//------------------------------// // The Boutique // Story: Lost Memories // by iLikeMuffins //------------------------------// Chapter 2 : The Boutique The next morning, around eight, Rarity walked into the hospital, happily trotting into Sweetie Belle's room. “Wakey, wakes, Sweetie Belle, darling!” Rarity said as she opened the door. She found Sweetie Belle sleeping peacefully on the bed, snoring as loud as a bear. “Oh dear, rough night sleep, I see?” she asked the sleeping Sweetie Belle. Rarity giggled as she thought about one funny thing. She begins poking Sweetie Belle gently and said “Are you alive?” and she giggled as she said the last word. Sweetie Belle awoke from the poking and giggling, and the first thing she did was scream. “AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! Please don't eat me, Mr. Hairy! I just been here for a day, and I don't want to die! Rarity closed her ears, but failed to cover the scream in time. She rubbed her ears gently, “Sweetie Belle, darling. If you keep this up, I will not be able to hear anypony by the end of this month!” Sweetie Belle's face frowned, and she backed out a little. Rarity could hear little whimpers made from Sweetie Belle, and she felt sorry for her. “I'm so sorry, Fair— I mean, Rarity.” Rarity stopped rubbing her ears and went closer to Sweetie Belle and hugged her. “It's okay, dear. Just promise me you won't do that anymore. Will you?” “Okay!” Sweetie Belle said happily as she returned the hug Rarity gave her. “So, are we going to the boutique now?” she asked as they stopped hugging. Rarity nodded with a smile on her face. Sweetie Belle bounced with glee and joy, a huge smile on her face. “Yay! I'm going to a boutique! Hooray!” she said happily. She suddenly stopped bouncing and looked at the cards and the box, and asked “Hey, Rarity. Do you mind if you do your magic thingy to bring those cards back home?” “Of course! Anything for my dear sister.” Rarity said as she levitated the cards and the box and went near the door. “Anything else? If not, let's go.” Sweetie Belle looked at the room one more time, just making sure she wasn't leaving anything important behind. One finale check, and she was ready to go. She shook her head, and Rarity went out the door with a bunch of cards and a box floating behind Rarity as Sweetie Belle followed her from behind. Few minutes of walking later, they reached to the boutique, and Sweetie Belle was shocked when she first saw the boutique. “OhMyGosh,IsThatBoutiqueAlwaysThisBig?IfSoWhyDidINotComeOutOfTheHospitalEarlierToSeeIt?” Sweetie Belle was able to say all those words with one breath. Rarity wasn't sure what her sister said, because it was too quick, but then she opened the door. “Want to come in?” Sweetie Belle nodded and went inside the boutique. She was standing a few feet away from the entrance as she went in. Her mouth wide open, shocked by how clean it is. Rarity levitated the cards and the box to a table and set them down there. “It's a little bit messy, so I hope you don't mind. I have an order last night, so I have to finish making the dress before I clean.” Rarity said. “No...” “What,” Rarity said in confusion. “This isn't messy at all! It's perfect!” Sweetie Belle said. She went to the carpet and touched it, “These carpets, their so perfectly washed, and they smell clean!” Next, she quickly ran to the toilet. “The toilet so white, and it smelled like lavender!” She explored the whole house within less than fifteen minutes, and is so excited to see more. “Everything was perfect. The smell, the color, the noise, the feel the softness, the everything!” “I'm happy you liked it.” Rarity said happily. “Oh right, I forgotten, I got a gift for you!” “A gift? For me?” Sweetie Belle jumped with joy, eager to know what is it. “Is it a toy? Is it a game?” Her mind filled with thoughts of what it can be. Rarity suddenly came back with a white dress with some pink lace around the bottom and purple gems on the lace and it suits Sweetie Belle perfectly! Sweetie Belle tried it on, and it actually looked pretty on her. “Oh my gosh! This dress is perfect!” Sweetie Belle said, clapping her hooves. “Now, Sweetie Belle, dear. Tomorrow is Applejack's birthday, and I need to design a dress for her as her birthday gift. So why don't you go meet your friends?” Rarity said. “But, where can I find them?” Sweetie Belle asked as she tilted her head slightly. “Find a house that looks like a gingerbread house, and in there you'll meet a pink pony, her name is Pinkie Pie. She'll show you where your friends are. Now, go along now.” Rarity said as she waved goodbye and went back to sewing clothes. Sweetie Belle walked out of the boutique, “The boutique is so beautiful on the outside! she thought to herself. After a few seconds of staring, she snapped out. “Rarity said to find a house that looks like it's made out of gingerbread. That can't be too hard.” she thought to herself once again. She walked around Ponyville, searching for the house Rarity told her to find, but after a few minutes. She wasn't able to find any house that looked like a gingerbread. “Why is it so hard to find a gingerbread house?!?! Argh!!!” she shouted in the middle of Ponyville Park, which is near the school. A medium pink pony with a silver pony was walking pass by, and Sweetie Belle thought they may know where the gingerbread house is. “Hello there, my name is Sweetie Belle. And if you don't mind, do you know where can I find a house that look like it is made out of gingerbread?” The pink and silver pony stared at each other and stared back at Sweetie Belle. “My name is like, Diamond Tiara, and you, Sweetie whoever you are, stop talking to us!” “And my name is Silver Spoon, and yeah! Stop talking to us! We don't want to be caught talking to a blank flank!” Silver Spoon said, hoof bumping with Diamond Tiara. “Why are you so mean...? I don't even know you.” Sweetie Belle said sadly. Diamond Tiara looked at Sweetie Belle with an annoyed look. “Look here, blank flank. Stop joking around. You know us, and we know you, and we are like your so called worst enemies, or something like that.” Shiver Spoon nodded, agreeing with what Diamond Tiara had said. “And we hate you. So get lost!” The both of them walked away laughing, leaving Sweetie Belle standing there sadly. “I... I... I did something wrong... Did I?” she whispered softly to herself.