Chapter 2: Hidey - Ho

Morning came, the sun shone brighter than usual today. Today was the day that all of the ponies across Equestria would be able to open up their Hearth’s Warming Eve presents. Rarity yawned as the day came to a start, when all of a sudden she felt somepony jumping on her stomach.

“Oof!” Rarity removed her face mask to reveal her little sister jumping up and down excitedly on her chest.

“Come on sis, I wanna open presents already!” Sweetie Belle could not contain her excitement. Rarity believed that Sweetie might have been more excited than Pinkie Pie would on this day. Rarity had to chuckle though at her little sister’s cute display.

“Alright Sweetie, go downstairs and wait for me. I've got something really special for you,” Sweetie gave a large smile and dashed immediately downstairs. Going over to her secret cabinet, Rarity pulled out the red and blue box and proceeded to head downstairs to the impatient little filly.

Sweetie Belle waited in the living room area of the boutique and watched as Rarity descended from the stairs carrying a big blue and red present with her magic. She had never gotten a present this big before! She couldn't wait to see what could be inside. Rarity placed the box on the floor in front of Sweetie.

“Happy Hearth’s Warming Eve Sweetie Belle, I do hope you like your gift,” Sweetie Belle began unwrapping the present and opened the box. She gasped at what laid inside, she picked up the doll with her hoofs and to Rarity it seemed like her smile got even bigger.

“Oh he’s so adorable! I love him, thank you soooo much Rarity!” Rarity chuckled.

“It was no trouble at all dear sister, I found the poor dear outside during that thunderstorm and I could not leave such a beautifully made item out in the rain,” Sweetie Belle put down the doll and gave Rarity a hug, one which she happily returned. Sweetie Belle picked up the doll again.

“Hi there, my name’s Sweetie Belle,” almost as if it were a response the doll blinked twice and suddenly began to talk!

“Hi, I’m Chucky and I’m your friend till the end. Hidey - ho, ha ha ha,” Rarity was shocked, she had no idea that the doll could talk. She heard about dolls in Manehatten that were able to talk. They were extremely expensive though, what pony in their right mind would waste all of their bits on this doll, just to throw it away later on? Sweetie Belle however, didn't care and was even more happy.

“Oh wow, I didn't know he could talk! This is the best Hearth’s Warming Eve ever!” another thing Rarity noticed was the doll’s name. Chucky, it was a pretty unusual name for a pony, much less a doll. Though then again the same could be said for “Tom” a strange name for a boulder, even if Rarity was the one who named it. Rarity still didn't know where that name came from. Ah well as long as Sweetie Belle was happy then Rarity didn't need to pry more into the matter. Sweetie Belle then pulled out a large roll of paper and hoofed it to Rarity.

“Here sis, I made this for you!” Rarity unrolled the paper to reveal a drawing of Rarity, Sweetie Belle, and their parents. The background had a large heart around them. Rarity smiled at the drawing, she did wish that her parents could come for the holidays but they like to travel a lot so they could not make it this year.

“Thank you Sweetie, it’s lovely,” Rarity levitated the drawing and headed upstairs to her studio. She placed the drawing on her table and grabbed Derpy’s jacket, she headed out to give Derpy her jacket back. Rarity approached the front door and yelled out to Sweetie Belle.

“Sweetie darling, I’m heading out for a bit. I’ll be back later, and please try to keep the boutique clean,” Sweetie Belle nodded and said bye to her sister and continued to play with Chucky.

Rarity walked to Derpy’s house, along the way she could hear the screams of happy fillies and colts playing with their new toys. It always made Rarity smile when she saw how happy everypony was during this time of year.

Finally reaching Derpy’s home Rarity knocked on the door and waited for it’s owner to open. As she waited Rarity looked at the home that Derpy lived in. It was a yellow house with a blue roof, the door had a symbol of a muffin on it. It was no secret how much the Hooves family loved muffins, almost as much as Pinkie Pie loves cupcakes.

The door opened and a little unicorn filly looked up at Rarity.

“Hello there Dinky, is your mother around?” Dinky nodded and went to go get her mother. A few seconds later, Derpy came to the front door.

“Hey there Rarity, what’s going on?”

“Hello darling, I've come to return your mail mare jacket back to you. It was a simple job really,” Rarity gave Derpy the box containing the jacket back to her.

“Oh thank you so much Rarity, I don’t know how to repay you!” Rarity shook her head.

“Nonsense darling, I was more than happy to repair such an outfit. Well I should be off, I dread to think about the trouble Sweetie Belle might be getting into back at home, good day to you and happy Hearth’s Warming Eve,” Rarity waved goodbye and headed back home.

Reaching the boutique, Rarity approached the front door. She swore however, that she heard noise coming from inside. It sounded like somepony was inside of her home. She carefully opened the door and called out for Sweetie Belle.

“Sweetie Belle? Are you here?” a few seconds passed before Rarity heard a reply.

“I’m in the living room sis!” Sweetie’s voice called out to her. Rarity went into the living room to see Sweetie Belle playing with Chucky.

“Hi sis!”

“Eh, hello uh Sweetie Belle. Are you alright?” Sweetie tilted her head to the side.

“Yeah, why wouldn't I be?”

“Well, I had thought I heard somepony inside our home and thought you were in trouble,”

“Oh, no I was talking to Chucky! We talked about a lot of things, like he told me that Chucky was a nickname for him. He says his real name is Charles Lee Ray,”

“Oh, uh I see. I guess I had forgotten that he could talk. Uh that’s nice Sweetie, well I’m going to make us some food, so I’ll call you when it’s ready,” Sweetie Belle nodded.

“Okay sis,” Rarity went into the kitchen to prepare some food.

However, Rarity could not get rid of the sense that something was terribly wrong. Charles Lee Ray? Never had she heard a name like that before. Rarity didn't want to turn nothing into something however, so she just assumed it was something that Sweetie had come up with. After all she did have a grand imagination, plus that doll only seemed to say a few sentences so Rarity doubted that it could hold a real conversation with her sister. Rarity knew that everything would be alright...

Author's Note

Another chapter done, hopefully the more interesting parts of the story will be happening soon. Hope you all enjoyed this new chapter.