A Diamond in the Rough

The black Pegasus was the farthest thing from Rarity's mind as she entered the spa. Fluttershy was already there waiting for her when she arrived. "Oh, hello Rarity." Fluttershy greeted in a soft voice. "Hello Fluttershy dear." Rarity responded as she trotted to stand next to her friend. "I hope I'm not too late."Rarity muttered.

"Oh no! I think you're just in ti-"Fluttershy was interrupted as one of the spa ponies called their names. The two mares trotted to the back where their treatment began. They spoke as the spa ponies did their work. Rarity talked about her work and how hard it was to find the gems she needed for this order while Fluttershy quietly listened.

The conversation changed directions while they sat in the spa bath. "So...um Rarity...have you..." Fluttershy started to say. "Have I what, Fluttershy?" Rarity replied and looked at her friend with a confused look. "Found any other to pony to be your…"Fluttershy looked down into the water and blushed.

Rarity blinked a few times before realizing what she was implying. "No no, dear. I've given up since that incident at the Gala." Rarity replied. She thought about Prince Blueblood and was reminded of how stuck up and un chivilistic he was. Rarity shook her head before saying "Speaking of stallions…there's this black Pegasus who made a rather large mud puddle in front of my home." She complained.

"Did he have blue eyes and a scar on his belly?" Fluttershy asked with interest. She had lifted her head to look at Rarity. "Y-yes he did…do you know him?" Rarity asked, looking at Fluttershy. Fluttershy nodded. "Oh yes. I was friends with him back in Cloudsdale." She said "His name is Solar."

Rarity listened with curiosity and couldn't help thinking about those blue eyes of his. "Really…"Rarity said absent mindedly. "Oh yes. He is living with Rainbow Dash right now." Fluttershy replied.

"Oh…are they dating?" Rarity asked. For some reason… she was hoping that they were not. Fluttershy shook her head. "Oh no. They've been friends for their whole lives. He just recently came back from Cloudsdale and he's living with her until he can get back on his hooves." She explained. Rarity felt her heart jump at this. "Oh! I see." Rarity replied, trying to hide that growing bud of excitement that dwelled within her.

Fluttershy picked up on this and giggled. "Rarity… do you…?" she started to say when Rarity shook her head. "No no! He's much too messy for me!" she retorted. Fluttershy smiled at this and got out of the tub. Rarity quickly followed. "Well, Fluttershy, dear, I had a blast but I really must get back. I have a rather large order to fill. Ta ta, dear!" Rarity said. "Oh, good bye Rarity." Fluttershy responded as Rarity trotted out the door.

Rarity's mind wandered back to her order and soon that turned to gems; sapphires, to be exact. "Hey sis!" Rarity's concentration was snapped; she looked around for the source of it when she saw Sweetie Belle, Applebloom and Scootaloo. All three of them were covered head to hoof in dirt! "Sweetie Belle! Why on earth are you all covered in dirt?" Rarity spat out in shock. "We were trying to find our special talent!" Sweetie Belle said. "Gardening!" Applebloom piped up. "But…it didn't work out so well." Scootaloo added. Rarity looked at the three fillies and sighed. "Girls, I-"Rarity started but stopped when a male voice called out for Scootaloo. The filly looked around and jumped a bit and smiled as she saw the owner of the voice. "Brother!" she called. Rarity looked up to see two figures coming down to land. One blue and the other black. Rarity's heart jumped as she recognized them as Solar and Rainbow Dash.

Solar landed first and was followed by Rainbow Dash. Scootaloo quickly moved over to hug her older brother, who returned the hug. Dirt collected on his hide but he didn't really notice or care. "Still trying to find your cutie mark, eh?" Solar asked, smiling. Scootaloo nodded.

"Yeah! We tried gardening but that really did not work out too well." She said as Sweetie Belle and Applebloom nodded in agreement. Solar chuckled before saying "Don't worry, you three. You'll find your special talents soon enough." Solar looked down at Scootaloo and laughed. "Well, mom told me to come grab you for your doctor's appointment but I think a bath is in order first." he added.

"Doctors and a bath?" Scootaloo repeated in shock. Solar nodded and took notice of Rarity out of the corner of his eye. "Oh! Hi there! I cleaned up the mud puddle in front of your house." Solar said as Dashie made a coughing noise. "With Dashie's help…of course." he quickly added.

"Yeah, this pony still needs to learn how to control his urge to make it rain!" Rainbow Dash joked, bumping into Solar playfully. Solar laughed along with her before looking back at Rarity.

"I don't think we exchanged names earlier. My name is Solar." He said. Rarity almost said 'I know.' but quickly managed to fix it and said instead "I'm Rarity, charmed to meet you." Solar smiled. "Beautiful name…I wish I could stay a bit longer but mom will tan my hide if I don't get Scoot home. I'll see ya around!" Solar said.

"Bye guys." Scootaloo said to the other two fillies. "Bye Scootaloo." They said at the same time. "See ya, Rarity." Rainbow Dash said.

The three ponies turned around and trotted towards Solar's parents' place. "Good bye Rainbow Dash…and Solar." Rairty said as she watched Solar trott away. Sweetie Belle and Applebloom slipped away and headed towards Sugarcube Corner. Rarity sighed and she found herself lost in the day dream sea.