold wind.

''Sure you did, I'll take your word for it for now.'' Sweetie Belle squeaked, opening the door with her hoof. A blanket of snow covered both of them from their heads to their hooves.

''Sweetie Belle! Enough fooling around, we have to go now!'' Rarity's horn started to glow with a blue aura surrounding her horn, throwing the snow outside with disinterest.

''Okay, Rarity. You know all of these rules, aren't my style!'' Sweetie Belle shouted at Rarity.

The two unicorn sisters opened the front door, running towards the day spa where the Blossom sisters worked. Aloe and Lotus Blossom have worked at the Ponyville Day Spa for quite some time now, they are always willing to give the best service to their customers to keep them satisfied. On a special day like this, Rarity and Sweetie Belle definitely needed to relieve all of the stress that they go through on a daily basis.

Rarity and Sweetie Belle rushed into the door with ease, ringing the bell at the front desk of the spa with a slight touch. Lotus Blossom and Aloe grabbed Rarity and Sweetie Belle with no hesitation, taking them to the spa corridors where they found the seaweed wraps, the mud baths, the pedicure stations, and the steam rooms were filled with steam.

''We're at your service!'' Lotus and Aloe Blossom said. They wrapped Rarity and Sweetie Belle in seaweed wraps, gave the both of them horn and hoof manicures, and started to massage their hooves and backs.

''This is so wonderful, isn't it Sweetie Belle? Sweetie Belle?'' Rarity asked, concerned.

''...I'm fine, Rarity,'' Sweetie Belle turned her back to Rarity, not even feeling the relaxing massages that she was receiving from the two spa sisters. ''It's just that this isn't the quality time that I wanted, sisters are supposed to do what sisters do together. Play in the mud, make dresses, have sleepovers, you know quality time. It's not like you would know anything about that, would you?'' Sweetie said, disgustingly. She walked off of the massage bed, trotting out to the spa's front door, opening the door with her hoof, slamming the door behind her angrily.

''Thanks for the service, but I've got to go get my sister back!'' Rarity rushed out of the spa in a hurry, running outside into the cold where Sweetie Belle ran off in a fit.


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''What have I done?! Not only did I cause my only sister to leave me, I've also caused her to go out in the harsh cold winter all by herself without no supervision at all. I have to do the right thing and fast, before I regret it for the rest of my life!'' Rarity dropped down to her knees in the snow covered roads, her eyes started to water with the feeling of guilt and love.

''I guess I'm better off without a sister, Rarity never cared about me anyway.'' Sweetie mumbled to herself. She was struggling to keep herself warm, especially with the temperatures dropping to a very harsh climate. The clouds were showering the land of Ponyville with the huge loads of snow, and the ice started to accumulate on the once rigid dirt roads.

The young unicorn filly finally reached the door of her sister's Carousel Boutique. The whole front side of the Carousel Boutique was covered in snow and ice, mannequins were invisible to the naked eye due to the snow covering the display window of the workroom. ''Time to get in, I guess.'' Sweetie Belle charged at full speed towards the door, falling backwards from the impact of the door. The door itself was frozen shut, not even a rampaging bull could tear this door down.


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Rarity was on a mission, to retrieve her sister, and keep her safe. The elegant mare trotted to the door of the Carousel Boutique, where she was standing at Sweetie Belle's side. ''I told you I would never leave you, you mean the world to me.'' Rarity pushed the door with a great deal of force with Sweetie Belle, the ice on the door shattered under the pressure of the two sisters.

''So you came back to see me, even with all of the things I said about you?'' Sweetie asked. She scratched her head with her hoof, raising an eyebrow at Rarity.

''I had to come back, Sweetie. If I didn't follow you at all, I would be the disgrace to all of the sisters all around Equestria. Besides, I love you.'' Rarity rubbed her coat with Sweetie Belle's coat, rubbing their muzzles together.

''I love you too, Rarity!'' Sweetie hugged her sister tightly, as the door finally opened from all of the pushing that they were doing.

With the warmth of the love and sisterly bond that they had, the two sisters are going to spend Hearth's Warming Eve together in the warm comfort of the Carousel Boutique, their home. The fireplace was warming the inside of the boutique, keeping the harsh cold winds outside, and warming their hearts with a heartwarming moment together.


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''Sweetie Belle, I have a surprise for you.'' Rarity gathered the paint brushes and the paint cans, putting the canvas on a pair of four wooden stints to keep the canvas balanced. Rarity's blue aura surrounded the paint brushes, paint cans, and the art canvas. The aura covered all of the paint supplies, dipping the paint brushes into the paint cans, applying the paint on the canvas, and putting the canvas down safely.

Sweetie Belle kept her eyes closed, her eyes opened at the blink of an eye. ''I love it, Rarity! You're the best sister, any filly could ever ask for!'' Trying to contain her enthusiasm, Sweetie was bouncing on her hooves in excitement. ''I knew that this would bring us closer together!'' Sweetie said, with a squeak in her voice.

''I did it for us, we are apple pie!'' Rarity giggled. She wrapped a warm scarf around them, laying down on the floor with her sister near the warm fireplace. Rarity puckered her lips, kissing Sweetie Belle on the cheek. ''Happy Hearth's Warming Eve, Sweetie Belle.''

''Happy Hearth's Warming Eve to you too, Rarity.'' Sweetie hugged her sister, with the scarf wrapped around them.

THE END!