Sweetie Belle zipped about in Rarity's Boutique, looking quite excited. She was waiting for her friends to come by and go out crusading. Rarity was looking forward to an afternoon of mostly silence as she went about the town running a few delivery errands.

"Sweetie Belle, dear, please!" she exclaimed with an exasperated sigh. "Calm down; your friends won't be here for some time!" She watched Sweetie out the corner of her eye, making sure she didn't break anything. She briefly glanced back at the latest dress she was working on and, when she glanced back up...

"Sweetie Belle! Where are you?" she asked, getting surprised when a hefty weight landed on her back. She glanced back and sighed. Staring at her was the wide, bright eyed little unicorn filly.

"I want a piggy back ride, Rarity!"

Rarity just shook her head some and sighed again. "Sweetie, you aren't little anymore; you shouldn't play such foalish games. Besides," she continued with a small chuckle. "Aren't you getting a little BIG to be wanting a piggy back ride?" Sweetie Belle frowned at that line. She wasn't that clever of a pony most of the time, but even SHE knew when somepony was making fun of her. Well, she thought she knew.

With a huff, Sweetie Belle flopped off Rarity's back and onto the floor before stomping out of the room. Rarity turned and watched the little filly as she left and gave a shrug. "Dear Celestia, what was THAT about?" She checked her watch and gasped. "Is it that late already!? I need to finish gathering up the gifts I've made! Sweetie!" she called out. "What time do your little friends come by? You need to get ready! Sweetie Belle? SWEETIE BELLE!"

There was no response from the little filly who had run off to her room and slammed the door shut. "Dumb sister!" she said with a slight, cracking squeak in her voice. She had completely misunderstood what Rarity actually meant. "I'm not getting chubby at all! And with all she eats late at night.. she's the one that's getting fat as... as a... cow!" She paused and blinked, a naughty smirk spreading over her face. "I'm so glad I've been having Twilight Time recently. With Twilight having helped me with my magic," she laughed, rubbing her hooves together and levitating up a pair of carrots, "I'll get her back with a prank, and I know the PERFECT prank to pull!"

"Sweetie Belle! Get your flank down here; your friends just showed up! SWEETIE!" she called up the stairs, turning to give an apologetic look to the two little fillies standing in the doorway. "I'm so sorry, she should be down any second!"

"That's OK Rarity, we don't mind waiting," responded Applebloom. "We're still tryin' ta' figure out what we wanna try ta' get our cutie marks THIS time!"

"Yeah!" Scootaloo happily said, rather enthusiastically. "It'll be something super sweet and awesome!"

Rarity just rolled her eyes some and shook her head. "Just don't bring her back all covered in something sticky like last time..."

"Sorry 'bout that," apologized Applebloom.

"Yeah, sorry," added Scootaloo. "Guess trying to make Equestria's largest pancake wasn't the best idea to get a cutie mark..."

"What would uh cutie mark in makin' huge pancakes even look like?"

"Well it was YOUR idea, Applebloom!"

"MY idea? YOU wanted ta' put all the syrup on it!"

Rarity sighed yet again and placed a hoof on her forehead. "I swear to Luna these fillies will drive me to insanity!" She stood in the door, a slightly irritated look on her face as Applebloom and Scootaloo descended into taunts of, "YEH-HUH! NUH-UH!" She turned, ready to yell at the two when she saw Sweetie finally coming down.

"SWEE... Oh! Sweetie Belle, there you are. You know it's not polite to keep guests waiting. What if it had been a colt calling? A colt!?" She laughed, shaking her head. "No, never mind, you're much too young to be thinking of things like that! Now run along with your friends, I have QUITE the busy day to finish."

Sweetie turned and smiled, holding a couple of carrots in her magic. "Sorry I'm late girls, I was getting a small snack to share with my BESTEST big sister," she apologized, her sarcastic tone and eye roll going unheeded by the older unicorn mare. She levitated one of the carrots over and faked a genuine smile. Rarity's stomach rumbled at that exact moment, a sheepish grin spreading over her face.

"Eh... I suppose a small snack before deliveries will be fine, though I suppose a short visit to Sweet Apple Acres for a meal wouldn't hurt either..." She took the offered carrot and held it there for awhile, sniffing over it.

"Well, enjoy the snack! Gotta go! BYE!"

Rarity thought nothing of the quick good bye and departure of the fillies. They were off to do more crusading and more importantly, that meant Rarity had them out of her mane for a good few hours. More than enough time to relaxingly make her deliveries. Of course, before of all that could happen, that quick snack.

"How thoughtful of Sweetie to make me a snack, she must know I tend to forget meals during the day when I'm working." She levitated the carrot up and took a big, crunchy bite. "VERY crispy, just how I like it!" Unbeknownst to her, however, the fillies hadn't actually left yet. They were still there, peering through the window.

"Sweetie!" complained Scootaloo. "C'mon! We're wasting time!"

"What's so funny 'bout a carrot anyway?" continued Applebloom.

"Just wait girls, you'll see!"

They all waited, of course, watching Rarity through the window. Seconds turned to minutes and... nothing was happening. "What's supposed ta' happen?"

"What... but... I did it perfect!" complained Sweetie Belle, voice cracking a little with her whiny tone. "I put a prank spell on the carrot!"

"Guess you need more Twilight Time, huh Sweetie?"

"Shut up, Scoots."

Before the pair descended into a loud, one syllable argument again, Applebloom poked them. "Sweetie, y'er prank was uh bust, so let's go on crusading!"

"Yeah, you're right," Sweetie admitted, a look of dashed hope on her face. The three fillies turned tail and ran off to do their crusading, missing the first part of the prank firing off. Rarity seemed oblivious to the first change, but a few random black spots were forming on her body. She quickly finished the rest of the carrot then gathered up her deliveries for the day, walked out the door, and locked it, turning to head into town.