I woke up the next day and after going through my breakfast and getting ready, I planned to go straight to Rarity's home. When I got there, I went through the house door on the other side instead of through the shop door. I walked in to find Sweetie Belle making food in the oven, it didn't smell good and plus there was a big smoke coming from the oven.

"Sweetie Belle, what is all this?" I asked her.

"Oh, just making a surprise breakfast for Rarity." she answered.

I walked further along into the kitchen to find two other ponies by the table.

"Well, hello there handsome stallion, who are you?" the male one asked.

"Bond Racer" I replied.

"You're an alicorn as well, should we bow to you?" the female one asked.

"No it's okay, I'm just a normal alicorn without any relation to royalty."

Soon, the kitchen alarm went off and I heard Rarity galloping down the stairs, she tripped up and fell down to the bottom, almost where I was standing.

"Rarity!" Sweetie Belle yelled. "You ruined the surprise, I was gonna serve you breakfast in bed."

Rarity was not pleased and walked towards her little sister, she was about to scold her.

"Well good morning, Rarity." the male one greeted.

"Father...mother!" she exclaimed.

Oh, so these are the parents of Rarity and Sweetie Belle, I did have an inkling but I wasn't 100% sure.

"I have you know that Sweetie Belle here cooked this yummy looking breakfast all on her own." he added.

We looked to see a lot of burnt food.

"I'm glad Gordon Ramsay isn't here to see this, he'd go ballistic." I said.

"I figured." Rarity replied before sniffing a drink, "I didn't know you could burn juice."

"I've been giving her lessons." Rarity's mum said, "I wouldn't be surprised if she gets a cutie mark in fancy cooking by the time we get back from our vacation."

"Vacation, is that this week as in starting this very instant this week?"

Sweetie then placed bowl with more burnt stuff on the table.

"Ugh, let me guess, apple sauce?" I asked.

"Nope, toast." Sweetie replied.

I was at a loss for words at this point.

"We're gonna have the bestest time two sisters could ever have. I'm gonna go and grab my stuff from dad's wagon."

Sweetie then walked out to the outside.

"So when you say this week, is that seven whole days?" Rarity asked her parents.

"And six nights I know, such a short amount of time to spend with your little sis." her mum answered.

"You're gonna eat that?" her Dad asked.

Rarity shook her head and he took the plate.

"But I've got such a long to-do list." she sighed, "Oh well, I suppose spend time with your little sister will just have to be added to the list."

We then heard a loud bang of things coming from the front door, we saw Sweetie with loads of packed cases.

"Just a few necessities." she said.

"Geez, all that baggage and no sarcasm detected, are you a robot?" I asked out of the blue.

I got no response which was no surprise.

Soon, their parents left and rode the wagon out of town, Rarity and Sweetie returned to the kitchen.

"Now, let's get this kitchen all cleaned up." Rarity said.

"Cleaned up, but we haven't eaten yet." Sweetie replied.

"Well now Sweetie Belle, I appreciate the gesture, but we simply can't eat this breakfast, it's burnt."

"It's not that burnt." she protested slightly.

"Never fear my dear, I will get a proper breakfast going."

"Do you want to help with that?" I asked.

"No thanks Bond, by the way dear, what did you came here to see me for?"

"Oh I was just checking to see if you recovered from your day of making costumes for last night's event." I answered

"Oh the nightmare night, well as you can see, I am back to normal and well rested."

"Ah okay, see you two later."

I then left their home and wondered what else to do today....however, I wasn't looking I was going, without any warning, I knocked into somepony and fell on the ground.

"Ow..." I then noticed I had bumped into a grey pegasi mare with yellow mane. "...oh I'm sorry about that, let me help you."

I then got up and helped her up.

"It's alright, I'm okay." she said.

"I didn't see where I was going."

"Me neither, I was busy looking through the mail."

"Oh I see, what's your name, by the way?"

"I'm Ditzy Doo, but people call me Derpy for short."

"Nice name, Derpy, I'm Bond Racer."

We then shook hooves.

"So your job is delivering mail?" I asked.

