Chapter 10: To The Spa!
It was quiet that afternoon in Ponyville. Everypony was lazing about, nothing to do, not a care in the world. If it was because of a holiday or just a rare occasion where the town is silent, Sombra didn't know. He appreciated the quietness and decided to take this opportunity to read the rest of his Daring Do book.
The drama and stress of dealing with his unfortunate dream had taken his ability to focus on anything but his thoughts away from him. He'd spent most of spare time brooding, trying to figure out ways to make his meetings with Pinkie less awkward, but it seemed to be making everything much, much worse.
Whenever he was around her, she would get fidgety and start acting even more random than she normally did, ever-changing the subject of their dialogue. Although he gave no hint at the reason for his apprehensiveness, she was just as, if not more, awkward around him than he was with her.
The door to the library opened, but instead of being Pinkie, like Sombra expected, it was Rarity. She elegantly stepped into the room, her head held high, as if strutting on the runway at a fashion show.
"Rarity?" Twilight asked, obviously surprised by her unicorn friend's sudden appearance, "What are you doing here?"
Rarity flipped her mane dramatically, then let out a sigh. "I came to request something of you, Twilight," she replied, then spared a glance at Sombra. She gave him a quick look up and down, inspecting him for a brief moment before smiling to herself. Sombra began to feel uncomfortable under her gaze and was tempted to pull the blankets over himself to prevent her from looking at him any further.
"What is it that you need, Rarity?" Twilight asked, not catching the look she had given Sombra.
"I was wondering if you would like to accompany the girls and myself to the spa," she said simply, "it's been forever since we've gone, don't you think?"
'That's it?' Sombra thought to himself, 'She just wanted to know if Twilight wanted to go to the spa?' It was a silly request, and to make such a big show of it was just as, if not more.
"Well, I'd love to!" Twilight exclaimed, then dimmed as she glanced over at Sombra, "But, I can't leave Sombra alone here; and I don't think Spike wants to watch him either."
Rarity waved a hoof dismissively. "Bring him along!" she proclaimed, "I'm sure he'll love to get some relaxation!"
Although Rarity's behavior was rather questionable, he had to admit that the offer was rather tempting. It had been over a millennia since he had received pampering of any kind; perhaps it wouldn't hurt to take a trip to the spa.
"Sounds like a plan," Sombra added in, earning a rather surprised look from Twilight. Rarity pointed hoof into the air triumphantly.
"You see?" she said, "He said he'd love to, as well!" Before Twilight could protest, Rarity grabbed a hold of her and began dragging her towards the library door. "Come along now, Sombra!" she chirped, "We must be on our way!" Sombra hopped out of his cot and followed Rarity and a struggling Twilight out the door, not knowing what was awaiting him.
* * *
Pinkie paced nervously as she waited for Rarity's return to the spa. 'Please hurry back,' she pleaded silently, 'I really need this release!' All of her stress and anxiety had been building up exponentially in the past week, since her rather, adult dream. Every awkward encounter with Sombra seemed to make it far worse than before. For reasons beyond her comprehension, he was acting rather strange with her, more so than she was with him.
'What if he knows?' she thought suddenly, the very idea making her freeze. If he knew that she had thought about him in that way, it could make everything she'd been working so hard to preserve disappear!
"Pinkie, you're acting, um, really antsy," Fluttershy said, breaking Pinkie out of her thoughts. She glanced over at her pegasus friend, who was sitting patiently in the chairs of the waiting room.
"She's probably wonderin' why Rares is takin' so long," Applejack answered, saving Pinkie from explaining herself.
She was right about that; Pinkie had wanted Rarity to return quickly so that she discuss her concerns further. She regretfully told her unicorn friend about her dream, thus causing Rarity to pry and ask for details, which she hesitantly shared. After explaining in vivid detail as to what happened, Rarity was more than happy to offer insight.
"Sombra's an attractive stallion, Pinkie!" she told her, "Oh, don't give me that look; you aren't the only one to look, you know!" Pinkie felt herself become angry as she remembered the time he had flirted with Berry Punch. Needless to say, encounters with the drinking mare had been nothing less of tense and awkward.
