Chapter Seven

Rarity

(AN: Okay, I finally made two OCs in this chapter! Yayz! Yeah, the ponies I used

earlier were just ones I grabbed randomly off of MLP Wiki, but Sugar Cookie and Rainbow Sprinkles are mine now. XD. However, the clapping game they play is not. First person to guess what their clapping game is from gets internet donuts.)

Honestly, does Pinkie understand the concept of anything? Beside from fun and friends and party, I mean. Because she obviously doesn't understand the concept of beauty sleep, as she woke me up at 5:30 am screaming, "RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARITYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!"

By now, I've woken up for the fifth time, and I've discovered that locking the door and pushing the chair up against it keeps Pinkie from banging on it.

I roll out of bed and brush my mane, trying to put it to perfection. Thankfully, it does so on its own.

I find the simplest yellow dress in my fancifully decorated dresser, and then I take out some red fabric I've been provided with. There is also a sewing machine in my closet, to encourage us to use art, and I get to work adding a swirl design to the dress.

I used to help mother and father make our outfits in Candor, so it's very easy for me to sew something to the dress. I remember being bored by the dull black-and-whiteness of Candor, always trying to find room for art. Now that I'm in Amity, I can do all the art I want.

Finally, I finish my dress. I pull it out and examine it. It's a pretty well-done piece of art, if I do say so myself. In fact, now that I think of it, maybe designing things is what I'm good at.

I feel warm all over all of the sudden, and I look to my flank and see a design of three blue gems appear on there. I grin and give a small cheer. A cutie mark on my first day in Amity. That has to be a good sign.

I pull on my dress and head out the door. One of the Amity-born ponies- a cousin of Applejack, possibly?- already told me that the girls are meeting in a large wooden cabin that functions as a culinary school. I walk out the door of the building that holds the dormitories and see the cabin on a hill. I am about to head to it when I hear a familiar squeal. "Rarity!"

I sigh as I feel pink hooves clasp around me in a hug. "Hello, Pinkie Pie."

Pinkie grins at me. "Wow! Nice dress? Did you make it yourself?"

"Yes I did." I say. "Now, we're supposed to go to that cabin over there."

Pinkie nods. "Okay." She bounces the whole way there.

When we arrive, I tut at Pinkie's simple red shirt and yellow pants, and then realize that we're not alone.

"Hello!" says a white pony with a very pale tan mane.

"Are you feeling happy today?" asks the other pony, who has a matching pelt, but has a white mane with rainbow specks in it.

"Yes we are!" Pinkie says. "I'm Pinkie Pie, and I transferred from Abnegation! This is Rarity, from Candor!"

"I'm Sugar Cookie!" says the white pony. "This is my sister, Rainbow Sprinkles!"

"Are you twins?" I ask.

"Yes!" they giggle.

I look at their outfits. They are wearing red shirts to match Pinkie, with cheerleader-style yellow skirts. They have yellow headbands in their manes. They are obviously Amity-born.

I smile at them, and they look delighted. They immediately begin a little clapping game, to our amusement.

"One, two three, together! Clap together, snap together! You and me together, knees together, freeze together! Up or down, together! Princess crown together! Always be together, you and me!"

"That looks like fun!" Pinkie squeals.

"Princess crown?" I ask.

Sugar Cookie shrugs. "It's just a saying."

"A majorly fun saying!" Rainbow Sprinkles squeaks.

"Do you have cutie marks yet?" Sugar Cookie asks.

"Yes!" Pinkie says. "It's three balloons, because my talent is throwing parties! I always figured that was my talent, but I didn't get my mark until I picked Amity. As soon as I did, I felt all warm, and when I changed outfits last night, I saw my cutie mark!"

"I got one this morning, when I designed this dress." I admit. "It's three gems, to symbolize my knack for designing dresses."

"My cutie mark is a cookie!" Sugar tells us.

"Mine is a bunch of sprinkles!" Sprinkles grins.

"Because we're going to own a bakery when we initiate!" they say together, and then do their clapping game again.

I look at Pinkie, who's probably already memorized the clapping game.

At that point, the other initiates bounce in- literally. Pinkie will definitely fit in here.

The instructor comes in. "Hello, girls! I'm one your morning teachers, Apple Cider."

Oh. I think. A relative of Applejack.

"In the mornings, you will learn how to cook and take care of a household. In the afternoons, you'll join my friends Apple Cinnamon, Chocolate Tail and Cosmic in learning how to plant, grow and harvest farm. And on the weekends, we'll teach you to play an instrument of your choice!" Apple Cider informs us, beaming from head-to-hoof. "Now, for cooking, I want the earth ponies with me, the pegasi with my friend Cream Tangerine, and the unicorns with my other friend Primrose!" (AN: And no, those are not OCs either. MLP wiki is really helpful. :D)

I nod and separate from Pinkie, sighing with relief. However, I'm happy we'll be in the same faction. I'm not sure how I could laugh without Pinkie in my life.