Afternoon in Equestria, almost evening, with a lovely view of the bright ball of light with the blue sky as a fitting background, thanks to Princess Celestia, as this celestial body illuminated every pony outside their home, in such a way that was reminiscent of the sun goddess giving them her blessing for the day. Even the ponies that were inside structures at that time of the day, couldn’t escape the sunlight that entered through the windows and open doors. It was beautiful, except perhaps for some grumpy vampireponies that didn’t like the sunlight. And despite being directly exposed to their warmth, it wasn’t piping hot neither uncomfortably humid. Just the perfect temperature for the day, for a perfect view.

In these kinds of settings, we had a pale yellow Pegasus flying diligently towards a certain destination, with determination and grace in her flight. She had a Cutie Mark reminiscent of a crescent moon, and her tail and mane casted a small, yet noticeable (If you were close) streak of yellow and brown behind her. Her beautiful brown eyes scanned the surroundings of where she was flying, recognizing the landscape and everything like the back of her clean hoof. She had to deliver some pastries and cakes to a certain location in Ponyville, and, instead of asking an delivery Pegasus to do it, she decided to do it herself because of the importance of the task assigned… well, other ponies might’ve considered such a request fairly unimportant, but for her, who knew specifically who she was giving this special package to, it carried a high relevancy, anyways it’s not like you get to do cakes or do something in general to one of the ponies you like the most.

She softly hummed a cute little song as she kept on with her flight, spotting the Carousel Boutique she was meant to go towards in the distance, not so far away yet at the same time slightly far. It was in between, and she liked that, because it meant that she wouldn’t arrive late, in fact, the most likely scenario was that, despite the suddenness of the order, she’d arrive 20 minutes earlier, if her calculations were correct. The tune she was cutely humming to was a happy one, which also portrayed her hidden excitement of being able to meet one of (By her opinion) the best ponies out there.

Her thoughts of interacting and maybe even befriending her customer, and her vehement focus on the task at hoof, made her fail realize there was another pony flying alongside her, or well, not exactly like flying alongside her but approaching her. Said pony was, for the lack of words, particularly distinguishable among a crowd, perhaps because of the fact she was extremely famous, or because there was a different feeling about her… for starters, she seemed to be extra fluffier than the regular ponies, even having tufts of fur in her hooves. Secondly, she also had soft and puffy wings of pure white, which contrasted with her pink coat, yet at the same time blended in at the start of the feathers. Aside from that, her hooves seemed to be made out of pure gold, yet still carried that characteristic softness and fluffiness ubiquitous on pony hooves, to not mention there was an adorable heart in the underside, unique for hers. She also had a little tiara-crown thingy that denoted her royalty position, and she had a strange, rectangular device in her hoof.

“Hi miss! Could you tell me where Rarity is right now? Me and my Pippsqueaks would thank you that very much, isn’t that right?” The princess-like pony asked, waking up Sweet Bun from her daydreaming, the last part of her sentence being more for the camera than for the Pegasus herself. She smiled towards her ‘fans’ in the blocky instrument, and then back towards Sweet… who was starting to have a huge fangirl moment right now… Well she wasn’t freaking out, but she was extremely giddy and happy as heck. Her wings fluttered faster and her heart started listening to Eurobeat as her brown eyes stared from the tiniest speck of dirt in her hooves, up to the fluffiness in the tip of her ears. She’s indeed real, and it’s here. Sweet Bun doesn’t know how, but it’s happening. She pinches one of her cheeks as if she was dreaming, and she’s shocked at the revelation that it hurts a lot, so this is actually real. “M-Miss Pipp Petals! S-Such a pleasure to meet you! I-I love you! I’m your biggest fan!” Sweet Bun said first off all, as any fangirl or follower would do

“Oh? So you know who I am? I thought I was alone in this… new universe? Heh. You heard that Pippsqueaks? We’ve got an awesome fan here! Pipp Pipp Hooray!” She exclaimed happily, being the influencer and social butterfly pony she always was. She turned back towards the baker Pegasus and smiled warmly, but before she could repeat her question, the alluded Sweet proceeded to reply her inquiry “O-Oh, y-you’d like to go with Rarity? Yes, yes, follow me. I’m going there too, I-I have to deliver her some pastries” She said softly, yet the sheer amount of happy was thick and extremely noticeable in her voice, despite wanting to do her very best and act casual. Pipp giggled at her adorkableness, and she gently rubbed her mane with one heart-shaped hoof, which elicited a cute squee from Sweet Bun “Don’t worry dear, I don’t bite. Now, onwards to Rarity’s house! You heard that followers? We’re going to meet a really real and legitimate old pony from the ancient times!”

