The Orb of Magic

Chapter 6 - Rarity's weird behavior

The pony standing before you has a pure white coat that seems to be neatly trimmed. It

also has a long and wavy dark purple mane and tail with a white horn emerging from the

purple mane. You are slightly shocked by the pony being so forward about your clothing

state, but also lightly relieved that you didn't have to outright ask for new clothes.

"Uh... Hi?" you question.

"Yes, hello darling. Now lets get you inside for measurement quick!" The pony turns and

quickly trots off inside. Spike follows seeming to just blank out his surroundings as he

bumps into the door. You slowly walk into the shop when you see lots of pony shaped

mannequins dressed in colorful attire. "In here!" the pony's voice yells from an

adjacent room. You follow the voice into a room that is a complete mess. Bits of cloth

and fabric litter the floor while pins and half finished clothing lay on desks and over

blank mannequins. The pony notices you and seems to pick up on your horrified expression

"Oh don't mind the mess. Actually it's not even a mess because I know where everything

is. Now can you please sit over there". The unicorn points a hoof over to a small soft

seat over in a corner next to a large mirror.

After sitting yourself down, you look towards the mirror and take a look at yourself.

God my clothes are torn and dirty, I look horrible. Rarity strides elegantly towards you

with a tape measure drooping from around her neck and some red glasses perched upon her

nose. She takes a few looks at you and circles you for a moment. her horn lights up a

baby blue alongside the tape measure when it begins to levitate. Rarity begins to

approach you when she pulls away looking disgusted. "Hmmm, ah! Sorry for not introducing

myself." She takes a few steps back and corrects her posture to a more upright stance "I

am Rarity the beautiful. And you are?"

"I don't really know my name but Twilight calls me Mystery. You ponder for a moment as

Rarity doesn't seem bothered by the fact that you are human "Why aren't you questioning

what I am?".

"Whatever do you mean darling?"

"I mean, like you don't seem fazed by the fact that I'm a human. All the other ponies

have never seen me or my kind before"

"Oh! I saw you when you were in the hospital, I paid you a visit but you were sleeping.

I was also present when you were put there, but there are much more important matters at

hoof. Like your clothes for example" You think for a moment how dirty clothes is more

important than a weird species suddenly appearing in their world but your thoughts are

interrupted. "Anyway, Mystery. I must ask if you can remove your clothes please. I need

to measure you, not your clothes".

After removing your shirt, you realize that you aren't wearing any underwear beneath

your shorts, so you decide to keep them on. Rarity raises an eyebrow and gestures to

your shorts with her hoof. "Uh... I'm not wearing any underwear" you bow your head in

shame at the comment.

"Yes? And?"

"Well if I take my shorts off, I'll... I'll be naked" You feel insanely stupid to be

having this conversation with a pony as the unicorn doesn't seem to understand.

"There's no problem with that. We ponies only ever wear clothes for fancy occasions or

to appear fancy. Now if you'd please" She once again gestures a hoof to you shorts.

Well, it looks like I have no choice. You look at Rarity one last time when you think

that ponies won't know a humans anatomy. Oh boy, is she in for a nasty surprise. You

grab both sides of your shorts and in one quick motion, remove your shorts. You try to

pull this off quick enough to cover your privates so nobody can see them. Luckily, this

is the case.

"Phew" you let out. You look at Rarity to signify that you are ready to be measured.

"You're not going to move those are you?"

"Nope!" You say, pleased of the awkwardness you just avoided.

"Okay, fine. Just sit still for a moment" Rarity levitates the measuring tape and begins

to wrap it around your chest, neck, wrist and other parts. The measuring takes for what

seems like an hour before she steps away. "Mystery?"

"Wha-uh-yea?" you quickly spout.

"What do you want the clothes to look like?" You ponder for a moment as you recall all

types of clothing before just going with whatever.

"Uh, A hoodie, T-shirt and some jeans I guess"

"Hmmm, okay and what are those exactly?" Rarity levitates a clipboard and pencil in

front of her as you assume she will draw the clothes.

