Quality Time

by Gleaming

Rating: everyone
Tags: Sweetie Belle, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Rarity, Slice of Life
Length: 2373

Ever since Rarity and Sweetie Belle decided to make sacrifices to make a bond between each other, they decide to spend some quality time together. But, not the kind that Sweetie Belle wanted.

With the promise of spending quality time with Sweetie Belle, Rarity goes out to the Ponyville Art Supplies to construct an artistic masterpiece for both of them to share.

To Rarity's dismay, Sweetie Belle wants to come along with her.

Published 2013-12-24 05:50:04 UTC
Last updated 2013-12-24 23:47:43 UTC

I: Prologue

I: Prologue

I: Prologue

Rarity was sleeping peacefully in her bed, until she was interrupted by a sudden tapping to her back. ''Has anypony even heard of beauty sleep?! I'm not even going to guess who it is, keep it down!''

Sweetie Belle looked down at her sister, as she was jumping up and down on her bed. ''Rarity, Rarity, I know we haven't spent any quality time together so I was thinking we could spend some time together. We could get our eyelashes done, get some pedicures, have some mud baths, and get some rejuvenating seaweed wraps.''

The purple - maned unicorn pulled off her sleep mask, lifted her head off of the pillow, and started to stretch her legs out to feel more comfortable. ''As wonderful as that sounds Sweetie Belle, I have to go down to the Ponyville Art Supplies Shop to pick up some art supplies and tapestries.'' She knew that Sweetie Belle wouldn't want to know why yet, spending time with her sister means the world to her.

Rarity got out of the bed, walking downstairs to the kitchen to get some breakfast. ''Anyways, Sweetie Belle I'll be back later to spend some quality time with you.'' Rarity levitated a box of cereal down to the breakfast table, along with the milk and the spoons. She ripped open the box gracefully with her magic, pouring the cereal into two bowls, pouring the white liquid into the bowls along with the cereal, and mixing both of them with the spoons.

''Breakfast is ready, Sweetie Belle!'' Rarity shouted to Sweetie Belle, as she sat down in her seat near the kitchen table.

''So, let me get this straight. You're going to be busy with getting some art supplies, to do something that we can do together?'' Sweetie Belle looked at Rarity, suspiciously. Sweetie Belle trotted down the stairs fast, sitting down in her seat.

''Actually, I'm getting art supplies for an artistic masterpiece that we can make together.'' Rarity replied, showcasing a huge grin on her face. Rarity was feeling grief inside, but it wasn't worth it.

''Okay, then.'' Sweetie said, munching on the cereal loudly with her teeth.

''Trust me, Sweetie. It's going to be worth it, when we start to do something together for Hearth's Warming Eve, and to show that I love you.'' Rarity chuckled, eating a huge pile of cereal in her mouth.

Rarity looked up at the clock on the right side of the kitchen wall, the sweat pouring down her whole body. ''I have to go, Sweetie. I'll be back as soon as possible, I promise.'' Rarity said, a blue aura glowing from her horn surrounding the breakfast items on the kitchen table. Rarity gracefully placed the items on the table into the kitchen cabinets.

''Love you, Sweetie Belle.'' Rarity walked over to Sweetie and hugged her.

''Love you too, Rarity.'' Sweetie hugged her sister back.

A blue aura formed on the front door of the Carousel Boutique, opening the door gently. Rarity walked out of the Carousel Boutique into the snow covered roads of Ponyville, closing the door behind her. Rarity's pace was at a consistent yet steady speed to the local Ponyville Art Supplies Shop.

Rarity smelled the sweet aroma of cupcakes, gingerbread houses, chocolate chip cookies, and fruitcakes coming from Sugarcube Corner. The window display of desserts attracted the crowds of hungry ponies, that were all lined up to even get one sneak peek of the desserts before they open for the rest of Hearth's Warming Eve today. ''I'd better get to the Ponyville Art Supplies Shop, before it closes due to the horrendous weather.'' Rarity said, trying to conceal her heat to keep herself warm through all of the snow.

Rarity opened the door of the shop gently, with the magic surrounding her glowing horn. The cashier was waiting impatiently behind the register, pounding his hoof on the hard marble surface. ''Next!'' The stallion cashier yelled into the microphone, to alert the next one on line to move up.

Rarity moved up to the front of the line, after the latest customer payed for her art supplies and departed from the shop to go back home for the holidays.

