Medical Procedures

Rarity’s long day began with the alarm clock ringing loudly next to her head, followed by a quick shower. Shampoo, coat wash, and everything else a mare like her needs to do before the day took way longer than it should have, as usual. She quickly fed Sweetie Belle, kissed her on the forehead before the foal left for school, and got right back to her own little devices.

She would need a well arranged arsenal of equipment for the day ahead. Not for medical stuff and things, but pertaining more towards that outfit Twilight showed her the other day ago. Although it was a great design, and abnormally alluring to her, there was still things missing from it. Particularly, her personal touch.

“I’ll need rubies!” she said while scuffling with herself, pulling her body back and forth from the closet to her bag. If only it was a bit closer, she would only be a few inches away. However, the unicorn was much too busy to make the minor adjustment, and kept on jumping from the open double doors to the saddlebag.

Constantly, Rarity chanted to herself, “Gotta get there early! Gotta have time to design!”

She was thoroughly riveted to work with these new pieces of clothing, just to see how she could improve its style with her trinkets and shiny gemstones. Before strapping up and securing her bag to her waist, she made sure everything was in order. Everything she needed for decorating seemed to be under control, and it was even early enough that Celestia herself might still be having morning coffee, or tea while lifting the sun.

One last glance at the mirror for safely making extra sure she looked flawless, and the pony was all ready to head straight for the door. She remembered exactly where the Ponyville Clinic was from her occasional visits to see Rainbow Dash.

Thinking about it, Rarity noticed an odd overcast that day, something unusual, for when she last checked the Equestria Monthly News magazine, the report that came in from the pegasi weather control said they planned on keeping things clear and sunny for the whole week. Shrugging that off, Rarity assumed Rainbow was just being lazy like always.

The only doubt in her mind, though, was crafted by the fact that Rainbow had justly been released from the clinic. It wouldn’t have been anything like her to have all that pent up energy and not fly until next year hit just to catch up on missed flight practice.

However, a growing suspicion was all Rarity really had. She didn’t care much, but the whole thing seemed fishy. As she walked along even, she recalled being up that early once, and during those early hours of the crisp day, Rainbow was up and about taking good care of a distasteful fog. Of course, it was mainly so she could quickly go back to sleep for the rest of the morning.

Rarity soon passed by Fluttershy who was busy picking out Angel Bunny’s brunch for him, and ventured to ask, “Oh, Fluttershy?”

The pegasus looked over from the local store counter to see her friend coming, and smiled. “Hello, Rarity. What’re you doing up so early? I thought you liked to sleep in on mornings…”

Rarity hummed, “Mmmh, well, I’m filling in for Twilight at the Ponyville Clinic today. So, I kind of needed to be up, you see.”

Fluttershy nodded. “That’s nice…”

Breaking idle conversation, Rarity asked forwardly, “Tell me, have you seen Rainbow anywhere?”

Fluttershy blinked. “Uh, yes… I was up oh, so early today; the sun wasn’t even out. I recall going out for a walk, and saw Rainbow flying away from her sky home, but that’s all I know.”

Rarity looked down in thought. “That’s odd… And, she hasn’t even doing cloud control… Not to mention, well you know.”

Fluttershy started walking with her friend. “Oh, yes. She’d been in the hospital for such a long time. I’d thought she would’ve been flying nonstop, what with not doing so for such a long time. But, then again, I did see her racing super fast yesterday.”

“Really?”

“Yes,” Fluttershy confessed. “She went right over my home, right when I was busy watering some of my plants. I didn’t even see her coming until after a colorful rainbow streaked across the sky.”

Rarity pondered, “Then, perhaps she wore herself out so much, she’s been sleeping all this time… No, wait… Then, why was she up this morning? Not doing her job?”

While the two ponies stopped walking for a moment to think, Fluttershy’s pet bunny hopped up onto his owner’s head and began thumping repetitively for her attention. “Oh, alright. I’m sorry Angel.” She looked over to Rarity and said, “Sorry to you, too. I forgot about Angel’s meal, so I kind of need to go. But, uh, we’ll talk later today. Okay?”

Rarity smiled contently. “It’s quite alright, dear. Come visit me at the clinic! I’ll be at the front desk, probably doing nothing and being bored out of my mind.” She winked jokingly, and Fluttershy waved back. As Rarity watched her leave, she suddenly realized how much personal time she’d wasted by merely conversing with Fluttershy.

Without anymore delay, Rarity hastily got back to her path and reached the clinic in no time at all. However, just as she was coming up to the entrance, she saw the door slowly closing, and what looked like a spectrum tail closing the door. Rarity shook her head, rubbed her eyes a little, and paced herself quickly, though elegantly to the entrance.