“So, what’s your name my little Pipsqueak? And since when you started watching my streams and videos?” Pipp Petals asked towards the pale yellow Pegasus with the trace of red blush in her cheeks in an amused, content tone. Of course Pipp was happy that she knew of her, she was probably the only pony in this world that knew who she was… which made a weird universal paradox constant physical scheisse, but one that the social-media content creator didn’t particularly care to learn about. “U-Um well… I-I’m Sweet Bun, I’m a baker, and I-I think since o-one, or two years… I-I really l-love your videos…” Sweet Bun said happily, ignoring the obvious fact that she’s pretty much from a different universe of sorts, and not needing answers as to why she was here in the first place; right now, the only thing she cared about was the fact that she was spending time with one of her favorite celebrities.


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“Now, here we are, t-this is the Carousel Boutique, I’m pretty sure Rarity’s here” Sweet Bun said with a hint of nervousness in her voice, it was clear that despite the circumstances and despite the fact she was enjoying the situation currently presented to her, she was still considerably nervous, but who could blame her, you’d be nervous too if you had to meet someone like Keanu Reeves in the middle of nowhere. She knocked the door softly with one of her yellow forehooves, acknowledging the fact that there was a ‘Momentarily closed’ sign on the door, with the usual calligraphy of Rarity. A bit of a ruckus was heard inside the establishment, before said entrance was opened widely and quickly by a white unicorn with purple elegant mane on the other side.

“Darling! It’s such a pleasure to meet you!” The regal and elegant voice of Rarity was heard clearly as she spoke with conviction and poise, her body gestures screaming ‘high class’ as she smiled in a friendly way towards Sweet Bun. Even then, she wasn’t one of these snobs that decided to treat everyone badly while at the same time considering themselves important, no, in fact, she was quite the opposite; one of the friendliest unicorns in Ponyville, aside from Twilight of course. She extended a magnificently clean white fluffy hoof towards the baker Pegasus, to which she, slightly dumbfounded, replied with a hoof shake. “I… managed to taste one of your confectionery at Celestia’s party and, darling, they’re simply delectable. So I decided to ask more delicatessens personally…. And who is she? Your assistant? Nice to meet you too!”

While Sweet Bun was starting to fangirl again, especially because such an awesome pony as Rarity, the queen fashion designer, considered her own pastries and cakes a ‘delectable’ treat, the pink Pegasus next to her… was also starting to fangirl? Or at the very least, she seemed extremely excited about finally managing to meet the fashionista. She let out a cute soft giggle, as she shook her head and replied to her question “Oh no, I’m not her assistant. I’m Princess Pipp Petals, it’s such a pleasure to meet you! Can we take a selfie please?” Her voice was quick yet at the same time Rarity, being Rarity, could spot the royalty cues in her mannerism and attitude, and that caught dearly her interest. “Oh dear, apologies for the confusion then. And of course… though pardon me if I lack the knowledge of what a selfie is”

The princess, taking this as a confirmation, decided to dash ahead Sweet Bun and bring out her phone, a device that Rarity wasn’t familiar with, and extended her hoof towards the sky, holding the thing rectangle up in the air. A few seconds passed, as Sweet Bun saw this event unfold In front of her, and Rarity was starting to become confused. “So… you don’t want a photo too? Come on, don’t be shy! I’m sure my Pippsqueaks would love to see another fan having fun! You’re also one of our friends!”, which was followed promptly by Rarity’s “Of course darling, listen to her, you’re a part of us, I’m not sure what’s this selfie thing yet but we’ll have fun” These words caused a great deal of contentment for the adorably starstruck pony, as she looked shocked of this revelation, like if she thought herself she was not worthy of sharing a picture with them. But she shooed away these self-deprecating thoughts and happily nodded, following Pipp’s orders to put herself between them both in a group hug photo kind of thing.

“Pipp Pipp Hooray!” Pipp said, as if her words before taking the picture, managing to do some crazy shenanigan to actively get the photo done with just one hoof, but that’s pony phones for you. The device registered the scene in real life with fidelity, showcasing a still frame of them all smiling towards the phone, a pic that Sweet Bun would love to have. Right after this, the social influencer had to explain what she had just done to a puzzled Rarity that really didn’t comprehend why they had just posed for a device. She did know of cameras, she’d seen then before. It’s just that cameras were these big things with lenses and bulky instead of a small rectangle that looks more like an extended, thick ID card.