''How may I help you, ma'am?'' The cashier asked, sucking his teeth impatiently.

''Not with that attitude, darling. Anyways, I would like some paint brushes, an art canvas, and paint cans please.''

''Most certainly, that will be 48 bits.'' The clicking noise from the register opening, interrupted the cashier for a short moment. The cashier groaned with a whimper of disinterest, collecting the paint brushes, the art canvas, and the paint cans. He threw the supplies into a white bag without a care in the world, placing the bag on the marble canvas of the cashier's desk.

Rarity took out the 48 bits from her saddlebag, placing the coins on the marble canvas, taking the bag of the supplies with her hoof. ''Thank you, have a very wonderful Hearth's Warming Eve!'' Rarity exited the shop, closing the door behind her.

''You're welcome, ma'am.'' The cashier said, cheerfully.

Rarity wrapped her scarf around her neck, trying to keep herself from freezing to death with the frigid temperature almost turning her coat and skin pale. Rarity started to shiver from the snowflakes and the wind, blowing the small white flakes on her coat and in her face. Her body started to feel some fatigue from the long walk from the shop to the Carousel Boutique, finally reaching the front door of her business and her home.

''Sweetie Belle, I'm home!'' Rarity announced, opening the door with her magic. Rarity started skipping her way into the main workroom of the Carousel Boutique, placing the bag of art supplies on the floor.

''Rarity! I knew that you would return, so what are we going to do first?'' Sweetie asked, with a blissful look in her green eyes jumping up and down excitingly.

''We're going to paint a picture together but first, how about we go to the spa tomorrow?'' Rarity asked Sweetie, sliding the bag of supplies to the side near her mannequins.

''Sure, but are you hiding something from me?'' Sweetie asked. She didn't believe the words that her sister said, not one word. They might be sisters but, earning your sister's trust isn't as easy as everypony makes it out to be. You have to earn it, and learn to trust each other. Raising an eyebrow at Rarity, standing on her four hooves slightly, looking up at Rarity's guilty facial expression.

''No, I would never hide anything from you! Sisters always share everything with each other, even if it's a secret, something troubling you, or just to talk.'' Rarity smiled a huge grin on her face, wiping the sweat with ease off of her forehead.

''Okay, I'm watching you like a hawk Rarity.'' Sweetie walked up the long row of stairs, turning back to Rarity watching her with one eye, locked on her like a hawk.

''Phew -'' Rarity said, with a sudden feeling of relief.

''Like... a... hawk...!'' Sweetie shouted upstairs to Rarity.

II: Spa Day

II: Spa Day

Rarity awoke out of her comfortable bed upstairs, stretching her legs to remove the bed's covers off of her body, climbing out of her bed carefully. Rarity trotted downstairs, waiting for Sweetie Belle to wake up.

''Sweetie Belle, we're going to the spa now!'' Rarity yelled to Sweetie Belle from downstairs.

''Okay, Rarity! Then after we get back, we can work on the artistic painting together?'' Sweetie Belle asked Rarity, as she trotted down the stairs to the front door of the Carousel Boutique. The two sisters were preparing to go out to the local spa in Ponyville, to finally spend some time together before they paint their masterpiece.

''Of course we will together, like I promised!'' Rarity said, throwing a pair of scarves over their necks to stay warm against the oppressive cold wind.

''Sure you did, I'll take your word for it for now.'' Sweetie Belle squeaked, opening the door with her hoof. A blanket of snow covered both of them from their heads to their hooves.

''Sweetie Belle! Enough fooling around, we have to go now!'' Rarity's horn started to glow with a blue aura surrounding her horn, throwing the snow outside with disinterest.

''Okay, Rarity. You know all of these rules, aren't my style!'' Sweetie Belle shouted at Rarity.

The two unicorn sisters opened the front door, running towards the day spa where the Blossom sisters worked. Aloe and Lotus Blossom have worked at the Ponyville Day Spa for quite some time now, they are always willing to give the best service to their customers to keep them satisfied. On a special day like this, Rarity and Sweetie Belle definitely needed to relieve all of the stress that they go through on a daily basis.

Rarity and Sweetie Belle rushed into the door with ease, ringing the bell at the front desk of the spa with a slight touch. Lotus Blossom and Aloe grabbed Rarity and Sweetie Belle with no hesitation, taking them to the spa corridors where they found the seaweed wraps, the mud baths, the pedicure stations, and the steam rooms were filled with steam.