Pinkie's anticipation was eating her alive at this point. She was hoping that she could discuss ways to deal with her newfound attraction to Sombra, seeing as how Rarity had the most experience at dating than all of the girls combined. Her patience was wearing thin enough as is and anymore waiting was going to be the end of her.
Rainbow Dash let out a groan as she hovered in the air, flipping over so she was upside down.
"Why is she taking so long?" she moaned, "What, is she dragging Twilight here?" As if on cue, in came Rarity, dragging Twilight in after her. The alicorn appeared to have been struggling prior to their entrance, but must have given up sometime along the way to the spa. Pinkie leaped at the sight of her friends and let out a cheer.
"Yay!" she exclaimed, then clapped her hooves excitedly, "Now we can start--" She stopped once she caught sight of Sombra, who followed in after Rarity.
"Sombra?" she squeaked, her enthusiasm turning to dread. 'Don't look at his face,' she told herself, 'Don't look at his face, don't look at his-- shoot, I looked!' Whenever she looked at him, she was reminded of the dream she had and then she remembered how his lips had molded against hers perfectly, the very memory causing her to blush.
"What are you doing here?" asked Fluttershy, obviously surprised by his sudden appearance. Before he could reply, Rarity stepped in.
"Why, I invited him!" she proclaimed, "And he happily accepted!"
Applejack quirked a brow upwards suspiciously, then eyed Sombra.
"Did he now?" she inquired, then glanced over at Pinkie. After looking at both of them, she smiled to herself and raised her eyebrows. "Why, that's mighty strange of you," she said, sneaking a knowing look at Pinkie, "any particular reason why you came?"
Sombra narrowed his eyes at her and leaned towards her. "If it's because you think I'm feminine for coming to a spa, then you're wrong," he replied, "I came because, as a king--"
"Former king," Twilight corrected.
"--I am aware that somepony of my standing must be in mint condition if I'm to travel around the public," he finished, sneaking a sideways glare at Twilight.
"You haven't been to the spa before and you've been Ponyville for months!" Rainbow countered, throwing her hooves up. Sombra gave her a blank look, then raised his eyebrows at her.
"Your point being?" he inquired, causing Rainbow to smack her hoof to her face as she groaned. Rarity stepped between the two ponies and clapped her hooves together.
"Less talk, more relaxation!" she exclaimed, then called out to the mare behind the desk, "Lotus, the usual, if you please!" Aloe smiled and ushered the seven ponies into pairs as she pointed them to their rooms. As Pinkie walked with Fluttershy, she looked over her shoulder to see Sombra was left alone as the six mares went off into pairs.
"I shall put you with Miss Rarity, seeing as how you are both unicorns!" Lotus told him, pushing him towards the white unicorn. Rarity grabbed his hoof, causing Pinkie to bristle slightly, then dragged him with her.
"Come along, now!" she said, "We're going to the steam room first!" Pinkie felt herself turn green as she watched her best friend walk with her crush, the very sight making her grind her teeth.
"Um, Pinkie?" Fluttershy whispered, breaking through Pinkie's inner turmoil once again. Pinkie shook her head and turned towards her pegasus friend.
"Right, uh, sorry!" she said, rushing past her into the room. Fluttershy looked like she wanted to say something, but thought better of it and shook her head lightly.
'I really hope Rarity doesn't say anything to Sombra,' she thought, glancing at the two unicorns as they walked into the steam room, 'the last thing I need is for Sombra to know about... that.' Deciding it best not to think about something stressful, she pushed her negative thoughts from her mind and went to enjoy pleasantries of the spa.
* * *
"How in Equestria did you get your horn to look like that?" Aloe asked, in awe of Sombra's, as she put it, "exotic" appearance. She had been asking him questions about how and why he looked the way he did, completely fascinated, despite his flat responses. She had spent a good ten minutes prying him for answers on his onyx mane and how he managed to make it look so "ethereal".
"Over the course of using dark magic, my horn became this way," he explained, causing her to gasp in amazement.
"Dark magic, you say?" she breathed, then smiled widely, "How fascinating! I haven't heard of that kind!" She began to file his horn, staring at it with renewed interest. Sombra sighed in content and allowed the spa pony to work her magic.
