Nnnnngh... my head... where... where am I?
There was a bright light as she tried to open her eyes.
Ahh... so bright...
She started stirring and moaning.
There was a voice.
“Rarity? …Doctor, she's waking up!”
“Miss Dash, that's what you said two days- ...Nurse, over here, stat!”
She heard ponies entering the room and then Rainbow Dash's voice again, “I- I've gotta go tell our friends, I'll be back soon!”
Rarity tried to remember what happened, but she was delerious, she just couldn't think straight. She felt a hoof on her shoulder, “Miss Rarity, you need to relax.”
The doctor gave her a shot and told her to relax once more. Eventually, she started to come to; Rarity opened her eyes to the blinding light and blinked a few times. She was greeted with the smiling faces of all of her friends.
Twilight was the first to speak, “You're awake! We were so worried about you!”
“Uungh... what happened? Where am I?”
Twilight stared at her nervously for a second.
“Well... you were in an accident, Rarity... you've been asleep for about two and a half months.”
T- two months!? But... but...
Rarity, shocked to her core, lost consciousness once more.
Uhhh... still with the headaches...
Rarity opened her eyes to the familiar hospital room; she rubbed her head with a hoof, moaning at the pain of her headache.
“Well, I was wondering when you'd come back around...”
Rainbow Dash was reading a book to her right in a hospital chair.
Rainbow... why is she still here? What's that around her eyes? It looks like...
Rarity examined Rainbow's face closer for a second as Rainbow put away her book; Rainbow was a little put off by this action.
“Is... something the matter, Rarity?”
“Oh... uh, no; it's fine.”
Running mascara? Has Rainbow been crying? ...Has Rainbow been wearing mascara?!?
“Are... are you sure? Cause you look like something's on your mind.”
“No... it's just that... well... have you been crying?”
“N- no! Of course not! ...Well... maybe a little... I... I'm just so happy you're back!”
“Well, I'm glad to be-”
Rarity was cut off by the moist eyed Rainbow Dash kissing her deeply.
What is? Huh? I don't.
“A-hem!”
Rainbow pulled away and smiled warmly at Rarity's shocked face.
“Hope I'm not interrupting anything...”
Rainbow looked towards the door, away from the momentarily catatonic Rarity, before sitting back down in her chair.
“Nah, Twi; you're fine. What's up?”
Did Rainbow just kiss me? Surely that was just some delusion brought on by the coma... yeah... and Twilight didn't seem to notice.
“Really? Cause it looked a lot like I should give you two some private time; I can come back later if you wanna make out some more.”
Hmm... well, there's not much room for interpretation there...
“So... I'm confused.”
“What about, Rares?”
“Well... WHY THE HAY DID YOU JUST KISS ME?!?”
Twilight looked at her, confused; while Rainbow had a distinctly worried face.
“Uhh... is there something wrong, Rares? You never seemed to mind it before.”
Never seemed to...? Just what is happening?!?
“Erm... Twilight... can I... speak to you privately?”
Twilight looks at Rainbow, while Rainbow just shrugs, “Alright, Rares; whatever you want.” Rainbow walks out of the room to wait.
“Rarity... she's been sitting at your side every day since the accident... what could be so important that she can't hear it?
“E- every day?”
“Yeah...” Twilight, with worry on her face, looked at Rarity, “The only thing I can think of...”
Twilight dawned a smile that rivaled that of a Pinkie Pie smile, “Ohmygosh! Ohmygosh!”
Rarity looked at her like she was about to explode.
“Don't tell me! Before the accident, you were planning on asking her to marry you!!!”
Rarity coughed at the surprising guess, “Buh... huh, wha? Marry? What... what are you talking about!?! I just wanted to ask you if you knew why Rainbow Dash just kissed me!!!”
Twilight arched an eyebrow at her, “Because you two had been dating for... oh, about half a year... more actually, before the accident... don't you...”
A look of realization dawned on Twilight, “Oh my... Rarity... what's the last thing you remember? Like, what was the last thing we all did as a group?”
