The Bluestar Element

Chapter 3: Heaven in the Spa

Skate arrived at the spa after the short walk. She was glad to know that there was a spa not even five minutes from her new house. She pushed open the door and walked inside. One of the spa workers approached Skate wearing an inviting smile on her face.

"Hello and welcome to Day Spa! My name is Lotus and I hope you have a wonderful experience!" said the earth pony.

Skate smiled politely and replied, "Thank you, I'm sure I will. Um, is there a unicorn by the name of Rarity and a pegasus by the name of Fluttershy here?" The second Skate had finished her sentence, the white colored unicorn walked up to Skate.

"Oh you must be Skate Bluestar! Lotus, give her the full treatment on me." Rarity excitedly said. Twilight had told Rarity everything about Skate, and she sounded very intriguing.

"Why thank you Miss Rarity. Um, I've never been to a spa before, what exactly do we do?" Skate asked. Skate technically had been to a spa before, just didn't have time to get any treatments since she crashed through it's windows on her skateboard. The look on the spa owner's face was priceless, and Skate didn't regret it one bit just because of that face.

"Your coat and mane are that beautiful and you've never been to a spa?!" Rarity gasped. "This simply cannot be! Come, and be ready to be more relaxed than you ever have!"

Skate put on a polite smile and tried her best not to burst out laughing from Rarity's reaction. While Rarity and her were walking to the rooms, she noticed the pegasus named Fluttershy had been very quiet. Skate decided to introduce herself to the pony.

"I'm sorry Fluttershy, I haven't introduced myself. My name is Skate Bluestar! I appreciate you allowing me to come along with you and Rarity today." said Skate with a friendly grin. The pony mumbled something she couldn't understand, and she was about to ask what Fluttershy said when Rarity interrupted.

"She's very shy darling. Just give her a little time, she's a very sweet and kind pony once she stops being so shy." Rarity said.

Skate nodded as they made their way to the steam room.

"Here, put your mane up in the towel and put on this robe. You can put your lovely bow and eyeglasses on the bench over there." Aloe said to Skate. Rarity and Fluttershy already knew the drill, so they sat patiently as Skate untied her purple bow, allowing her long mane to flow freely. Rarity gasped as she saw Skate's full mane.

"Darling your mane!" Rarity exclaimed.

Rarity's statement concerned Skate, making her think something was wrong with it. "What? Is there something wrong with my mane?" Skate asked worriedly.

"No no no no darling, quite the opposite! Your make is just simply gorgeous! I've never seen such a beautiful pony, the stallions must be all over you!" Rarity said reassuringly.

Skate let out a giggle and blushed. "Thank you very much Rarity, your mane is very pretty too. Yeah I do catch a few stallions eyeing my flank every once in a while, but they hardly ever work up the guts to ask me out." Skate said as she finally got her hair properly wrapped up in the towel. She then took off her slightly tinted glasses, and her deep purple eyes became much more visible. Rarity gasped once again.

"My eyes?" "DARLING YOUR EYES!" Skate and Rarity said at the same time. Skate couldn't hold it in anymore and started laughing very hard. Fluttershy surprisingly  was laughing too.

Lotus showed them into the steam room, and poured cold water on the hot, scorching rocks as the three mares started talking.

"I just simply can't understand how you don't have a special some pony. Surely there's a stallion you find attractive?" Rarity asked Skate.

Skate simply smiled and said, "No not really, but then again I guess I haven't really been looking."

They don't need to know, not yet. I don't know them well enough. Skate thought to herself.

"I have to agree with Rarity, I'm surprised you don't have a special some pony too." Fluttershy spoke the first understandable words of the night. Fluttershy didn't feel frightened around this pony. There was something about her that made her so friendly and easy to talk to.

Skate blushed again. "Oh come on girls. And what about yourselves? You two are very pretty, do you have special some ponies?" Skate asked. They continued to talk all through the spa treatment. Room from room they laughed, smiled, and generally had a good time. They shared stories and got to know each other very well. Even Fluttershy was being active in the conversations, and laughing just hard as the other two. After about three hours of what Skate would later describe as "Heaven in Equestria", they got to the last part of the spa treatment. The three of them climbed into their own separate tub of water that had been scented with fresh daisies. They let their manes hang free as Lotus, Aloe, and another worker all worked on their manes.

"The usual" Rarity and Fluttershy said at the same time. Lotus, who was working on Skate, asked her how she would like her mane done.

"Just the same how it was when I came in. And if you could also tie my bow how I had it I would be very grateful." Skate answered.

"Yes Miss Bluestar." Lotus replied. The workers put cucumber slices on the three mare's eyes and got to work, combing their manes out then beginning to style it as requested.

"Has this not been simply heavenly darling?" Rarity asked Skate.

