Forgiveness

Chapter 39

Starblast bolted into Fluttershy's cottage with Rarity in his hooves. Fluttershy, who had been sitting in a chair reading a book, got up and startledly asked, "Starblast, what's wrong? What-"

"No time, sis," Starblast interrupted, "Rarity's hurt real bad and she's unconscious." Starblast then flew swiftly into his room and set Rarity on the bed. He racked his brain to think of some way to get her out of her unconsciousness. He got on the bed and began shaking her, "Rarity? Rarity?! C'mon ya gotta wake up, please! " He stopped and set her back on the bed. "Please? Wake up."

'This is all my fault,' Starblast thought to himself, 'If I hadn't been such a klutz then Rarity would have been OK.' Starblast lowered his head and started crying, he had put her in this position, and it was all his fault…

With The Autobots…

"Optimus Prime," Twilight told the Autobot leader who had slowed down to see her.

"Yes?"

"If we're going to use this-" She pulled out a box from her saddlebags and showed Optimus the contents, "-We're going to need Fluttershy and Rarity, they're the only ones who can use the Elements of Kindness and Generosity correctly."

"Very well, but you must retrieve them quickly."

Twilight nodded and rushed back to her friends.

"Or we are finished." Optimus stated.

Fluttershy's cottage…

Rarity's eyes slowly fluttered open; she quickly noticed that she wasn't at home. She then remembered her trek through the forest and the tree knocking her out, but where was she? Had she died? She looked over to her left and saw Starblast, his head low, he was crying. "Starblast?" Rarity managed to ask weakly.

Starblast looked up from his weeping and saw Rarity looking at him. "Rarity?"

Rarity nodded.

Starblast smiled through his tears and wrapped his forelegs around her, "Oh Rarity, I'm sorry I was such a klutz at the restaurant, and I'm-"

But before he could finish, Rarity put a hoof on his lips. She looked at him with tears in her eyes and said. "Starblast, you're not the one who should be sorry, I should. I wanted you to be some kind of snobby, spoiled brat like me, but you're not, you're a gentleman. I don't expect you to forgive me after what I did, it was unforgivable. I wouldn't even forgive myself."

"Good thing I'm not you," Starblast half-smiled, and then told her, "Rarity, I forgive you, I couldn't be mad at you, you're not snobby or bratty, I think you're really sweet and generous. Flutter's told me how you've tried to help her come out of her shell a bit more, how you've taken her to the spa, how you made your friends dresses for the grand galloping gala, and how you even cut off your tail to help a sea serpent. That doesn't sound like somepony who's bratty or snobby, that sound like a caring, sweet, generous mare."

Rarity smiled. "Starblast, how I wish I could be your very special somepony, whoever it is, she will be a lucky mare."

"I already found her," Starblast smiled as he ran his hoof through Rarity's purple mane, "And her name is Rarity."

Fluttershy had been watching the whole scene quietly in the doorway, she smiled as the two ponies hugged each other, and she had even shed a few tears. All of the sudden Twilight ran in. "Fluttershy, do you know where Rarity is?"

Before Fluttershy could answer Rarity piped up, "I'm in here Twilight."

Twilight entered and saw her friend on the bed. "Rarity? What happened?"

"I was in the forest and a tree landed on me. I'm fine, all things considered."

"Can you walk?"

"I believe so." Rarity managed to get off the bed (with some assistance from Starblast) and smiled.

"Good, we have to go." Twilight then rushed off with Fluttershy, Starblast, and Rarity in toe.

"Twilight dear what's so important?" Rarity asked, trying to keep up.

"Everything."