(Carousel Boutique)

"I don't guess saying I'm sorry will do any good?" Sweetie Belle spoke hopefully as she was placed on her hooves inside the shop.

"It won't save you from my mane brush, if that is what you are asking." Rarity said firmly.

Sweetie Belle sighed, head hanging. "No. I just...I'm sorry that I'm so stupid sometimes, Rarity. And so much trouble."

Her sister's magic enveloped her and lifted her as Rarity drew her into a hug.

"Darling, you are not stupid." Rarity said gently. "A bit spirited and overzealous and irresponsible on occasion, but you are not stupid. And you are most assuredly not trouble."

"But...but I made you mad." Sweetie Belle said, with a sniff.

"Oh Sweetie, I'm not mad." Rarity's embrace tightened. "I am disappointed, yes. But I am not mad. I am more worried than anything."

"Cause I was dumb?"

"No, darling. Because what you did was, as Twilight and Celestia said, very dangerous. You fillies are lucky that creating a monster is all you did. You could have been seriously hurt. Or killed." Rarity's voice sharpened slightly. "Killed. Do you know what that means?"

"Yeah, that I wouldn't be here anymore." Sweetie Belle said.

"Exactly." Rarity softened again as she cuddled the filly close. "I do not want to lose you, Sweetie. I love you dearly. If anything happened to you I would be crushed."

"I...I'm sorry, Rarity." Sweetie Belle whispered, feeling really bad when she considered how Rarity would have felt had things ended differently in Twilight's experiment room. If she and her friends had somehow gotten themselves killed.

Rarity nuzzled her gently. "I know, darling. But I am still going to have punish you. You know that, right? You put your life in danger messing with Twilight's chemicals and things."

"I know." Sweetie Belle sniffled. "But I wish you didn't have to. It hurts." The tears trickled down her snout.

Rarity sighed. She wished she didn't, too. Her heart was breaking at the thought of causing her precious little sister pain.

"I know it does, sweetheart." She planted a kiss on her little sister's head. "Lets just get it over with, alright? Then we'll have ice cream."

At Sweetie Belle's nod, Rarity set her down and rose. Side by side they went up the stairs to Rarity's room. Sweetie Belle might be scared of the spanking, but she trusted Rarity completely. Her big sister would never harm her.

Rarity took a seat on the bed and levitated a mane brush over, laying it next to her. Her magic then caught her sister, lifting her up and gently laying her across her lap. Sweetie Belle offered no protest. Experience had taught her it was over with more rapidly if you just stayed still and didn't fight.

Rarity lifted the brush, her left hoof pressing gently but firmly on the filly's back.

"Are you ready?" She asked.

"I guess." Sweetie Belle said, voice low.

Rarity raised the mane brush and used her hoof to brush the filly's tail aside. The brush landed firmly on her flank, and Sweetie Belle yelped.

After five swats she began crying in earnest. Rarity's heart broke and tears filled her eyes at the filly's sobs. She absolutely hated having to do this.

After five more swift swats, Rarity took a firmer hold of her sister and aimed at her more tender sit spot.

"Ow!" Sweetie Belle yowled, before returning to sobbing.

Rarity finished with five more swats to the sit spots, then dropped the brush and gathered her sister close, comforting her.

"I'm sorry, Rarity." The little one cried.

"I know, darling. I know." Rarity said softly. "Its alright now. I forgive you. Shh."

Once Sweetie Belle calmed down, Rarity smiled at her.

"I love you, little sister."

"I love you too, big sister."

"Ice cream?"

"YEAH!"

And the two unicorns left the room and headed down to the kitchen to indulge in the sweet and delcious treat.

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(Dash's House)

"I am in big trouble, aren't I?" Scootaloo asked nervously.

"Yeah, you sure are." Dash replied, putting her down on the cloud bed in her room.

"I'm really sorry, Rainbow Dash."

"I know you are, kid." Dash took a seat next to her. "But you know I'm not letting it go at that. You knew what was coming when we left the castle."

"Yeah, I know." Scootaloo sighed. "I was hoping maybe I could talk you out of it. I mean, Twilight spanked me already."

Dash snorted. "It was three smacks, Scoots. And only for disobeying her rules and going down and messing around."

"So...no chance you won't....?"

"Nope. I'm spanking your flank, kiddo."

"Darn."

Dash laid a wing around the forlorn filly.

"Scootaloo, you did something really dangerous." She said. "You messed with stuff that could have easily hurt you or killed you. Don't you get that?"

"Yeah. It was really dumb." Scootaloo admitted. "And we didn't get cutie marks."

Dash rolled her eyes. "Cutie marks are the very least of your worries right now, kid."

"Dash, I'm really sorry. I know we shouldn't have done it." Scootaloo looked up.

"You're right. You shouldn't have." Dash said calmly. "Scoots, you...you might not be related to me, but you are my little sister regardless. And I don't want to lose you to some crazy scheme for cutie marks or whatever. Can you get that?"

