//------------------------------// // New Beginnings // Story: The Light Brought Out // by Homeless-Jmart //------------------------------// The Light Brought Out Chapter 6: New Beginnings "Alright see you tomorrow morning right?" Pinkie Pie asked Rainbow Dash who was waiting outside the door. "You can count on it." Rainbow responded giving one of her signature daredevil smiles. "Ok, bye." She said sadly walking into Sugar Cube Corner. "Pinkie wait." Pinkie stopped and turned around. "Yea?" she said. "Come here." Rainbow said pulling her into a kiss. "Now can you wait till tomorrow to see me?" "Yea." said a hazy Pinkie as she stumbled inside, "See you tomorrow." With that Rainbow took off into the clouds. Alright I need to get Pinkie something special to show he how much she means to me, she thought, I could go to the jewelers at Canterlot and get her a necklace for her, but man that's going to be expensive. She sighed at the thought of the amount of bits it would cost to get her a necklace. "But It will be worth it for Pinkie!" She said as she shot towards Rarity's house. *~*~*~*~*~*~* "But why do you need jewels at this dreadful hour?" Rarity asked Rainbow. "Well I kinda have an idea for this necklace design, and I figured it would be cheaper for the jeweler to make it if I supplied the jewels, and sorry for walking you up, but I thought you would be up its only 9 o'clock." she responded. "Alright deary, but you also have to pay the jeweler for the gold and work so..." she said going towards the chest she kept her jewels in, "here!" She pulled out the sparkiest diamond Rainbow had ever seen. "This should cover the cost of that. So, what kind of jewels did you have in mind." "Wow! Thanks Rarity this is great! Actually you know what, I never thought about it that much. Well, I assume a pink gem to start off with." "Alright let me see what I've got." She said digging in the chest, "Ahh here we are, a beautiful tourmaline." She said pulling a shiny pink gemstone, "That's funny it looks as pink as Pinkie Pie does." "Well what else?" she asked. "Well..." she was thinking. Hmm maybe something to remind Pinkie of me? "Do you have any sapphires?" "Well of course!" she said pulling out a glittering sapphire then putting it in a bag with the tourmaline. "Anything else?" "Yea, just one more. Do you happen to have any purple gems?" "Yes that would be tanzanite." Pulling out a purple gem and plopping it into the bag. "That all?" "Yup, thank you so much! How can I ever repay you?" "Oh please, no need. Glad to help a friend out, besides I can just get more later." "Thanks Rare. See you later!" Rainbow said as she jetted into the sky towards Canterlot. *~*~*~*~*~*~* Alright, Rainbow thought these gems will look great on Pinkie's necklace. She quickly reached into the bag and pulled out the purple gem. She had picked those gems for specific reasons. The pink tourmaline, representing her love, Pinkie Pie, would go on the side of the necklace. The blue sapphire to represent Rainbow Dash and those beautiful eyes Pinkie has would go on the other side of the necklace. Although the biggest, most important, and centerpiece gem, the tanzanite. It was a very logical choice to Rainbow, seeing as how blue and pink make purple, but the meaning behind the gem is what mattered the most. It represented them as a whole, together kept safe by their love for one another. Aww man Pinkie is going to love this. I have the next three days perfectly planed out for us. Hopefully the jeweler can have this done in three days. She thought as she laid on extra speed, her destination dead ahead, Canterlot. *~*~*~*~*~*~* When Rainbow got to the jeweler in the middle of town it was a little later then 10 at night, but luckily there was still light coming from the store. "Oh no, it closes at 10!" she said when she sat down outside the door. "Ugh now what? I got all this stuff for nothing!" "Did you?" she herd a voice say. Then she turned around and saw a old unicorn standing in the jeweler's doorway. "Come on in." He said guiding her inside. "So," He said, "what do you need at my little old jewelry store?" "Well, I kinda have this design for a necklace for my marefriend..." Then she stopped talking, feeling her face turning red realizing what she had just said. "I-I mean my umm uh..." then she hung her head and sighed. "Now listen here missy" he said, which made Rainbow pick up her head, "I have nothing against the kind of love you have, and that isn't anything to be embarrassed about. Its the way you feel and nothing can change that." Despite not even knowing this kind old man's name, she reached over the table and hugged him and cried into his shoulder. "Its alright." he said patting her on the back "Its just that..." she sobbed, "there are people who aren't as accepting as you are, and who are cruel..." "I know there are some ponies in this world who can't be as accepting as the rest of us." After crying into his shoulder a little more she went back onto her side of the table and tried to regain her composure. "Now," he said "what would you like for me to make for your marefriend?" "Here." She said handing over a sheet of paper. He studied over it a while and responded, "Yes I can make this for you, and I like the design. You are quite the artist." She started blushing again. "Thanks, and here I have the gems for it already." dumping out the contents of her bag. "These are beautiful, the necklace will look perfect." He said "And umm here." Rainbow said pulling out the diamond Rarity gave her. "Will this be enough?" "Oh my dear, no payment is necessary." "But I can't let you just do this for free." Rainbow responded. "I'll tell you what, I say I need no payment but you want me to take this diamond. Give me a single bit and we'll call it even, if you invite me to the wedding." "Oh that's not what this is for, its just a gift but here." She said putting a bit on the table. "Well whenever it does happen, promise you'll invite me?" "Of course." She giggled. Before she walked out she turned back and asked, "Hey you never told me your name?" "You can just call me Shiner." He winked at her as she walked out the door into the night.