Within, only one pony occupied the lobby. That was Dr. Stables, the unicorn she was told to meet. Although she felt a bit confused, Rarity wasn’t about to let herself appear out of the ordinary, or crazy for that matter. She was just getting ready to ask him who that was, thinking it could’ve been Rainbow Dash, but decided not to. Instead, she walked up to the counter and reported in.

“Hello,” she greeted the tired looking stallion. “I’m Rarity, Twilight’s substitute.”

He smiled with half-open eyes. “Well, thank you for coming. Now, to start with, we have this rule regarding wardrobe.”

“Where’s the changing room?” Rarity asked suddenly.

“Uh… I, um… guess Twilight already explained that part?” If he had time to tell Rarity all about the uniform she was to wear, she might’ve been able to avoid some immense confusion.

“Yes, yes,” Rarity said with a gesture of her hoof. “Simply tell me which way to go, and I’ll be back before you know it!”

He shrugged and pointed down the hall. “The rooms are labelled, so you’ll see it after your first right. Also, it’s a pleasure to meet you.”

She shook his hoof, and was off in a hurry. Something about her was indifferent to him compared to the last time they spoke, but he kept that to himself for the time being. Along the janitor’s closet and passed some patient’s rooms, Rarity read each door until finally finding the one she was looking for. As she knocked on the closed door to see if it was occupied, she asked, “Anypony in there?”

A familiar voice replied, “Yeah, but the one next door should be free.”

Rarity stepped back, looked the door up and down suspiciously, and was about to ask if that was Rainbow Dash. However, she shook her head, giggled, and went into the next room. “Oh, Rarity… There’s absolutely no way Rainbow of all ponies is working here. Don’t be silly!”

Next door, Rainbow was pulling up one of her socks while asking herself, “Was that… Rarity’s voice?” She chuckled. “Rarity? At a clinic? Working?” She laughed, then stood from the counter. While walking towards the mirror and looking at herself, she blushed. “Whoa… I look awesome in this!” She turned herself from side to side, admiring the skirt and loose hat.

Then, a question popped up in her head. “I wonder… Since these clothes are enchanted and all, can you fall in love with yourself?” She stood still, looking into her eyes in the reflection, then walked away from the thing. “I’m already in love with myself enough as is…”

Meanwhile, over in Rarity’s booth, the unicorn was busy getting at it, decorating pretty much every bit of her outfit with gems, jewels and some glitter. Not too much, though. “And the hat could use a ribbon hanging from the back,” she gleefully said. “Oh, and the sleeves should be laced with crisscrossing thread, just a bit deeper than this pink hue.”

She checked her socks, too, and added black fabrics running around the top. When pulled into a bow, they’d tighten up around the top, squeezing the leg a bit to give one that nice, sexy shape. She soon thought everything was in order without going overboard, and tried it on.

Fastening her socks, fixing the hat to tilt a bit, and slipping on her dazzling coat, Rarity gasped at herself. She looked absolutely stunning in the mirror, without any point in which she could possibly alter or redo sections. She stepped back and did a fashionable trot the kind model mares do while giving herself this confidently arousing expression.

Once she reached the perfect point, she turned to the side, waving her tail smoothly, then smiled. “Rarity… You have, without a doubt, outdone yourself this time! Oh, this one’s going straight into my personal stash.”

After her moments of self adoration were over, she quickly left heading right for the front desk. While she was on her way, Dr. Stables was busy tutoring Rainbow Dash on how she’d do her job. However, directly before Rarity showed up, Dr. Stables instructed the pegasus to go get a certain kind of file from his front office. The door was located right behind the desk, next to the assistant’s chair.

As the door started closing, the doctor told her, “It’ll be in the very back.”

The door shut, and he heard Rainbow’s muffled voice say, “No problem!”

Then, Rarity showed up. By that time, Rainbow was far away enough within the neighboring room that she couldn’t hear her friend say, “I’m back!”

Dr. Stables smiled and said, “Good.” As he lead her to Twilight’s chair, he explained, “This is the assistant’s chair, and all you have to do today is organize these folders in a stack for me, alphabetically. And, of course, greet the customers while I’m gone.”

Rarity sat down, the back of her chair covering most of her frame except for her mane. “That sounds easy enough.”

Dr. Stables giggled, “It is, and… Wow, I love what you did with the nurse outfit! No wonder it took you so long…”

Rarity brought her hoof to her chest and said, “I try.”

The doctor nodded, then the buzzer sounded. “Dr. Sables, Dr. Stables. You’re needed in room twelve.”

He smirked and took off while saying, “I’ll be back soon.”