Rarity contemplated the question for a while, The last thing we did as a group... Well I remember tasting Pinkie Pie's new cake frosting recipe... That seems like it was at most a few days ago...
“Well, I remember the get together at Sugarcube Corner, where we-”
“Celebrated you two beginning your relationship?”
“No... tasted cake frosting.”
Twilight contemplated that; trying to remember when the was, “Hmm, oh! Right! That was about...“
Twilight looked grimly at Rarity, “That was almost ten months ago...”
“Oh my... that long?” Twilight nodded, “And what about me and Rainbow? When did... when did we start dating?”
“Well... Probably about a week after that get together.”
Rarity sighed dejectedly.
“You know, amnesia like this is common after a long coma; I'm sure you'll get your memory back at some point.” Twilight smiled weakly in an attempt to comfort her.
Rarity sat there quietly thinking about her predicament.
“Did you want me to tell her for you?”
Tell her for me? No, I can't have Twilight do that; she sat by my bedside every day for over two months! Rainbow deserves to hear it from me.
“No... I should tell her; she should probably just... I mean, I don't feel that way for her... we'll just have to be apart until I get my memory back...”
Twilight sighed, “Yeah, Rainbow won't like it, but I'm sure she'll understand... Although,where is she going to live?”
Where will she live? What does she mean?
“What? In her cloud house, of course; where else?”
Twilight smile sheepishly at Rarity, “Right, memory loss; well... you two live together; she sold her cloud house a couple of months ago.”
There was a knock on the door before Rainbow entered through it, “Are you two done yet? Cause doc here says that I can take you home, Rares.”
The same doctor as before walked in after Dash, “Oh yes, everything checks out; I'm sure Miss Dash here will take excellent care of you,” he told Rarity with a wink.
Twilight decided that there was no longer anything she could do for Rarity and dimissed herself, “Uhhh... well I've gotta get going now; see you guys later!”
Well, it feels nice to get outside; it's a beautiful evening. Well, it only seems like I was in that room for about a day... it does seem odd that I was let out so soon...
Rarity was snapped out of her thoughts, as Rainbow pushed her wheelchair through town, by a terrible sight... she saw the ponies of Ponyville... more specifically, their manes! And their clothes!
What is this? I'm gone for less than three months and suddenly nopony knows how to style their manes?!
Everypony in town they passed by had the same horrible manecut and attire. The manes were a horrifying, jagged, almost frazzled mess! And they were all wearing horrible looking leg warmers and terrible neon bracelets! It was as if the world of fashion was transported back thirty years or so, to the time of cheesy songs and over the top movies: the neighties!
Rarity visibly cringed at the sight of everypony that they passed by... in fact, now that she thought about it without the shock of Rainbow kissing her (and waking up from a coma), Twilight and Rainbow both had those same manecuts!
Stay calm, Rarity; it's not the end of the world... not yet. We can still fix this! We? Yes, Rarity! We! We just need to lead them by example; we need to get home and fix our mane and everypony will see it and the error of their ways.
Rainbow Wheeled Rarity into the main room of Carousel Boutique, “Sweetie Belle, we're home!”
Sweetie Belle squealed in delight at having her big sister back and rushed down the stairs to hug her. Rarity, on the other hand, flinched, as if some had tried to strike her, as Sweetie dove into her with her hooves outstretched. Sweetie had the same manecut and clothes as everypony else! Her friends or others in town were one thing; but her own sister? Had she not taught her better than that?
“Sweetie Belle; it's so good to see you again!”
“Yeah, you too, sis; we were all so worried!”
“Yes, I'm sure you were... but... where, uh... where did you get those clothes?”
Sweetie looked at her, confused, “My clothes? Err, you gave them to me for my last birthday...”
Rarity just stared at her for a moment, “Of- of course! How could I have forgotten?”
Rainbow wheeled Rarity to the stairs; she was still weak from the coma, so Rainbow insisted that she help her up the stairs. They entered the bedroom and Rainbow assisted her in getting in the bed.