"Oh yea, well jeans begin at the pelvis and go down to the bottom of my heel. They are

usually pretty baggy, but tight enough to fit my leg in and an arm easily. Oh and they

are also made of denim" as you speak you point to the parts of your body so Rarity can

understand what goes where. "Do you have denim here?"

"Yes actually, Blue or black?"

"Uh, is blue okay?"

"Of course! Now what's a T-shirt?"

"Oh, Its just a slightly baggy cloth kind of, uh, that starts at my neck and goes down to slightly

overlap the jeans, usually a couple of inches over. It also follows from the neck over

the shoulders and can stop at either the middle of the forearm or by someone's wrists.

And its usually made of a kind of soft fabric" You worry about what kind of image Rarity

is drawing as you may be explaining this really bad.

"Okay... Do you want the wrist size, or the forearm size?"

"Short sleeve please" Rarity looks down onto her drawing and jots down something else

before looking back up at you.

"And what is a... uh, hoodie?" She raises her voice's pitch as if to question if the

word was correct. The gesture came across as slightly funny as you let out a small

chuckle. "What? Did I say it wrong?"

"No no. It's fine. Anyway a hoodie is like a T-shirt, but is open on the front, kinda

left to dangle, and it always goes to the wrists. It also has a kind of hood on the back

of the neck to reach over the head, but it usually droops over the back of the hoodie

itself. It's also usually a thicker material than the T-shirt but still soft. Oh and it

usually has a zip on the front that goes from the bottom all the way to the neck to seal

the front if you want to. Oh and is it okay if you make me some underwear?"

"Yes sure, what are those like?"

"Well they are pretty much like the shorts here, but uses alot softer material"

Rarity jots a few more things down then looks up at you through her glasses. "Is that

anything like what you had in mind?" She floats the board around in your direction, and

to your surprise the clothes you explained are quite like how you imagined.

"Wow yea, that's pretty much how I imagined it. It's also the type of clothing you can

have on for a few weeks and it won't get dirty haha"

"Why ever would you wear clothes for a few weeks?"

"Because uh... I guess it's a privacy thing and keeps me warm? Seeing although I don't

have any fur, it can get pretty cold"

"Yes, I have noticed you lack any form of fur. Anyway, I have a few more questions on

these clothes"

"Yes?"

"How many do you want? and what colors would you like?"

"Erm, just two sets would be fine, and I don't mind on the colors. Thank you so much for

this, you are so kind"

"Oh it's nothing really darling" Rarity states as she trots off into another room. You

take this chance to quickly slip on your clothes and become relaxed again. Just as you

let out a relieved sigh, Rarity re-enters the room levitating a huge load of fabric and

tools before setting everything down into a large pile on a desk "Okay well, do you need

anything else?"

"Well, I actually didn't come for clothes, I came here to meet you and to get to know

Twilight's friends!" You smile and try to show a warm smile.

"Ah okay!" Rarity walks over near a chair near you and takes a seat. "So ever since I

was a small filly, I always had a passion for fashion, I made dresses and clothing for

all types of ponies. Eventually I developed some good skill as I got older, and because

of that, I decided to make a business out of it and make this shop here! The carousel

boutique! Now what about you darling?"

"Well I actually don't remember anything about my past, I know a few things about humans

in general, but I have no idea about my past. I just remember waking up in a dark place

with no recollection of where I was or even who I was. After wondering around for a

while, I find myself being hunted down. For this..." You reach your hand into your

scuffed pocket and reach around the orb. You pull out the orb and raise it in front of

your face. Rarity notices the the orb and remains silent and motionless. "Uh Rarity?"

You get no response as Rarity seems completely oblivious to everything around her. You

move the orb slightly to the left as Rarity's gaze follows effortlessly. You shift the

orb to the right as Rarity follows it once again. You put the orb back into your pocket

and look back up at Rarity.

"Yes?" Rarity questions.

"Wha? Did you not just see the orb?"

