CHAPTER TWO
Rarity stared in utter shock at the creature in the tub. It looks harmless enough. Actually, it looks... frightened. She began to feel a bit sorry for the Changeling.
"Um..."Rarity was still hesitant, "Do you... Do you have a name?"
The small Changeling stared fearfully up at Rarity. "M-my n-name is Em-mer-rald..."
"So um... Emerald, why are you here in Ponyville?" Rarity was still wary, not quite sure what to expect from the young Changeling.
"I left the hive. I don't want to be around other Changelings, they just make fun of me, even the ones I thought were my friends..." she trailed off.
Rarity pitied the creature. Even if it was a Changeling, it was still only a child. “I suppose you could stay here—” she paused. “But just for tonight,” she added hastily.
Emerald widened her cerulean eyes. “Y-you really mean it?”
Rarity gave what she hoped to be a warm smile. “Yes, I really do. The conditions are still the same, you sleep in my room. Except…” She paused. “Except you can only come out if I say so.”
Emerald nodded. “Okay, I guess that’s fair, I mean you probably don’t want to be caught housing a Changeling after what happened at that wedding in Canter… Canter... Well, whatever it was called.”
Rarity thought back to the wedding and shuddered. “Canterlot. And yes, you’re right about that, but don’t get any ideas. Just because I’m letting you stay for tonight doesn't mean I trust you.” She made sure she was making her point clear.
“I-I know Miss...”
“Rarity. My name is Rarity. And personally, I’d rather not be called ‘Miss’, it makes me feel old,” Rarity said. Then she stuck her head out of the bathroom to check the hall. “Okay,” she said, turning back to Emerald. “Let’s get you to my room before Sweetie Belle gets up to get her nightly drink,” she said, levitating Emerald out of the tub. “I mean seriously, why doesn't she take a drink before she gets in bed so she doesn't have to get back up?” she murmured, half to herself.
Emerald pondered this as she followed Rarity into another room. “Maybe she just isn't thirsty before bed,” she fathomed.
“Huh?” Rarity was confused for a moment. “Oh, you mean Sweetie Belle! Well, that’s one presumption, but in my opinion, she just wants an excuse to get back out of bed.”
Emerald watched in silence as Rarity dumped a bunch of magazines out of a wicker basket and set it down near her own bed. She wanted to follow Rarity when she left the room, but didn't. Rarity soon re-entered the bedroom with a blanket and what looked like one of the pillows from the couch downstairs.
“There, you can sleep here, and in the morning, once it’s safe, you can leave to go…wherever it is your going,” Rarity said, getting into her own bed.
“Thank you, I’m glad I could stay here,” Emerald replied.
Rarity didn't answer, but listened as Emerald’s breathing evened as she fell asleep.
More to come! WOOO! I can hardly wait
I have a feeling this one will turn out good. Keep up the good work!
4906083 storms?
4906086 yeah, storms, lol don't want my computer fried from a surge, or lose my progress from an outage
(lol, on my phone and auto-correct tried to change outage to ostrich)
That's one good thing I like about Google Docs, it saves practically as you're typing.
We wonder if Rarity is going call up the other Elements? I'm glad she's not going psycho like most authors have the ponies flip out, but it makes you wonder if she'll just toss her out with a "Good luck!", especially if she's portraying the Element of Generosity.
Keep going! ;)
5138210 I am having major writers block lol, my mind is blank--I've tried everything!
Well it's been just long enough that I don't remember specific details of the story, but if we recall correctly, our plot predictions have the mc getting kicked out of Rarity 's in the morning to wander around the town,after which she either encounters a filly group (CMC or the bullies, or maybe some new group) or someone else, and introduces a level one conflict (hopefully). The timeline gets a bit more complicated after that, so predictions become increasingly inaccurate. timey wimey and all that stuff.
Of course, in another plot line Rarity had secretly called upon Twilight and the mc will awaken to a bio analytics station..... Depends on you really!
5246599 Actually, (a little spoiler here)
Emerald nearly ran into Sweetie Belle and Sweetie Belle is getting suspicious.
5246606 not too far off then eh?
5246611 I plan on Rarity getting attached to Emerald and haven't really gotten past there
5246650 hmm, well along that plot line you will probably need to involve Spike and get in a Pinkie Promise to avoid loss of secrecy.... We would definitely tread carefully though unless you fall into a trope ...
moar if you don't mind