"Yes, I have to deliver letters and parcels to all the homes in Ponyville and Cloudsdale." Derpy relied.

"That sounds like a lot of work."

"It is, but I've done it for a long while so I'm all good with it...I just wish I had more awareness with my surroundings."

"I'm sure it's not that bad, I better let you get back to your job."

"Okay, thank you Bond, see you next time...maybe can share a muffin sometime." she replied, perking up and flying away.

On first impressions, she seems a bit clumsy, but she's real nice and caring all the same....as for muffins, I liked that idea.

Sometime later, I had a meal at the cafe and I thought about visiting Fluttershy to see if Twilight had talked about her shyness last night when I saw Sweetie Belle and Applebloom who was holding a piece of paper with her teeth.

"Hey there you two." I said to them, how's it going?"

"Pretty fine, Bond." Applebloom replied, putting the paper down.

"Why it's smashing..." Sweetie added in a calm manner before putting her face down with a stressed expression.

Suddenly, my sarcasm detector went haywire...guess she's not a robot after all.

"Huh?" Applebloom asked in confusion.

"I just wish Rarity and I could do something special together that didn't include me goofing everything up." Sweetie complained.

"The Sisterhooves Social." Applebloom exclaimed holding a flyer up at Sweetie, "Applejack and ah do it every year, you and Rarity could compete against other sister's teams and their neighbouring aunts."

"That sounds like the perfect way for us to hang out, Rarity will think it's an excellent idea." Sweetie said happily.

"You know Sweetie, if Rarity doesn't agree, do you want me to try and convince her otherwise?" I asked.

"Just in case, Bond...for now, leave it to me." Sweetie answered.

"Okay."

Sweetie then grabbed a sisterhooves social flyer and took it to Rarity's home.

"See you later Applebloom." I said to her.

"Same to you, Bond."

It seems that the fillies were catching on to my usual goodbye messages. I trotted over to Fluttershy's home and knocked on her door and entered...yes, they trust me enough to knock and open the door and they know that it's me doing that as no pony else does it.

"Oh hello Bond, are you well?" Fluttershy asked as she was tending to mice family.

"Hi Fluttershy, I'm good thanks and how about you, do you feel better now that nightmare night is over for another year?"

"Umm, yes."

"Did Twilight talk to you all about it and Princess Luna?"

"She did and I feel disappointed in myself that I let my shyness get the better of me last night, I wish I had helped her."

"It's okay, Fluttershy, she was quite intimidating at first, but Twilight and I weren't scared of her and with our help, she was able to be more welcomed by all of us."

"That sounds more friendly and nice."

"It does, I'll see you next time." I said as I left her home.

"See you, Bond."

I walked back to town to find Sweetie Belle walking with an angered face...I guess Rarity said no.

"What's up Sweetie?" I asked.

"My sister said it was uncouth." she answered. "So I'm going to Sweet Apple Acres to tell them about it.

"Don't you mean uncool?" She then gave me an irritated glare and I gulped, "Err I mean come on, I'll walk with you."

We walked to the farm to find Applejack and Big Mac working by the haystacks, there was no sign of Applebloom.

"Hey Applejack." I greeted.

"Oh howdy sugarcube and hey Sweetie Belle, what's the matter?" she asked Sweetie.

Sweetie climbed on a haystack and laid down with a sad look.

"I asked Rarity if she could spend time with me at the Sisterhooves Social and she said it was uncouth." she explained.

"I guess you had a fallout afterwards?" I asked.

She nodded, confirming it.

Applejack's expression suddenly changed, "Uncouth? Rarity said the sisterhooves social was uncouth?"

Applebloom then appeared from the bucket of apples and was eating one. "Yeah, uncouth?" she said with mouthful, before eating most of the apple and letting out a loud belch. "Wait, what's uncouth?"

"It's not the social part, she thinks I'm uncool." Sweetie added.

Uncouth, uncool, make up your mind, I thought to myself.

"Honey, Rarity think's everything's uncouth." Applejack replied.

"What's uncouth?" Applebloom asked again.

"It means uncivilized, ya know, bad manners."

Applebloom belched again.