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“I told you! Her creations are… are a masterpiece. Simply exquisite I must say” Rarity claimed with delight and satisfaction, her royal/regal voice making her sound exactly like if she was a baroness, duchess or princess, which was particularly ironic, since she was the only one between the three that didn’t have a nobility/royalty title; Sweet Bun was a countess, and Pipp Petals was a princess. Either way, she was exclaiming her exhilaration for the desserts that Sweet Bun was known for, and the princess in the room also seemed to agree with this sentiment, as she licked her lips and happily chirped “Exactly! They’re so delicious! Perfectly sweet and excellently made! Literally, like, scrumptious! Did you hear that Pippsqueaks? She makes one of the best pastries I’ve ever tasted! If you want to try them yourself, just go to Canterlot and ask for Sweet Bun, #SweetBunBestBaker, and you’ve got to try the angel food cake, it’s… and I just realized I don’t know where your commercial address is…” She said the last part mostly to herself, facehoofing lightly with the other hoof (Les she wanted her fans to have a close and personal camera view to her forehead fluff), but before she could ask Sweet that vital information for her followers, Rarity exclaimed “Oh here it is. This is Aloe and Vera’s spa, don’t worry, I’ll pay for everything, anything for my friends”, forever leaving these poor fans and watchers without knowing where to get their angel cake.

“No, I-I-I m-mean, I can pay” Sweet Bun exclaimed meekly, wanting to not inconvenience one of her favorite ponies in the world and beyond. The context of this was, that after eating Sweet Bun’s sweets in Rarity’s boutique, they all decided to go for a girl’s day out, and of course, they had to choose the spa. Then again Rarity is pretty much the reason that business is getting such a hefty amount of income. Their dividends would probably be sky high due to Rarity going there every week or so, to the point of having her own spa robes, obviously made by herself. “I… P-Princess Celestia g-gives me enough money, d-don’t worry. B-Being a Countess a-and all that”

“You’re a Countess? Oh darling! I didn’t know that… You should’ve told me sooner, I would’ve made a perfect dress for you! Anything for nobility” Rarity exclaimed, reminiscing of her… less than stellar time with Prince Blueblood, but this time was different, Sweet Bun was an angel turned pony, in fact the sweetness of her angel sweet cake paled in comparison to the sweetness of this angelical pony with pale yellow coat. “And don’t worry, I insist. I want you girls to have fun” She said, dismissively waving her hoof as if the price wasn’t a big deal of her. Being a successful bussinessmare, this was to be expected. “Do they accept bank transfers? I can pay any amount required… got enough money” Pipp intervened in the ‘Who will pay the price’ feud between the baker and the clothes-maker, not attempting to flex but demonstrating she had availability and acquisitive power. She brought her phone again to her front, expecting the spa ponies to have an online bank account. She also had physical money, a few fat stacks to handle herself, but usually her way to go was to make a digital money transfer.

“Shush you all” Rarity said with a giggle, as she smiled towards both friends “What kind of pony I’d be, me, the element of Generosity, if I suggested to go to the spa, yet didn’t pay for my friends to have a fun time?” She added, smiling, as she winked them and entered first, greeting Aloe and Lotus, who were casually right in front of the door doing their usual things. A quick nod, salutations, and everything was set for them both to have a spa day, which they all seemed to love… Well, Pipp seemed the kind of Pegasus to go to a spa, and Rarity, of course was the top rooter tooter spa goer pony in Equestria, but this was the first time Sweet Bun had ever tried this treatment. To be fair she didn’t even expect to befriend them in the first place, this day was heaven come true for her.

They walked towards the interior, of course Rarity smiling and waving at literally every worker in the establishment considering she knew them personally, to the point she’d call them friends, meanwhile Pipp Petals was taking advantage of the tour by recording everything in a livestream, smiling as she looked at the reactions of happiness and love to the side of her screen, with one hoof extended, attempting to record everything. Occasionally the camera was pointed towards Sweet Bun, who adorkably and shyly waved to the countless subscribers to her stream, not being a pop-star like her. They were led towards a special room, Rarity’s private place, which had six different reclining chairs (For when the entire Mane Six went for a spa day, despite Rainbow’s objections). Pipp seemed to be amazed at the decorations and details, fit for the fashionista and her liking of everything fancy. Meanwhile, Rarity herself was relaxed, she considered this place another home, particularly because she was treated like a Queen, Aloe and Lotus, or any of her workers, did an excellent job at pampering her.