Ok... well, now for the hard part; I need to tell Rainbow that I don't remember our relationship... I just hope she doesn't take it too hard...
Rarity looks at Rainbow seriously, “Rainbow... there's something I need to tell you... I-”
“You look a little tense, Rares; let me help with that.” Rainbow flew up behind Rarity before she could even react. She then started to massage her shoulders.
“So, Rainbow, I need to tell... mmm... oh my...”
How do you even do that with hooves? Like how do you-aahhhh... I am a little tense, so I suppose it can wait until after...
Rarity leaned back into Rainbow as she was given the best massage of her life.
Well... I could get used to this... I really should tell her, though-
Her train of thought was interrupted as Rainbow whispered in her ear, “I've missed you, Rares... but now that you're back, how about we have some fun?” before kissing the back of her neck.
Hmm... perhaps I've let this go too far... nah, I'll tell her tomorrow.
“Oh... umm, I am rather tired right now; how about you just keep massaging and... we... can talk about it tomorrow?”
Rainbow Dash just chuckled softly, “That's fine, Rares... I thought you might not be up to it your first night back, but I've just missed you so much.”
“Mmmm...” Rarity replied, lost in the ministrations of Dash's apparently magical hooves, before falling asleep.
Mmmm... what a good night's sleep... I feel like I could just lay in bed all day long. Hmm, why does this bed feel so much more comfy than normal? And a bit warmer... and somepony is laying next to me... right...
“Ahh!” Rarity pushed her hooves against Rainbow Dash, who was sleeping peacefully with her hooves wrapped around Rarity.
Rarity, who was closer to the edge, crashed onto the floor before Rainbow realized what was happening, “Ohmygosh! Rarity! Are you alright?”
She rushed to Rarity's side, putting her wing around her and hugging her closely.
Rarity blushed a bit at the close proximity (and the fact that they had just slept in each others' hooves) and nodded her head, “I'm fine, Rainbow.”
“Whew... wouldn't want anything to happen to that pretty flank of yours, would we?” Dash said with a smirk.
Rarity laughed nervously and gently pushed Rainbow away, “Well... now that we're both up, I'll go start breakfast.” She then ran down the stairs and into the bathroom to fix her mane.
Come on, Rarity! You need to tell her; it'll stop all of these awkward... well, awkward for me... situations from forming.
With her hair done, she passed Rainbow, who gave her a confused look as she took her turn in the bathroom, and entered the kitchen to make breakfast, “Oh, before I forget, Rares; everypony has a surprise for you at Sugarcube Corner, so we can just eat breakfast there.”
Rarity halted her breakfast plans as she waited for Rainbow to finish with the bathroom so she could inform her of her own memory loss.
Rainbow exited the bathroom and shot Rarity a concerned look, “So, what happened to your mane, Rares?”
My mane? What does she mean my mane?!?
Rarity looked shocked and appalled at Rainbow's question, “What do you mean what happened to my mane? What the hay happened to yours?! The way you usually just let it go was bad enough; but this is worse!!”
Rainbow looked genuinely hurt, “Oh... umm, this is the way everypony wears their mane now; I figured you'd like it if I kept up with the fashion trends... this one started a little after your accident, but... if you don't like it...”
Rainbow turned around and her head drooped and she pawed the group dejectedly with a hoof.
Oh no, what have I done... I may not feel the same way about her as she does for me, but... I've never seen her like this...
“No... no, wait!” Rainbow slowly turned around, “I... I'm terribly sorry I yelled at you, Rainbow... I'm, uhh, just under a lot of stress,” Rarity smiled weakly.
Rainbow's face brightened at Rarity's apology and she accepted it with a hug and a short kiss on the cheek.
“It's fine, Rares... I understand,” Rainbow thought for a bit, “But... how come you've gone back to calling me 'Rainbow?' It just sounds so... strange coming from you, after, you know... what you usually call me...”
Rarity looked at Rainbow questioningly, “What I usually call you?”
Rainbow looked around nervously, “...Do I really have to say it?”
