Helping Somebody Beat Her Fear

A day after Sweetie Belle's pedicure Sweetie Belle went to school while she tried not to be distracted by what happened to her at home and came back to her place. She was thinking about what had happened and how Twilight and Rarity had a really good point about her fear. She was even exposed to her fear through a pedicure, She wondered if she was still going to be afraid of being barefoot or if the pedicure cured her phobia.

When she finished school she saw that the chair was being set up for her to get a pedicure. She was scared but she knew that this had to happen or she would never get over her fear of being barefoot. She realized what Twilight and Rarity were going to be doing from now on, They both spoke to her in a gentle manner as they made sure that they didn't scare her as they didn't want to do that or it would make their efforts difficult and they needed to finally help Sweetie Belle beat her fear.

"Sweetie Belle from now on your going to be exposed to your fear through pedicure each day until you see that your fear can no longer have an excuse to exist in you, You won't have a good reason to fear feet, We are going to rid you of this no matter how much it takes, We're sorry but we have to do this Sweetie Belle." Twilight told her.

"This is for your own good sis. We have made very good progress with helping you try to beat your fear with exposure therapy and now we have to finish what we started, Now get in the chair." Rarity said, Sweetie Belle instantly got into the chair and Twilight removed her footwear, Sweetie Belle squirmed in her seat as they removed her socks only this time she was forced to look at them longer.

She sat there as Twilight and Rarity exposed her to her own fear of feet which was what she was so afraid of but she was questioning herself over why she was afraid of feet which was helping Rarity and Twilight succeed in helping Sweetie Belle beat her fear, Twilight looked at her as she got out the supplies

"Now you do you fear feet or your own feet? You shouldn't. Nobody is going to laugh at you for your feet being bare Thats very silly to fear being barefoot or feet themselves. We aren't laughing at you and other people won't either, I promise Sweetie Belle, What are your other reasons?" Twilight asked her as she confronted her.

"I......I...Ah! Ah!" Sweetie Belle shouted as she watched Twilight as Twilight gave her a pedicure while facing her about her fear, She needed to do this for Sweetie Belle's sake if Sweetie Belle was ever going to beat her fear. Sweetie Belle's breath beat heavily as she couldn't divert her attention from her feet as they got a pedicure.

Sweetie Belle couldn't answer, She really couldn't give a good defense of her fear as there wasn't any defenses or excuses that she could use and that made her stunned, She knew that Twilight was right. She also didn't understand why she was still afraid of them after her phobia being exposed to her and her being reasoned with over her phobia.

Sweetie Belle just couldn't think of anything to say to Twilight or Rarity about her fear about her fear of being barefoot. She couldn't defend it or offer excuses anymore about why she was afraid of being barefoot as Twilight and Rarity have both debunked her fears and exposed her to her fear. She just finally answered Twilight with a sheepish shrug, Twilight nodded as she knew that she had accomplished what she was trying to do.

"I guess there wasn't anything to be afraid of, I-I was just scared because.....that people might laugh, I was being irrational and I shouldn't have been irrational of it as that was dumb of me to be irrational." Sweetie Belle said.

"And are we laughing? We have told you that nobody will laugh at you. You have to believe us because we are telling the truth. Going barefoot is good for your health as well and it feels nice. Are we laughing?" Twilight asked her. Sweetie Belle shook her head no. Twilight nodded and spoke.

"And how do you feel now that your feet are bare?" Twilight asked Sweetie Belle. Sweetie Belle looked at her feet and realized that it was pointless to put her footwear back on now. It was pointless to continue being scared of being barefoot as she was now fully exposed to it.

"I'm not freaking out anymore I guess. I felt like I was going to faint for a few moments but then I didn't which was strange to not feel like I'm going to faint." Sweetie Belle said. Rarity was shocked that Sweetie Belle had gotten over her fear in a matter of only a week. It was now the weekend. Twilight and Rarity let her go.

"Thank you for helping me overcome my irrational fear girls, It means a lot to me that you helped. At first I thought you two would fail but then I realized that it's not that scary, Thank you." Sweetie Belle said, Over the next week Sweetie Belle was exposed to pedicures by her sister and each day her fear degraded.

Twilight congratulated Sweetie Belle as she realized that Sweetie Belle didn't need her help but her and Sweetie Belle still hung out as friends.

Sweetie Belle would always remembered that she was helped by Rarity and Twilight. Sweetie Belle became an avid barefooter, when she told Rarity and Twilight that she was a barefooter now and that she loved going barefoot Rarity and Twilight congratulated her as they were so happy that they got Sweetie Belle to beat her fear and ey were happy that Sweetie Belle was a barefooter.