The white unicorn patted one of the chairs, indicating to Sweet Bun that she could sit there non-verbally. She smiled towards her, letting out an adorable “Thank you, Miss Rarity”, and proceeded to sit down, resting her head against the soft and cushy pillows that were resting on top of it, awaiting a customer like her. It was so comfortable she could fall asleep on that chair for a long time… then again she was also a bit drowsy due to the elaboration process of these entremets and confections and sweetmeats for Rarity last night. As for the Princess Pipp, she continued to take selfies and make videos using her advanced phone. “Now Pippsqueaks, we’re currently at the spa, and we’re going to have a lot of fun and relaxation with our best friends Rarity and Sweet Bun! Ain’t that right?” The pink Pegasus exclaimed happily, getting close to the prone Sweet Bun and proceeding to nuzzle her on camera. Sweet felt the happiest in her life today, knowing that she wasn’t doing this to get likes on whatever social media she used, but because she actually was behaving nice towards her, since she did so in the past when cameras weren’t on.

While they were having fun, Lotus Blossom came in, seemingly unnoticed by anypony, before she spoke, revealing her sneaky presence to the trio of divas. “Hi! Nice to see you again Miss Rarity! As for ze rest. I’m Lotus Blossom, me and my sister Aloe will be your masseuse for today. I hope your experience is relaxing and comfortable… Tell us if zere’s something you aren’t okay with” she presented herself and her sister, who was in the background getting some instruments for the whole procedure, and then she approached Sweet Bun’s hindhooves, which were dangling from the bed-like chair, and she poked one of them, eliciting a squeak from Sweet. Pipp in the background had filmed when the spa sisters arrived and took some pictures of them both.

“Ohhhh… Zey are very soft and fluffy… and you take good care of them miss! Don’t worry, we’ll make you feel all comfortable and happy” The professional masseuse said, that particular Eastern Ponyese accent being noticeable in her expression, as she proceeded to gently poke the fluffy frog in the middle, noticing the slight grime on it, and also causing a ticklish sensation to Sweet. Shortly afterwards she went to compile all the instruments required to pamper Sweet’s hooves… a chainsaw, a wire cutter, a laser… okno actually it wasn’t these, it was mostly things like lotion, hoof polish, a nail file thingy, etcetera. The baker blushed even more than before, feeling embarrassed about this whole ordeal, she was one to get easily flustered under certain circumstances, and right now, this was one of these, being treated so nicely and pampered was one of her weaknesses, to not mention her hooves… She wasn’t sensitive like Rainbow Dash, but the thought of somepony, anypony, even if that was their job, tending her hooves like that, something that she imagined not many ponies would be willing to do, made her blush even more, worrying that she’d burden or make Lotus feel bad. At the same time, she felt a bit of uncomfortableness in her body, not wanting to inconvenience her… but surely they’ve done this too many times to feel awkward right? Then why she felt so flustered and nervous? Idly, she tried to distract herself with the thoughts of her other friends going to a spa… Dust would probably be also flustered of his hooves being touched… and about going to a place where usually mares go too… BGP… she didn’t knew how she’d react but she’d probably be uninterested… As for Dark… Oh god, never send Dark to a spa, he’d murder absolutely everyone the moment they get hoof polish or try to massage his tired back or apply that warm rocks procedure. The plones? They’d be probably too flustered to even go… What about Lightpoint? He was generally stoic and professional… so the idea of seeing him treated like that would be amusing… having said that he’d probably go to spas inside the castle already.

”It’s okay darling, they’re professionals.” Rarity said softly and sweetly, petting the Pegasus mane, noticing the anxiety and obvious hesitation in Sweet Bun, but failing to realize the exact reason and just assuming she felt nervous of somepony touching her sensitive hooves, like a certain blue Pegasus with rainbow mane. She wanted to assure they knew what they were doing and that they wouldn’t hurt her or anything, but she didn’t know the real reason was that Sweet Bun just felt embarrassed and flustered of having her hooves pampered and treated nicely… or well her whole herself, generally treated by spa ponies. Pipp meanwhile continued to take selfies, the pictures appearing with a cheerful Petals, a Sweet Bun smiling nervously, an excited and curious Rarity, and a particularly diligent Aloe that dutifully inspected her hindhooves for anything out of place or that’d inconvenience her later in her diligence.