"Oh, yes," he said as his muscles relaxed, "I've missed this so much..." Rarity giggled and pulled up one of her cucumber eye covers to sneak a look at Sombra. He had his mane wrapped up in a towel, while a minimal amount of facial cream covered his cheeks and had declined the offer of cucumber eye covers. He wore a white robe with golden accents, making him look feminine.
"I should bring you to the spa more often!" she said, putting the cucumber down, "You're more fun than I expected!" Once Aloe put the file down, Sombra picked his head up from between his hooves and quirked a brow at her.
"Don't you come here with the other girls?" he asked, causing Rarity to sigh dramatically.
"Fluttershy doesn't get to come as often, what with her watching Discord," she said, "and Twilight's duties as a princess has made it difficult to plan anything with her. Applejack and Rainbow Dash aren't very fond of the spa; this is one of the only times they agreed to come. And Pinkie Pie is rather--"
"Pinkie?" Aloe repeated, then clucked her tongue disapprovingly, "The last time she was here, she cannon balled into the hot spring! I threatened to have her banned if she did it again!"
Sombra laughed lightly. "That sounds like her, alright!" he said, earning a sharp look from Aloe, "Sorry." Aloe shook her head and sighed.
"It's quite alright," she said, then asked, "what's your relationship with Pinkie Pie? I didn't think you'd know someone so... random!"
Rarity giggled. "Indeed, she is!" she agreed, then looked at Sombra mischievously while she added slyly, "Sombra's a special friend of Pinkie's." Aloe dropped the hoof file from her mouth as she gaped at Sombra.
"Oh!" she exclaimed, "Beg pardon, sir!" Sombra gave Rarity a sideways glare, but she wasn't able to see it.
"That is not what I am," he told her, causing Rarity to frown, "if anything, we're barely friends." Rarity quirked a brow upwards at him.
"Oh?" she inquired, "Then would you mind explaining why you spent the night with her all those weeks ago?" Sombra and Aloe's jaws dropped simultaneously. Sombra was the first to recover and scooped his jaw off the floor.
"That didn't mean anything!" he defended, sitting up.
"Why, I never knew Pinkie was capable of doing something so... intimate!" Aloe exclaimed, obviously still shocked. Sombra ignored her and continued to glare at Rarity, who had removed her cucumber covers to face him.
"Or, perhaps you'd care to tell me why I saw you cuddling with her beforehoof?" Rarity countered, causing Sombra to break his glare as he gaped at her. His cheeks became aflame with embarrassment, showing through the facial cream on them.
"That meant absolutely nothing," he growled through gritted teeth, forcing his face to return to it's normal color.
"Really?" Rarity snorted, "I think otherwise. I believe that you do like her; you're just too stupid to realize it." Sombra jumped down from the table and leaned into Rarity's face as he snarled.
'What do you know?' Conscious said, 'I'm not the only one!'
"Shut up!" Sombra exclaimed, more to Conscious than Rarity. Rarity gasped, then gritted her teeth as she growled.
"Why, I never!" she exclaimed, standing up on the table, "And to think that Pinkie actually likes you!" Sombra's jaw dropped and his eyes widened, while Rarity continued to glare at him. After a brief moment, Rarity seemed to realize just what she said and put her hooves to her face in horror as she let out a small squeak.
"Run that by me again?" he said, his previous anger forgotten. Rarity shoved a hoof into his mouth and leaned in really close to his face.
"You cannot tell her I told you!" she hissed, "She'll kill me!" Sombra smacked her hoof away and glared at her.
"What, did you Pinkie Promise not to tell?" he asked, rolling his eyes. Rarity looked down shamefully and tapped her hooves nervously. Both Sombra and Aloe gawked at her, the latter of the two fainting almost immediately.
"Sweet mother of Tartarus..." he murmured, his eyes growing wide with fear, "do you have any idea how much danger you've put us in?!" Rarity waved her hooves frantically, then grabbed Sombra by the shoulders.
"Don't tell her, please!" she begged, "You've seen how she gets whenever somepony breaks one of her promises!"
Sombra shuddered as he remembered the fateful day when he broke his promise to Pinkie. She was beyond furious with him and she had steam literally billowing out of her ears as she screeched at him ferociously. It had been the very thing to trigger his strange visions of her and himself, the reason beyond his knowledge.