"Yeah."

Dash sighed and shifted a little. "Ok. So you know what you did was wrong, and why. I won't waste time going over it again. Lets just...get this over with."

Scootaloo didn't resist as she was lifted and gently laid over Dash's lap. She scrunched her eyes shut and waited as she felt Dash's left foreleg wrap around her securely.

Dash swallowed hard as she raised her hoof. This was gonna hurt her as much as it did Scootaloo. But the filly needed to learn to think before she acted. With that thought, she brought her hoof down with a firm clap on Scootaloo's flank. The filly yelped in suprised pain. Dash flinched but charged ahead, laying down smack after smack, each one hard enough to be keenly felt, but not to cause any harm.

Scootaloo was actually bawling by the tenth smack, and Dash finished with five smacks to her sit spot. She drew the filly into a hug.

"I'm sorry, Dash, I'm sorry." Scootaloo sobbed.

"I know, kiddo. I forgive you." Dash said, snuggling her close.

Scootaloo finally calmed enough to lean back and give her a watery grin.

"I love you, sis."

Dash chuckled. "I love you, too, squirt."

Scootaloo sniffed. "Can we get pizza?"

Dash gave a hearty laugh and tossed the filly up on her back. "Sure, kid. Lets go get pizza."

And with that, they headed off to get themselves some pizza and bring it home for some quality sister time.

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(Sweet Apple Acres)

Applejack and Apple Bloom had been silent all the way home. Applejack headed directly to the barn, and the filly followed, knowing all too well what to expect. Or so she thought.

Applejack sat down and drew her sister close, into a hug.

"Ah want you to know Ah ain't mad." She told the startled filly. "Ah'm disappointed you done what ya done, but Ah'm not mad."

"Ah'm sorry, Applejack." Apple Bloom sniffed. "Ah never shoulda done it. It was stupid an' it was wrong."

"Yeah, it was." Applejack said calmly. "An' do ya know why it was wrong?

Apple Bloom pondered that for a minute, then sighed deeply, wishing she didn't have to say it.

"Cause Ah coulda been hurt bad, or even killed." She said. "Plus Twilight said don't go down there, but, mostly the dangerous thing."

"You're right." Applejack said."Ah don't wanna lose ya, Apple Bloom. You gotta learn to think first, then act. An' Ah don't want ya tryin' anymore fool stunts like that."

Apple Bloom nodded. She met her sister's gaze. "Ah guess I gotta go get a switch now." The filly sighed.

"Ah'm afraid so." Applejack said softly, wishing she could just not do this.

Apple Bloom stood there for a short while, as if hoping a miracle would occur and get her out of the mess she was in. Applejack came and nuzzled her gently.

"Go on an' get it, sugarcube. No sense draggin' this out."

Apple Bloom heaved a sigh, fresh tears pooling as she turned around and left the barn, looking like she had just been condemned to execution.

Applejack didn't speak. She just watched her sister head slowly out the door and out of sight. She did not want to do this. She honestly did not. She hated punishing her sister. It hurt her almost as much as it did the filly. But sometimes it was just neccessary.

Apple Bloom returned in good time, switch in her mouth. She transferred it to Applejack, who took it wordlessly. The filly dragged herself to a nearby bale of straw and settled over it, tears welling up at the thought of what was coming.

This is gonna hurt like Tartarus!

The first lick of the switch made her jump and yelp simultaneously. The next one made her start crying. By the fourth she was sobbing loudly, head buried in her hooves. It really did hurt like Tartarus!

Applejack delivered six more licks before dropping the switch and gathering the filly in a tight hug.

"Ah'm sorry, Ah'm sorry!" Apple Bloom sobbed. "Ah'm so sorry, Applejack."

"Ah know, lil sis. Ah know." Applejack soothed. "Ah forgive ya."

Apple Bloom finally calmed down and took a deep breath.

"Ah'll never do somethin' that dumb again." She promised.

"Ah hope not." Applejack said.

Apple Bloom pulled back to look at her.

"Ah think Ah could use a big piece of apple pie." She said, hopefully.

Applejack laughed at that.

"Ah think we can handle that." She smirked.

They hugged once more before pulling apart completely. Apple Bloom beamed at her sister.

"Ah love ya, big sis."

"Ah love ya too, lil sis. Now lets go get that pie!"

Author's Note

I was apparently not done with this story yet.

This was a very difficult chapter for me to write. I wanted to make sure to make it was very clear that every spanking in this chapter was done with the utmost love and was not by any means abusive. I drew alot on my own experience as a kid for this. Being kind of a troublemaker, I got more spankings than I care to admit, but each and every one was always done with love. I was never harmed by any of them. And my parents, like the older sisters in this story, never got any joy out of punishment. And the favourite parts for all of us was the warm hugs afterwards, just like the above chapter.

Anyhow....ahem....I hope you liked this chapter. I am planning on doing one more, and hopefully I'll have it up soon.