The Fright of Love

It's just another day at Rarity's Carousal Boutique when Sweetie Belle returns from school...Or so it seems to everyone outside of the small building. Sweetie Belle knows better, Rarity just hasn't been herself for a while now. On a normal day before the accident that ruined Rarity's dress making career Sweetie Belle would come home to find Rarity making a plan for a new dress while 4 new ones already sat on the racks. Sweetie Belle would never forget that incident. It was all Ms. Cheerilee's fault. Cheerilee hadn't meant any harm when it happened she was just trying to help Rarity out while babysitting Sweetie Belle for the night so Rarity could go out with Applejack and the rest of the girls. Rarity had been working on a dress for Princess Celestia and left it hanging on the wall. Cheerilee saw it half finished and decided to try and make things easier for Rarity by finishing the dress for her, but she made one huge mistake one that Rarity couldn't fix. So, when Princess Celestia came to pick up the dress Rarity had to tell her that it wasn't done and she had to start from scratch and make a new one all over again. Princess Celestia demanded to see the dress though and used her commands as ruler of Equestria to force Rarity to show it to her, and when she saw it she said it was so hideous that she wouldn't allow Rarity to ever make her or anyone another dress ever again, and banned her from getting new dress making supplies and told her to find a new hobby. Rarity hasn't been the same since, she's gone nuts, plotting and planning ways to hurt herself, acting like something was after her, and planning her revenge on Cheerilee who was oblivious to what had  occurred due to what she had done to Rarity's dress.

Sweetie Belle no longer felt safe with Rarity and she knew she had to get help, so she went to Rarity's closest friend (though she'd never admit it) Applejack down at Sweet Apple Acres and told her what was going on.

"I'm not joking A.J", Sweetie Belle said, "Every time i walk through the door Rarity seems to be doing something else destructive, yesterday she beat me for saying hi and then she threatened to do something awful to Ms. Cheerilee and..."

"Now you stop right there Sweetie Belle," Applejack commanded, cutting Sweetie Belle off mid-sentence, "Ah wont stand to hear another word of this nonsense out of your mouth. You hear me. Nothing is wrong with Rarity it's all in your head. Now go on home!"

"But Applejack please, you have to..."

"Ah don't have to do nothing Sweetie Belle, now show me some respect and go home."

Upon Applejack's last command Sweetie Belle went home in tears wondering who she would go to for help now. Meanwhile Applejack turns to face the barn and says, "Big Mac, Ah know your behind that corner, it's okay for you to come on out." The big stallion comes out from where he was hiding from sight and looks at Applejack.

"Why you sound so worried A.J, she wouldn't hurt Cheerilee, Rarity adores her. You know the little filly was lying."

"Ah know Big Mac, Ah know. But I can't help but feel that something isn't right at Rarity's. Ah mean no pony besides Sweetie Belle has been in and out of there for days."

"EEYUP! But maybe there's a reason for it. Maybe Rarity just needs a break for a while. You know some fresh ideas for dresses, or a temporary shut down to make a whole new line of dresses, Ah mean shes done that a lot before."

"Your right, well Ah'll go and check in on her tomorrow though and tell her about the lies that Sweetie Belle is starting to spread."

"EEYUP!"