"I haven't been this relaxed since the first time I slept on a cloud. I can't thank you enough  Rarity and Fluttershy. How can I repay you?" Skate replied. She had already had the best day of her life, and now she had one of the most relaxing afternoons of her life.

"How about you tell me how you make your mane so beautiful!"  Rarity replied.

Skate giggled and blushed again."You sure know how to make a girl blush Rarity. Believe or not, my mane is mostly natural."

Rarity choked on her own gasp as Skate said that."NATURAL?! Darling, you must be joking!" Rarity exclaimed.

"Nope, I just run the comb through it a few times when I wake up, tie it up in its ponytail with my bow, and I'm done. Sometimes I have to re-comb it after I skateboard, but generally its very easy. Its a blessing that my mother passed on to me." Skate replied, her blush as red as ever.

"Wow, ponies are always saying my mane is pretty, and its simple to do, but not that simple." Fluttershy said. Skate's cheeks were now a deep crimson red. Rarity was still silent in shock.

The spa workers finished the three pony's manes, and they did a fantastic job. Skate's mane had looked exactly how it looked when she walked in. Even the bow was tied perfectly.

"I had a great time this afternoon girls. We should do this again sometime! I'm going to go home now, I'm exhausted from today, and I still have a few things to unpack. That spa treatment made me feel so relaxed I feel like I could go to sleep standing up and have the best sleep I ever had. Well, I'm off now. Bye girls." Skate said to Rarity and Fluttershy.

They waved goodbye as she walked toward her house. Fluttershy and Rarity decided to go to the cafe not too far from the spa and get a bite to eat. They walked in and ordered their food, Rarity ordered a daisy and apple sandwich with a glass of apple cider. Fluttershy ordered a grass and daisy sandwich with a glass of water. They picked up their food and walked out to a table outside. As they were eating, Rarity started talking to Fluttershy.

"Wasn't Skate an absolute gem? I've never met such a beautiful, friendly, and interesting pony before. And its amazing just how simple her manestyle was too." Rarity said.

"She certainly was a nice pony. I've never felt so comfortable around a pony I just met before. She was just so friendly and kind, I didn't feel frightened around her." Fluttershy replied. They continued to talk about Skate when Applejack walked up to them.

"Hiyah girls! What're you two talkin 'bout?" Applejack asked them.

"Oh we were just talking about how lovely the new pony in town is. Skate Bluestar is her name." Rarity answered,

"Ah that Canterlot pony that moved into 128 Mane Street right? Twilight told me about er' today. I reckon I'll drop by her place tomorrow mornin' and introduce mah' self." Applejack said.

"She's really friendly and nice, you'll like her Applejack. I wasn't even shy around her." Fluttershy said.

Applejack raised her eyebrows. What Fluttershy had said really surprised her. It took three months for Fluttershy to stop being so shy to Applejack when they met.

I'm definitely gonna have ta meet this pony. Applejack said to herself in her head.

Meanwhile, Skate has just finished unpacking her things and put them where they belonged in the house. Skate looked at the clock. 9:30PM. This had certainly been the best day of her entire life. As much as she wanted to go to sleep, she remembered her promise to Silver Dream. Skate got out a piece of paper and a quill and ink well and began writing.

Dear Silver Dream,

My first day in Ponville has been the best day of my life. And damn you for not telling me the Element Bearers lived here! I nearly had a heart attack when I saw Twilight Sparkle answer the door in the library. She invited me in for some tea and we talked for hours about magic, science, history, our perspectives on certain topics, and quite a few other things. I also learned something very interesting from Twilight. Apparently a side affect of being an Element Bearer is having the life length of an alicorn! I found that very interesting. Speaking of the Element Bearers, I met all of them except for the Element of Honesty(Applejack according to my books) and the Element of Laughter(Pinkie Pie according to Twilight Sparkle). I hope to meet them soon. Rarity and Fluttershy, the Elements of Generosity and Kindness, took me to the local spa with them. I haven't been that relaxed in years! I also haven't blushed this much since my wings developed and everyone kept saying how amazing they were. Everpony I met today said I was the most beautiful pony they had ever seen. They kept asking me why I didn't have a stallionfriend. It was so embarrassing the answers I gave them, but they can't know my secret. Not yet, maybe if my friendship with them grows I'll tell them eventually, but I'm not sure. My house is very lovely Silver, and I was very surprised to find it already filled with furniture. Thank you, because I would have been tired enough to sleep on the floor. Excuse me if my writing is sloppy, because like I said, I am very tired. I hope to hear from you soon.

Love,

Your Best Friend, Skate Bluestar.

She rolled up the paper, put one of the gold pins from Silver on the ribbon that tied it, and sent it through the post office. She arrived back home a few minutes later. She climbed under the covers of the most comfortable bed she had ever lied in, and drifted off into a peaceful sleep.