Rarity waved his way, then got to work on her task. While she did, another doctor came through the front door, just arriving for the day’s work. It was none other than Dr. Hard, the one Rarity was so worried about.

He was a regular earth pony with a lightly brown mane and a grey coat. His green eyes matched his syringe cutie mark, which was seemingly filled with boggy blue liquid. Along with a charming face, he had an upbeat style of walking, almost like skipping.

Naturally, she was a little put off by him last time around, but after hearing he was into his own gender, not mares, she felt more secure being around him. Of course, as typical as ever, she should’ve known better than that.

He came to the front desk planning to meet Twilight like he usually did, but wound up face to face with a truly gorgeous looking beauty. He became stunned by the change of uniform. With all those decorations and added appeals, something inside him made his heart thump.

It wasn’t just the accessories, though. Rarity’s enchanted uniform was almost enhanced by her wearing it, and it was fairly obvious that the added touches only helped with this. He stood there, staring wide-eyed at Rarity. Not once in his entire life had he ever felt this way towards a mare.

Stallions got him off no problem, but to see her the way she was right then, Rock Hard couldn’t help but to mutter, “Y-you’re… g-glorious!”

He was drooling by the time Rarity looked up from her work. “Oh, hi! You’re that one other doctor Twilight told me about!”

He stood, petrified and amazed she was even talking to him. “Uh…”

“Yes Dr. Hard, was it?”

He gulped. “Y-yes ma’am…”

“The one that likes boys, right?”

Those words echoed in his head, bringing him to the sudden realization that maybe, just maybe, there wasn’t anything wrong with liking girls as well. “Keep your cool, Rock,” he thought to himself. “Just flirt with her the way you do with the guys…”

Rarity kept her smile going; her attractive, cute, mistakenly flirty smile. “Dr. Hard?”

He grinned, placed his elbow on the counter, and said, “Well, I don’t know what Twilight’s told you, but to be honest, I swing both ways.”

While he gave her a toothy grin, Rarity gave him a disbelieving, though worried smile. “Ahaha, you got me! That’s a good one, doctor!”

He kept smiling, then moved in closed, both hooves supporting his weight. “Why don’t you and I go get some coffee after work today?”

Rarity finally realized he was serious. She looked him up and down, then became cold. “Uhh…”

“And then, we can hit the movies, go to my place… and then…”

Rarity pushed herself back from his leaning in face. Having no choice, she was basically forced to let him down. “As, umm… flattering as that sounds, Rock Hard… I’m currently unavailable! Yeah…”

He backed off from the desk, but wouldn’t stop giving Rarity these sexual eyes. “Well, alright then. But, if you ever change your mind…” He winked, then started walking. Rarity watched him watching her while rounding the corner, and just like that, Rarity thought she was free from flirting company like him. She was wrong, though.

Rainbow had found the folder by then, and left the room just as Rarity was getting back to work. The mare had what Dr. Stables asked her to get in her mouth, but seeing the purple mane of who she thought was somepony else, Rainbow decided to try her hoof out with the new garments along with their enchanted powers. On the table, Dr Stable’s things went, and behind Rarity Rainbow crept.

“Well, hello there…” Rainbow placed her hooves on the back of Rarity’s chair. “Look at you! Mane all done up, glitter… If I didn’t know any better, I’d say you knew I was coming in today!”

Rarity shivered, and asked, “R-Rainbow?”

The pegasus still couldn’t distinguish Rarity’s voice from Twilight’s at this point, and kept on with her games. “Yup! I’m working here now. With you. As your assistant, no less. And, if you need anything… And I do mean anything…”

She slowly spun the chair around, then leaped into the air, her wings keeping her hovering above the frightened looking unicorn. Rarity looked ready to scream, and asked, “Wh-what was that all about?!”

Rainbow lowered herself down while looking a bit embarrassed. “I uh…” She thought hard, and quick. Though the reason she came up with was rather silly, and unbelievable, she claimed, “I was… playing a joke on you?”

Rarity lightened up, looked around, and asked, “Really?”

Rainbow began forming a quirky smile, and said, “Well, yeah! I mean… uh….”

Rarity giggled. “You overheard Dr. Hard flirting with me, and thought it would be fun to do the same, didn’t you?”

Rainbow sighed. “Oh, yep! You got me! Cat’s outta the bag! Haha!”

The unicorn quickly straightened up in her seat, frowning. “Well don’t ever do it again.”

Rainbow stopped laughing to say, “Yes ma’am.”

Shortly after, it became somewhat awkwardly silent, so Rarity asked, “Don’t you have something to deliver?”