''We're at your service!'' Lotus and Aloe Blossom said. They wrapped Rarity and Sweetie Belle in seaweed wraps, gave the both of them horn and hoof manicures, and started to massage their hooves and backs.

''This is so wonderful, isn't it Sweetie Belle? Sweetie Belle?'' Rarity asked, concerned.

''...I'm fine, Rarity,'' Sweetie Belle turned her back to Rarity, not even feeling the relaxing massages that she was receiving from the two spa sisters. ''It's just that this isn't the quality time that I wanted, sisters are supposed to do what sisters do together. Play in the mud, make dresses, have sleepovers, you know quality time. It's not like you would know anything about that, would you?'' Sweetie said, disgustingly. She walked off of the massage bed, trotting out to the spa's front door, opening the door with her hoof, slamming the door behind her angrily.

''Thanks for the service, but I've got to go get my sister back!'' Rarity rushed out of the spa in a hurry, running outside into the cold where Sweetie Belle ran off in a fit.

''What have I done?! Not only did I cause my only sister to leave me, I've also caused her to go out in the harsh cold winter all by herself without no supervision at all. I have to do the right thing and fast, before I regret it for the rest of my life!'' Rarity dropped down to her knees in the snow covered roads, her eyes started to water with the feeling of guilt and love.

''I guess I'm better off without a sister, Rarity never cared about me anyway.'' Sweetie mumbled to herself. She was struggling to keep herself warm, especially with the temperatures dropping to a very harsh climate. The clouds were showering the land of Ponyville with the huge loads of snow, and the ice started to accumulate on the once rigid dirt roads.

The young unicorn filly finally reached the door of her sister's Carousel Boutique. The whole front side of the Carousel Boutique was covered in snow and ice, mannequins were invisible to the naked eye due to the snow covering the display window of the workroom. ''Time to get in, I guess.'' Sweetie Belle charged at full speed towards the door, falling backwards from the impact of the door. The door itself was frozen shut, not even a rampaging bull could tear this door down.

Rarity was on a mission, to retrieve her sister, and keep her safe. The elegant mare trotted to the door of the Carousel Boutique, where she was standing at Sweetie Belle's side. ''I told you I would never leave you, you mean the world to me.'' Rarity pushed the door with a great deal of force with Sweetie Belle, the ice on the door shattered under the pressure of the two sisters.

''So you came back to see me, even with all of the things I said about you?'' Sweetie asked. She scratched her head with her hoof, raising an eyebrow at Rarity.

''I had to come back, Sweetie. If I didn't follow you at all, I would be the disgrace to all of the sisters all around Equestria. Besides, I love you.'' Rarity rubbed her coat with Sweetie Belle's coat, rubbing their muzzles together.

''I love you too, Rarity!'' Sweetie hugged her sister tightly, as the door finally opened from all of the pushing that they were doing.

With the warmth of the love and sisterly bond that they had, the two sisters are going to spend Hearth's Warming Eve together in the warm comfort of the Carousel Boutique, their home. The fireplace was warming the inside of the boutique, keeping the harsh cold winds outside, and warming their hearts with a heartwarming moment together.

''Sweetie Belle, I have a surprise for you.'' Rarity gathered the paint brushes and the paint cans, putting the canvas on a pair of four wooden stints to keep the canvas balanced. Rarity's blue aura surrounded the paint brushes, paint cans, and the art canvas. The aura covered all of the paint supplies, dipping the paint brushes into the paint cans, applying the paint on the canvas, and putting the canvas down safely.

Sweetie Belle kept her eyes closed, her eyes opened at the blink of an eye. ''I love it, Rarity! You're the best sister, any filly could ever ask for!'' Trying to contain her enthusiasm, Sweetie was bouncing on her hooves in excitement. ''I knew that this would bring us closer together!'' Sweetie said, with a squeak in her voice.

''I did it for us, we are apple pie!'' Rarity giggled. She wrapped a warm scarf around them, laying down on the floor with her sister near the warm fireplace. Rarity puckered her lips, kissing Sweetie Belle on the cheek. ''Happy Hearth's Warming Eve, Sweetie Belle.''

''Happy Hearth's Warming Eve to you too, Rarity.'' Sweetie hugged her sister, with the scarf wrapped around them.

THE END!