Chapter 6 Depression and Treatment
"That's it I'm having Twilight come take a look at you." Rarity said and within the hour Twilight came over, she took my temperature and did everything a normal doctor would do. Then she sat down across from me.
"Alright Sweetie Belle there's nothing wrong with you physically." She said
"You mean she's been faking!" Rarity screamed and Twilight glared at her.
"No I mean she's clearly depressed Rarity, and she needs to start treatment right away before this get's out of hand and she kills herself Rarity and screaming isn't going to help that." Twilight said. Kill myself was I really at risk for doing that. I began to feel scared Rarity and Twilight left the room and after I heard Rarity actually begin to cry blaming herself for it. I waited in the bed for the next day and when the week came everypony came over with different ways of cheering me up. First up was my own sister she led me over to a bunch of dresses.
"Alright now stich along there." She instructed me on making my first dress I sewed the fabric using magic and a needle.
"Like this?" I asked and she nodded. As I moved the fabric back and forth with the sewing machine. Eventually the sewing machine failed and Pinkie Pie took over, she led me to the bakery.
"You know what I do when I feel down I bake cupcakes!" She screamed as she bounced around grabbing the ingredients. I liked her idea, she put a chef hat on me along with an apron. "Okay now stir like this." She demonstrated and I mimicked. "Next add the eggs." She said I cracked them and dropped them in while using magic to stir it still.
"What now?" I asked
"Add the flour!" She said before dumping an entire bag of flour on me creating a large mess. Needless to say her plan didn't really work so next I went with Fluttershy to her cottage where she had me pet on animals it didn't really work to much. So I went with Applejack and Apple Bloom to their farm, Apple Bloom had a wheel barrel full of apples on her flank now.
"Alright we're going to work through this Sweetie Belle literally." Apple Bloom said physical labor equals happiness that was new.
"Just start trying to buck the apples down." Applejack demonstrated and I copied only to knock down one apple that landed on my horn.
"UGH!"
"Sweetie Belle It just takes some getting used to you'll get the hang of it." Apple Bloom promised as Scotoaloo and Rainbowdash came down to take their turn. "I'm done for the day." I let out a loud sigh and began heading back towards the boutique feeling defeated. I heard the familiar bum bum bum of Cord's guitar playing in the background as I walked in at least he was feeling happy. In the morning I went with Rainbowdash and Scootaloo their plan was to make me go so fast on Scootaloo's scooter that it would out race the sadness at least that's how Rainbowdash explained before getting behind me to push me. At first it was alright but then she began to speed up going faster and faster until I couldn't feel my face any more.
"See isn't this greet?" She yelled and I shook my head no I hated going this fast we came to a slow stop and Twilight took over. She gave me few children's books that had a bunch of happy children in it, I felt like they were mocking me. Spike thought he would give it a try and had me play videogames with him, the activity I used to have fun with I felt nothing for. I headed home where Rarity hugged me I could tell she was overly worried she actually dropped all of her work she had been doing. Finally it came and it hit like a boulder the day before the gala where everyone would go to Canterlot except for me.
"Sweetie Belle maybe I should just stay home with you." Rarity said
"No, just go." I replied almost whispering as the doorbell rang. "I went over and opened it, standing there was Cord, he looked rather nervous.
"Here." He handed me an envelope. I opened it inside was a ticket to the gala..
"How…..how did…..how did you get this?" I finally managed to spit out.
"I had to play on the streets to raise some money when it wasn't enough I had to sell my guitar, I just thought you needed this more than I needed it." He replied I was speechless, I hugged him tightly. "Hey Sweetie Belle I'm not much of hugger you know." He muttered.
"THANK YOU! THANK YOU!" I screamed and Rarity ran in.
"What is it Sweetie Belle?' she asked as I started jumping around then I stopped.
"What about your guitar?" I asked him and he shrugged.
"I can always get a new one, in the mean time I'll just use one in the shop. Just go have fun." He turned to leave.
"Cord you really didn't have to this." I told him and he turned around and smiled.
"I know but I began to get worried after you didn't come to school for three days and I eventually put two and two together so don't worry about it." He said before finally leaving.
"Sweetie Belle what is that?" Rarity asked and I showed her the ticket.
"He had to sell his guitar and play on the streets just to get it." I said staring at it. "Rarity what should I do? I feel bad about going after he did all that just to get this for me."
"Sweetie Belle maybe you should just accept it and go to the gala with the rest of us." She suggested and I took her up on it. We quickly got to work on making me a dress, it was almost the same as Rarity's but blue. On the way to the train I stopped by the music store just to say thank you one more time.
"So was it your idea?" Rarity asked his older brother.
"No, it was all his." He replied. "Cord not over there over there!" He said loudly and pointed in another direction.
"you should really get signs!" Cord yelled and his brother laughed.
"Well that friend of yours is here." He replied and Cord came to the front of the store.
"I just wanted to thank you one last time." I said and he nodded.
"Seriously don't mention it, it's not that big of deal really." Cord said clearly getting a bit embarrassed.
"Well alright and when I get back I'll help you get the money to buy a new guitar I promise." We shook hooves and I was off to the train.