"You have the orb on you?! Please I must see it!". Confused, you take the orb back out

of your pocket and show Rarity once more. Her eyes once again lock on to the orb and

don't move. You move the orb to draw a circular motion in the air as you notice Rarity's

eyes follow.

"Weird" you mumble. You put the orb back into your pocket and once again look back

towards the white unicorn. "You didn't just see that did you?"

"See what?"

"I just showed you the orb!"

"No you didn't, I'm still waiting to see it". You quickly draw the orb again and move it

about. The same results follow. You put the orb away again and quickly question Rarity.

"I'm showing you the orb, is this some kind of prank?"

"Not at all! Well it doesn't look like you will be showing it to me. How unfortunate" Rarity

turns her head away as she stands. "Well it's best I start working on your clothes, I

wouldn't want to keep you waiting!" Rarity trots off into another room when Spike comes

bursting through the front door carrying what seems like eight or nine rolls of

different types of fabric.

"I got the things you wanted Rarity!" Spike calls out almost dropping a few rolls. I

wondered where Spike got off to. He must have run some errands for Rarity. Rarity comes

back into the main room as she levitates the fabric into the room she just came from,

presumably the production room.

"Aww thank you! My big strong Spikey-Wikey!" Rarity gives Spike a small smooch on the

cheek as she returns to her production room. Spike just sits there for a few moments as

the tip of his tail spins a few times in excitement. As you giggle slightly at spikes

exaggerated gestures, he comes to his senses and starts blushing of embarrassment before

speaking.

"Come on, let's go and let Rarity work in peace, we will be back before the end of the

day, don't worry". Spike grabs your leg and tries to pull you towards the door, but

seeing the size and strength you have compared to the tiny reptile, he doesn't even

manage to slide you off your chair. However you follow him none the less. Once you are

out the door, Spike questions you unexpectedly. "So what do you want to do?"

"Uh, I haven't a clue. What do you suggest?"

"Well I think we should get you a job, you know, for some bits to buy your own house or

get your own things"

"Oh okay... uh... Don't you think ponies won't hire me because I'm, well, human?"

"Oh yea, I forgot about that" Spike taps his nose a few times before continuing "Perhaps

we could try and get ponies to know you better" Spike looks around a few more seconds

before shooting his head up in realization. "I know! We should go to Sugarcube Corner!"

You raise an eyebrow at the name he just stated "Sugarcube Corner?"

"Yea Mr and Mrs cake work there alongside Pinkie Pie! They sell muffins, cakes and other

sweets there that they make! I think Pinkie and you will make great friends! She's so

amazing and funny too! Come on, Follow me!"

"Okay then, whatever you say" you say sarcastically trying to be funny. Spike begins to

walk in another direction but slowly picks up the pace as you begin follow. Spike looks

over to you and looks at your legs.

"How come you walk about as fast as me yet you have massively long legs?"

"I'm not walking as fast as I can I think. My legs are still pretty achy from being in

hospital so long. Here I'll try to walk normally" You stand up straight and pose

yourself for a presumed normal walk as you begin to take long strides. The steps at

first feel too large for walking speed but as you begin to take more steps, the spacing

between each step starts to feel more and more normal. As you progress onward, you

notice Spike next to you, fully running to try and keep up with you.

"Darn, this race later will be completely unfair haha" Spike huffs a few times as he

seems to be struggling to keep up with you. Spike points forward as you stop to take a

look. "Ah, Sugarcube Corner!". As you look over to the shop you become shocked almost

instantly.

"That's a shop? It looks like a gingerbread house!" Spike chuckles at your surprise as

you carry on until you reach a very delicious looking door. "Mmmmm. Looks tasty!" you

exclaim.

"Yea wait until you get a taste of the food. Anyway knock on the door!" You look down at

Spike and back up at the door. You start to approach the door when your belly grumbles.

You look back at Spike when you both begin to laugh uncontrollably. You laughter is

instantly cut by the tasty looking door slamming open and almost hitting you in the

face. You peer in to look through the doorway to see an empty counter and a few shelves

stocked with sweets and cakes.