"Exactly!" she added. "Sweetie Belle, just give Rarity some time, she'll come round, sisters always do."

I nodded as my sister, Sweet Chocolate always looked out for me.

"Not sisters like Rarity." Sweetie pouted.

"Come on now, Applebloom and ah have some chores to finish off. Maybe you can help."

"You sure you want me to help? I'd just mess everything up."

"Oh come on, that's just stinkin' thinkin', watch."

Applejack and Applebloom demonstrated on collecting the bruised apples and had fun doing so.

"This is a chore?" Sweetie asked.

"Since we can't sell the bruised apples, we gotta collect them all for the pigs to eat." Applejack explained.

"It's a lot of work, so we make a game of it." Applebloom added. "Wanna try?"

"Umm, okay." Sweetie replied.

So Applejack bucked a bruised apple whilst Sweetie grabbed a bucket, but the apple went straight on Sweetie's horn.

"Ow!" she exclaimed, rubbing her head, "You're right, it is hard work."

"That's why we do it..." Applebloom started

"Together!" They both said.

"Hmph! Rarity never wants to do chores together." Sweetie pouted.

"Come on, Sweetie, how about I be your big brother for the day?" I offered.

Suddenly Sweetie perked up. "Would you really do that for me?"

"Only until Rarity comes around and pours her emotions out." I smirked.

"Okay!"

So we both got involved in other work the apple family were doing, such as making grape juice which Rarity would call the fashion police if grape juice got anywhere near her dresses., I was tempted to spill some on my suit and watch her reaction, it would be totally worth it. The other job was corralling the herd of sheep into a huge pen where one of the sheep spoke...guess ponies, dragons and buffaloes are not the only animals that can speak English with no problem, beavers on the other hand...just no.

It was then nightfall when the rest of the work was done, we were camping around a fireplace just by the apple trees leading into the forest, we were all toasting marshmallows which was ironic cause Rarity looked like one...but I meant that in a joke way. It was all quiet when I heard a voice all for Sweetie.

"Sweetie Belle!" Rarity called out...how did she find us here? "I have been galloping all over for you, I-"

She was then cut off by Sweetie who turned her head away. The rest of us three could only watch what was happening.

"Oh hello un-sister, what are you doing here, better be careful, you might get some dust on you."

Rarity looked at her with guilt, "Oh Sweetie Belle, I want to apologize, I am not better off without a sister."

"I'm not better off without a sister either, spending the day with Applejack, Applebloom and Bond made me realize that."

"Even though I'm not technically a mare." I intervened.

"Same principle, sugarcube." Applejack corrected me.

"Shhh." Applebloom told us.

"It's alright you three." Rarity assured before turning to Sweetie. "But they are right, they know exactly how to treat sisters better than I do, something that I should've done from the beginning our parents brought you here." she said to her sister.

"Then why were you being dead against spending time with me?" Sweetie asked.

"I wasn't able to because of the Nightmare Night event which slowed my schedule down and I needed to work double time without interruptions."

"But I'm your one and only little sister, I try my best to help you and I want to help you, but you never accept it."

"Which is why I want you to listen to what happened to my day after you left and then ask you a question afterwards...please?"

"Alright, tell me, Rarity."

"Well, after you left, I was going through the draws where you cleaned up my room earlier, I then had several ideas which allowed me to design several dresses that I was pleased with. If you hadn't cleaned my room up, I wouldn't have had those ideas started."

"So I guess I didn't goof up on that?"

"You didn't in the end dear. Secondly, in the washing area with Opal, I saw the sweater you shrunk and I noticed that it was small enough to fit Opal inside it. You should've seen how she was looking when she had the sweater on as if you knew it was perfect for her."

By then, Sweetie Belle was now curious to hear more, "What about the picture?" she asked.

Rarity suddenly began to feel emotional, "That's when I realized I made a big mistake with how I behaved today." she sniffed a bit, "I was working on the last dress of the day until I was one gem short, so I went to look for the box you used and there I saw your picture." she put her head down for second, "It was the most beautiful piece of work I ever saw."

"It was?"