She stiffened up and said, “Oh, yeah, I do! Thanks for reminding me!” She grabbed the folder, took off, came back, placed the folder down and asked, “Where’s Dr. Stables?”

Rarity rolled her eyes. “Room twelve.”

Rainbow thanked Rarity again, left, and came back a few minutes later. “Where’s room twelve?”

Rarity grunted, “Ugh! Give it here! I know where it is because when I was here last time with Sweetie Belle, I that’s the room I was in.”

She snatched the folder away and hastily started walking away while Rainbow yelled to her, “Thanks!” All too soon, Rainbow was then alone in the lobby. Boredom started settling in, and waiting for Rarity to get back was taking too long. She glanced at the assistant’s chair, shrugged, and sat down.

Then, about five minutes later, she started spinning herself round in the chair, eventually coming to a stop with her back facing the front of the room where ponies walk in. At that time, Twilight had given Spike the paperwork and sent him on his way to the clinic. He walked in, saw the chair facing the other way, and assumed it’s resident was none other than Rarity.

“Hello? I’ve got some stuff here to drop off for Twilight!” Rainbow instantly recognized the childish voice while easily figured out exactly why Rarity was here. It became obvious she was filling in for Twilight so Spike could catch a peek at her in that nurse outfit. “Rarity? Is that you?”

Rainbow didn’t answer. She wanted this surprise prank to be one of her best yet. Spike leaned in closely, just barely grazing the back of the chair. With perfect timing, Rainbow whirled herself around and scared poor Spike with a, “Boo!”

He fell backwards with a yell, papers he was holding going everywhere in the air, and all the while, Rainbow chuckled with delight. “You should see the look on your face, Spike!”

He got up hastily, gathering the loosely descending papers from the air and floor. “Rainbow?! What in Equestria are you doing here?”

She joked, “Scaring you, of course.” With her hooves placed behind her head, Rainbow got a bit serious. “Looking for Rarity, I’m betting.”

Spike looked at the file, and said, “Well, I’m supposed to be delivering these to whoever… But, uh…”

Rainbow finished for him, “You were hoping to see Rarity, right? I guess as compensation for scaring you half to death, I can make that happen… But…”

“But what?” Spike questioned.

Rainbow snickered. “You gotta keep me being here a secret. Twilight can’t know I was ever here today, or that I’ll be here tomorrow, either!”

Spike became angered. “Why should I do that for you when you just pranked me? Again. For the fifth time this month!”

Rainbow was cool about this, and taunted the dragon, “Oh, you can tell Twilight. But, then you’ll never get to see Rarity in that awesome, jeweled, custom designed nurse outfit! I mean, come on. Why else would you come all the way over here when Rarity’s working just to drop off Twilight’s things?”

Spike frowned, looked left and right, then reluctantly admitted defeat. “Alright, fine! I’ll keep this between you and me, okay?”

Rainbow nodded with a grin. “Now, I’ll be leaving. When Rarity gets back, just act like I was never around. Alright?”

Spike nodded and took a seat in one of the waiting chairs on the side of the room to wait for Rarity to get back. A few minutes ticked by before somepony arrived from the hall. “Hello?” Rarity called out. “Is someone there?”

Spike stood with a smile, walked up to the desk, and was instantly starstruck. Seeing Rarity in her personally customized nurse outfit, with it shimmering and gleaming brightly from the lights above cascading on each ruby, diamond and rhinestone made him go utterly silent. He just stood there, hypnotized by Rarity’s breathtaking appearance.

Naturally, it hit her rather fast that Spike just caught her in possibly the most amazing outfit yet to be shown to the outside world. However, she had no choice but to simply stand there, letting the little guy take all of her in. She could even see him drooling a little, and wondered aloud, “Spike? Is there a specific reason you’re here?”

He raised his claw up to unconsciously give her Twilight’s delivery, and backed away slowly. The door opened up with his tail pushing it, and only outside was he able to just barely relax. He leaned up against the wall, clutching the spot where his heart was. It pounded against his small chest with him breathing heavily, and as he laid down, Spike couldn’t help but to ask himself, “A-am I having a heart attack?!”

Naturally, he wasn’t, but for a good five to ten minutes, that’s what it felt like. The day pressed on following these events with nothing special to tell about. Rainbow and Rarity worked rather comfortable together, and Dr. Stables was proud to see his newest employee taking on her job so well. It was clear to him by the end of the day that Rainbow would have no such trouble with being Twilight’s assistant.

As for Rarity, after her shift was finally up, she made it out the door just in time before Rock Hard came skipping along through the hall. The last thing she needed was him following her home, or even having him ask her out yet again just so she would have to decline, possibly hurting his feelings.