What does she mean 'what I usually call her?' Oh my word! I have a pet name for Rainbow Dash!? And she wants me to use it?!?
Rarity smirked a bit, “Why don't you refresh my memory, hmm?”
Rainbow groaned and whispered something inaudibly.
“What was that?” Rarity replied while leaning closer to Dash.
“Your... Dashie- Washie...”
“Still can't hear you... Well, if it's not that important, then-”
“Your Dashie- Washie...”
Rarity stared at her, once again, shocked, “You... want me to call you My Dashie- Washie?”
“N-no, not around our friends,” Rainbow crossed her hooves indignantly, “you can stop that... just, you know; in private.”
This is so very strange... It seems that we were very much in love... it's probably a shame that I don't remember any of it... Perhaps I should go about this differently. Maybe I should embrace this relationship I apparently have with Rainbow; maybe it'll help me remember if I spend time with her...
Rainbow cleared her throat to snap Rarity out of her thoughts, “You know, we should probably get going; we need to get to Sugarcube Corner to meet the others.”
“Alright, lets go then!”
Rainbow looked at her hesitantly, “Erm... don't you think you should fix your mane, though? I mean, you did tell me to never let you go out while you were 'unfashionable.'”
Right... this isn't the current fashion... but the current fashion looks dreadful...
“But... I, uh, want my mane to be like this today!”
“Rarity... I'm sorry, but even AJ is wearing this style mane right now... she's more fashionable than you at this moment in time!”
Applejack?!? More fashionable than me!?! Nononono!!!
Rarity looked as though somepony had threatened to dye her coat green, “NO!!!”
Rarity ran into the bathroom to “fix” her mane.
Rarity whined a bit as she was led through town, blindfolded, to Sugarcube Corner, “Are we there yet?”
“Almost... no peeking.”
Rarity heard the bell that signified that they had arrived.
“You alright, Rares?”
Rarity smirked, knowing that their friends were nearby, “ Of course, my Dashie- Washie.”
“Ok, you can take off the blindfold.”
Rarity removed the blindfold to the sight of all of her friends, manes done normally and barely suppressing their laughter, sitting at a table.
Rarity just looked at them with a blank stare, “Hi... err, what's with your manes?”
“...”
“Pfffft, bahahaha,” Rainbow fell on the ground, clutching her sides in laughter.
She was followed shortly, by Applejack, “*snort* heheh, Ah can't believe that worked!”
Rarity leaned over to Rainbow, who was still on the ground, laughing, “Uhh... Dashie, dear... what's going on?”
“Baaaahh hahaha, you, *snort* with the coma, pfffft, and your mane!!”
Twilight approached Rarity with a guilty look, “Umm... you see, Rarity... you weren't really in a coma...”
“Errr, what?”
“Yeah... we kinda faked everything... it's only been a day since we were all in Sugarcube Corner...”
Rarity looked lost, “Bu- bu- but... the doctor... and Rainbow... and... and...”
“Yeah... well... apparently when a princess tells somepony to do something, they agree to it really easily...”
“But... how did you make me feel so drowsy all of the time??”
Everypony just looked around awkwardly.
Rarity's face contorted into one of rage, “You drugged me?!?”
“...”
“Why the buck did you ponies do this!?!”
Everypony just stared blankly at Rarity's enraged form for a second before all pointing at Rainbow and saying, “It was Dash's idea!”
Pinkie Pie nervously added, “Ye- yeah, she said it would be funny!”
Rainbow stopped laughing as she realized her predicament, “Hmm... guess I didn't think this through.”
Rarity took a moment to collect herself before turning towards Rainbow.
“Heeeyyy, Rarity... heh heh... fake coma... ya gotta admit that's pretty funny...”
Rainbow just smiled sheepishly as Rarity approached her.
“Comon, Rares; it was just a joke, you don't-”
Rarity slapped her across the face.
“Ow, Rarity, the hay-”
Rainbow was interrupted as Rarity pulled her in and kissed her deeply, before shoving her away and leaving.
Everypony just looked on confused.
“Well, that went better than Ah expected.”