"Yes, it showed that no matter what happens, we're sisters and we'll always be that way. Something that our parents would want to see. *sniff* I'm so sorry Sweetie Belle, I should've been the best sister for you today, but I was being a terrible sister by complaining and moaning about you." she then cried silently.

Sweetie Belle finally smiled, seeing that her sister was deeply sorry for her behaviour, she walked forward to her big sister.

"Rarity, all I can say is thank you, it was hard work making that picture, but I made it because we're Sisters and we're meant to spend time together, you just haven't given me a chance do something for you."

"Well I have given you a lot of things to do in the past."

"Pardon for interrupting Rarity, but ah have to say that the problem is, is that you never give in, you never agree to what your sister wants."

"You're right Applejack." Rarity agreed before looking back at Sweetie. "Sweetie, could you ever find it in your heart to forgive me after how much I learned on how much you mean to me?" she asked with a tear.

Sweetie smiled with a tear, she walked forward and offered a hug which Rarity accepted. Applebloom and Applejack held each other, smiling at the scene. I was very impressed with Rarity right then, seeing that she finally understands about being a loving sister.

"Rarity...I forgive you...but on one condition." Sweetie said.

"Name it dear, what could I do to ever make it better for us again?" Rarity asked.

"Take part in the Sisterhooves Social with me, it's all I ask."

"Alright Sweetie...I'll do it...for you...for us...for our family."

"There's a few spots left to take part in it, I'll add your names in when we get home." Applejack said.

"Thank you Applejack." Rarity replied.

"Well, I think it's time we packed up and head back home, you've got a whole day with your sister to prepare." I suggested.

"Good idea darling, let's clean ourselves up and head on to our homes."

After a moment of cleaning up the campfire, Applejack and Applebloom headed to their home whilst I walked alongside with Rarity into town with Sweetie who was feeling tired and was resting on her back.

"Rarity, I'm so glad that you came round in the end and learnt what's important."

"I did, Bond and I was close to learning it the hard way, but I wasn't going to let my last chance with her go."

"Well remember, it may not be your thing, but if your sister wants to spend time or offer help, just let her do so."

"I promise, darling...have a good night."

Rarity then hugged me which I accepted.

"Same to you Rarity, get some good rest, you two will need it tomorrow."

I walked back home and headed straight to bed, awaiting the next day.

It was the next morning when I woke up, I walked straight along to the farm where the Sisterhooves Social was taking place. It was a really great event, all the sisters they each had was there, it made me miss my own sister though, but I didn't let that phase me as I wanted to cheer on the others. The event ended with Applejack and Applebloom winning the race with Rarity and Sweetie Belle taking second place was really great I thought.

After the event, I walked with Rarity and Sweetie Belle back to their home, I volunteered to write the letter for them.

"Very well then, what should we write to the Princess?" She asked.

Sweetie Belle walked to the mirror and observed herself. "I'll start. Having a sister is just about the bestest thing in the world. But it sure isn't the easiest."

"I agree that being sisters is a wonderful thing, but it takes teamwork." Rarity added. "Sometimes it's about compromising. Sometimes it's about accepting each others' differences. But mostly, it's about having fun together, even if it means getting your hooves dirty every now and then."

"Now that, I can agree with." I added. "I'll make sure to bring the letter over to Twilight so Spike can send it."

"Alright, thanks for doing that, Bond." Rarity said."

"My pleasure."

I left her home and headed to Twilight's home to see Spike already outside cleaning.

"Hey Spike, I have a letter from Rarity who wants it sent to the Princess."

"A letter? You can count on me." He replied, taking the letter, rolling it up and with his fire magic blew it away in the sky.

"See you around, man." I said as I turned headed on to my home.

I looked at the clock to notice that it was approaching lunchtime. I decided to have my food here and rest on the sofa, it was quite terrific to see Rarity and Sweetie Belle finally spend time together as sisters. Although I did miss mine and I wondered if there would ever be a chance to spend time with Sweet Chocolate as brother and sister in the future. Ah well, I did learn one other thing according to my random mind...siblings argue! Next Chapter: The Cutie Pox Estimated time remaining: 22 Hours