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// L62 
// Story: A little loopy. 
// by FaelaArts 
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The First National Bank of Equestria was the only bank company in Equestria. A few competitors had tried during its early inception, but had not been able to compete with their established market. After all, why would ponies change to their bank when not only could they not provide cheaper loans, but they only had one main city you could borrow from.

So when a filly walked into the bank, saddlebags in tow, humming a merry tune, nopony looked twice as she moved up the line. It was only when she pulled out what looked to be a bomb at the counter that she got every single pony’s undivided attention. Sweetie smiled pleasantly to the mare behind the counter, and held out the bomb, sliding it across to her.

“Hello, I’d like to take out all the money from my account.” Smiling, Sweetie waited patiently as the mare tried to appear normal, and asked her what account she was trying to access. Pursing her lip for a moment, Sweetie pretended to think about it.

“Oh I don’t know. I seem to have forgotten, so how about I rob all of them instead?” A cheerful sing-song tune entered her voice as she beamed an innocent smile, and the mare glanced toward the guards slowly advancing on the filly. Spotting her glance, the filly turned and rolled her eyes, shrugging as if everything was only a minor annoyance.

“Honestly, your service is terrible.” As her horn lit up, the four stallions charged. Each one was knocked out with a simple spell, and fell to the floor instantly. Sweetie once more approached the counter. Smiling, she tapped her hoof against it.

“A-And uh, who should I make it out to?” The mare pushed a button underneath her desk, listening to her training and doing everything the robber asked her to do. While she hadn’t been expecting one so young, the bomb ticking down on her side of the bench confirmed it was indeed the case. Handing back the bomb, she motioned to another server to go get the money.

“Sweetie,” she spoke, giving a ‘sweet’ smile. Nopony would believe it was her name. So when Rarity came forward with her picture, that would be such a funny scene to watch. A part of her did feel guilty for putting Rarity through this. But, well, it wasn’t like she’d remember it in a week.

“Here you go.” Holding out a bag of bits, the mare pushed it through to Sweetie’s side. Smiling, she sat it on her back, and picked up her ‘bomb’. In fact, it was just her clock with a few wires and stuff attached to make it look like a bomb. Sweetie had pretended it was a fun game for Scootaloo, Apple Bloom, and her to play. The rest was cake.

Sweetie stepped out of the bank, and looked casually at all the guards surrounding her. To her surprise, Rarity and Twilight were also pointing their horns at her. Pegasi were watching the sky, including Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy, and a small group of Earth Ponies was approaching her from an emergency exit one pony had opened from inside the bank.

“Sweetie Belle!?” Rarity, overcome with surprise, was struck speechless. Sweetie lowered her ‘innocent’ mask, and looked seriously at the crowd. Horn glowing, she watched as they all dived for her, and smiled.

Vanishing in a teleport to her max range, she began to rapidly teleport over town, before entering the Everfree and teleporting the distance back to her tent. Puffing, she collapsed and gasped for breath. After her exertion the other Loop, Sweetie wasn’t surprised teleporting had taken it out of her, but she still scolded herself for it.

’Regardless, I have now robbed a bank.’ Sweetie proudly counted the bits in her bit bag, nodding in satisfaction. So no pony could stop her now, and she could take on a Chimera and win. Now she just had to grow strong enough to take on Twilight.

“Bit-opia. That’s what I’ll call it.” Sweetie smiled, and began using her magic to melt the gold into shapes, slowly transforming her money into a city. It was badly made, but Sweetie took her time, knowing that her artistic talent would come with time.

‘After all, I’m Rarity’s sister.’