"Well, I can't not pretend I didn't hear what you just said!" he told her. Rarity began to trot in place, anxiety coming off of her in waves.
"Oh, this is bad!" she squealed, putting her face in hooves, "I wish I stayed out of her business!"
"What in Tartarus are you talking about?" he snarled, eyeing her suspiciously. Rarity sighed and put a hoof to her head dramatically.
"Pinkie came to me for advice on the matter this morning," she told him, causing his eyes to go wide, "the poor dear didn't know what to do! She told me she's never dealt with something like this before."
Sombra arched a brow upwards. "Didn't she have an old coltfriend?" he asked, putting his hoof to his chin in thought, "What was his name; Barry, was it?"
Rarity frowned at him and shook her head. "Baritone," she corrected, "and yes, while that was an actual relationship for her, she'd never dealt with... admiring somepony in such a way."
"In what way?" he inquired, his interest piqued. Rarity gasped and put a hoof to her mouth in shock dramatically.
"I've said too much!" she said in a stage whisper, then leaned towards Sombra, "Promise me you won't tell her that I told you! She'll be absolutely furious!"
Sombra nodded. "I promise I won't tell her," he vowed. Rarity grabbed him by the shoulders and shoved her nose into his as she intently stared into his eyes.
"Pinkie Promise me!" she begged, "I can't risk her finding out that I told you!" Sombra backed away from her and watched as she jutted out her lower lip while her sapphire eyes warbled. He let out a heavy sigh and held up his hoof.
"Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my freaking eye," he droned, going through with the motions begrudgingly. Rarity let out a sigh of relief and fanned herself.
"Thank Celestia," she breathed, "I've been positively frazzled since Pinkie told me about her... attraction to you." Sombra raised his eyebrows at her.
"I can relate, in a way," he told her, muttering the last part. Rarity's ears perked upwards and she arched a brow upwards.
"How so?" she asked, then gasped, "Sombra, are you saying that you find Pinkie--?"
"Don't you say it!" Sombra interrupted, but it didn't stop her.
"--attractive?"
Sombra smacked a hoof to his head and groaned loudly, then dragged his hoof down his face. "I might as well tell you, then," he admitted, causing her eyes to widen, "but keep your mouth shut about it, you hear?"
Rarity nodded quickly, then mimed zipping her mouth shut. Sombra looked around the room, then peeked out the door to check if anypony was around. When he saw the coast was clear, he closed the door gently, as to avoid suspicion.
"Alright," he said finally, "it all started a couple months ago..."
* * *
"Aloe?"
Aloe opened her eyes and cringed as light flooded her corneas.
"Lotus?" she asked groggily, "Lotus, is that you?" Her twin sister came into view as her vision focused.
"Ally, you were unconscious when I found you," Lotus told her. Aloe's eyes widened and she began to remember the cause of her fainting.
"Oh, Lo, you won't believe what I heard!" she exclaimed, sitting up in bed. Lotus attempted to put her back down, but Aloe wouldn't have any of it.
"What could have caused you so much distress that you fainted, Al?" Lotus asked, concern lacing her tone. Aloe looked around briefly, looking to see if anypony was listening. After checking, she ushered her sister to come closer so she whisper something to her.
"Do you remember that stallion that came in with Miss Rarity?" she whispered. Lotus' eyes widened and she nodded ecstatically as she grinned.
"Why, yes!" she gushed, "He was simply divine, yes? So exotic looking!" Aloe smiled at her sister, seeing as how she thought the same thing.
"Well, then you are not going to believe who he's in a relationship with!"
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love it need more
....Hot spring. NOW
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Ha. Sorry, boo, as said before, Chapter 11 was far enough! But feel free to submit this idea as your own or offer to a writer willing to go that far!
Oh, what a tangeled web Sombra and Pinkie Pie weave.
dammit spa sisters!
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That sums it up pretty well.
Oh sweet mother of God, a pinkie promise has been broken, then it got duct taped...
5639303 it's the end of the world THE END IS NERE THE END IS hoooo a pinke promis
Pinkie promises need to come with a contingency for instant friendship repair. Due to the breaking of the Pinkie Promise.
Else we will have another "Green isn't your color," moment.
I knew it was gonna happen but I still faceplamed