So the four of us went over to Carousel Boutique, where Sweetie Belle was supposed to be, and we were all shocked to find her comforting a deathly sick Scootaloo. We walked in at the same time as Apple Bloom came from another room. The trio was surprised to see us (especially me), but we told them what we were doing here and Sweetie had an alarming theory. She thought, "Rarity must have contracted it from your church lady when you were both in Oklahoma a week ago visiting your family, even though the lady was only showing signs of a bad cold! She must have passed it on to Scootaloo, because she's been having the exact same symptoms, but the doctor just said to take care of her at home! Of course, her doctor is notorious for being a terrible healthcare professional... But anyway, you need to get to Rarity!" She handed us the directions to the client's house and said "You get Rarity, we'll stay here and take care of Scootaloo!"
Then I said "No, don't stay here. You need help from somepony else, get Twilight and Applejack. And just be lucky you don't have TB yet!" All of us left, and the Cutie Mark Crusaders went to Sweet Apple Acres to see if Applejack agreed that Scootaloo's doctor is a medical moron. After the three fillies arrived at the apple farm and told AJ everything, she was shocked. She agreed they should get Twilight Sparkle, but first they realized they hadn't eaten any lunch yet so they shared a pie Applejack baked earlier. Then they were off to Twilight's castle.
When they got there and told her all the things that happened today, she couldn't have had a weirder reaction
! LOL, Twilight! They took Scootaloo to the hospital, and this is the part where y'all reading get to hear about me again! OK, so now we're back to the part where Pinkie, Fluttershy, Dash, and I are going to the other side of town to meet Rarity. We've been walking for an hour an a half, and it felt like their hooves and my feet were gonna fall off
! "How much farther?" Rainbow moaned.
I replied "It shouldn't be too bad, Dash! We're almost halfway there! Aw, what's the use?! It's not worth wasting the energy required to talk at this point
!"
Pinkie Pie said "Even I agree with you
!" We were all staring at her in awe
but didn't bother to question it
. We just slowly and painfully walked along, and then we started noticing that the closer we got to Rarity's client's house, there were more and more ponies coughing and sneezing. When we saw Lyra Heartstrings, we said hi and asked her what she was sick with (and FINALLY got a break from walking and standing
!!!) but she had no answer. We just told her to visit her doctor and there was probably an outbreak of something, and to spread the news. We knew what was really going on, but we certainly didn't want to scare anypony. We also told Bon Bon, Carrot Top, Dr. Hooves, Vinyl Scratch, Twist, even Derpy
, and many, many more ponies. When we finally got there at 7:30, we walked into the house only to find her unconscious. We asked the client Rarity had the appointment with (who happened to be Octavia) what happened before we got there, and she told us everything.
"So. I book an appointment to speak with miss Rarity about my new band uniform, right? Well, she comes here coughing up a tornado, and we begin talking, but she couldn't have been more alert and able to talk to and understand me! Well, not so much the talking part, since she kept coughing, but I just assumed she had a particularly bad cold, or pneumonia, or some other disease. Next thing I know, a few hours later, we're discussing the colors of the bowties and then CRASH! Your friend falls on my floor! I tried talking to her but she's either being rude or napping. And just then the four of you come through my door looking more surprised than somepony who got a Nightmare Night present from an idiot stallion in a bunny suit!" She said. We took Rarity out of her house before Octavia could finish saying, "My appointment isn't over for another hour
!!!"
We took Rarity to the hospital and after she woke up, her first question was what the ringing sound coming from my pocket was. I forgot I had my phone, and couldn't believe I hadn't gotten any calls, texts, e-mails, or any other type of notifications since I'd left the house! My mom was calling to tell me to "get your little butt home right now because it's 20 minutes 'til your bedtime, missy
!" I told Dash and Fluttershy to keep an eye on the infected ponies and then hopped on Pinkie Pie, who went so fast we rode straight through the end of the Equestrian dimension and back to mine! Usually that actually works if we can't bake the portal...