“Oh, and after zis, well do just for you the ashiatsu massage.” Lotus said, all the while she held a little wool towel with her mouth, running it through the fur of her hindhooves to clean the sweat or dirt that might’ve accumulated there (Ponies don’t usually wear shoes it seems), the brownish stains on the furry surface becoming clean as she kept on rubbing and nuzzling the area with the rag, doing her best to pick up the small pebbles and grass, because you couldn’t really go use nail polish on dirty hooves. The Pegasus let out cute squeaks of fluster and embarrassment, but tried to endure it, because Rarity and Pipp wanted her to do that and have fun, and she didn’t want to break her hearts. She tried not to think about what Lotus was doing as she asked, with a curious tone, attempting to have his mind divagate onto something else. “U-Um… I… uhm… er… w-what is an ashiatsu massage?”

“Ah, glad you asked. We’ll just get on top of you, and we’ll step on zese pressure points and make you feel all happy and comfortable.” Aloe, who was tending Rarity’s hooves on the other bed, said ever so caringly and innocently, not realizing this made the poor Sweet feel even more embarrassed, not aided by the fact Pipp was recording and overall trying to save this moment in her phone, even taking a selfie. “W-what” The cute adorably anxious Sweet Bun said almost flatly as she looked with a completely surprised look towards the spa technician right in front of her, who was staring at her hooves cutely. “I… I… W-well” She stammered, blushing even more as she imagined the two spa ponies on top of her, stepping on her cute body and generally walking all over her for the purpose of making her happy. It all sounded good, if a bit weird, in theory, and it was a corroborated method of massaging ponies anyways, but the embarrassment didn’t leave the Pegasus as she imagined these soft, fluffy hooves posed gently on her, the weight of the earth ponies administered evenly on her figure and relaxing her sore aching muscles. That whole attention towards her made the baker feel weird on the inside, her blushing being an evident indication that somehow everyone else missed, to not mention her embarrassed squeaks. She just wasn’t a pony to be treated tenderly like this… why it had to be spas of all things :<. Is this what Rarity deals with daily? She wasn't one used to being cared for like this and treated like a Queen… she didn't even consider her nobility title as Countess important!

“Oh don’t worry about it darling, it feels wonderful! Try it, for me”

“Yeah, I think I’ve had that once, it’s amazing! What do you think followers? We should do it?… It’s an astounding yes! Pipp Pipp Hooray!”

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This is an adorable drawing I did both as a gift for a really nice and angelic friend I have and that I love very much and dearly, and also as an entry for the art Event, where you had to draw two ponies from different generations together in the same universe and having fun with eachother <3. The reason why I drew this as a gift for her was because I like the creative challenge of making something that a friend would love, yet at the same time sticking with the prompts enough. And since I already feel the obligation of participating in this event (Thanks perfectionist me that wants a silly badge) I do so in a way that would make someone important very happy <3.

Also I’m usually uncreative and depressed and anxious of making others uncomfy so these art events kick my sorry butt around so I actually get to do something instead of being all lazy. Though to be fair these days I’ve been completely worried because of college and everything that just takes all my time.

In any case, onto explaining, I drew Pipp Petals, and Rarity, both having fun with Sweet Bun (One of my best friend’s OC), as she’s on one of these spa chair couch thingies with a nervous smile and blushing widely, because she’s embarrassed of having her hooves treated like that. I also drew Pipp checking her phone/taking a selfie, and Rarity amazed because right now she just realized that with that little device she gets many people to follow and know her, and of course Lotus on the foreground ready to tend Sweet’s fluffy, soft, pillowy hooves (Ponies are fluffy, soft and pillowy in general, even brooding vamponies x3. Ok I take back my statement to not get murdered). Aside from that, extra fluffiness, I feel I did Sweet Bun’s wings poorly, and I made Pipp eyestyle like Rarity cuz I feel that’d fit for her

I think Pipp and Rarity are the perfect couple for some reason, like Hitch and Fluttershy, they’d love to hang out with eachother, and Pipp would love to take pics and record Rarity’s dresses and galas x3. I hope this counts for the prompt, and I hope this makes my friend very happy. I loved drawing this especially because I think I’ll make a friend happy with it.