Knock-knock.

"We're closed today," Rarity called from the kitchen as she grabbed a tin of tea cookies to go along with her ginseng tea.

Knock-knock, it persisted.

Rarity sighed as she set the tin down on the counter and went to the door. "Alright, alright. I'm coming. Unless it's an emergency, I suggest you leave before I open this door."

The sight of Rainbow Dash however curbed her vague wrath. "Oh, Rainbow, Darling. How good of you visit. Won't you come in?"

The multi-colored pegasus pushed past her and into the boutique.

Rarity huffed as she gently shut the door. "Well. You could at least say hi."

"Hi," Rainbow snorted as she looked about Rarity's home.

"Can I help you with something?"

"Pinkie's missing," the blue mare blurted out as she lifted a sofa to pear beneath. Well, Pinkie was known to fit into weird places.

"Well, she's not here," Rarity said. "I would imagine after... what happened... she'd want to be alone. I know I would."

Rainbow Dash sighed in defeat and just sat on the couch in a sulk. "Great. All I need right now. The Cakes are missing too, by the way."

This gave Rarity some pause. "That is a little odd. I thought they were under house arrest for resisting."

"Resisting?" Rainbow Dash twisted an eyebrow. "Is that what you call them defending their family?"

Rarity rolled her eyes. "Rainbow Dash, didn't you read the papers? Princess Celestia said that this was a temporary solution to non-violently bring down the male population. Can't have too many of them running around, now can we? We mares have their best interests in mind, after all. Gelding's are obedient, and ensuring we mares outnumber the stallions keeps them from trying to usurp power."

Rainbow Dash blinked at her. "It's like you don't even hear the words coming out of your own mouth."

Again, Rarity sighed. "Alright, I'll admit. What happened to the Cakes and Pinkie was a little much. And the process they used was downright barbaric. I mean... poor Pound, gelded by crushing. That's a country bumpkin's know-nothing method. Something I would think the Apples would..."

"The Apples don't geld," Rainbow Dash cut her off.

"That we know of," the unicorn pointed out. She cleared her throat and called out to someone. "Pokey, be a dear and fetch Sweetie and Button. We'll be taking our tea in the gallery."

"Yes, mistress," was the reply.

"Button? Button Mash? Sweetie's coltfriend is here?" Rainbow asked, tilting her head to the side. Then her eyes widened. "Wait a minute. He doesn't have his cutiemark yet. Rarity...?"

The seamstress nodded. "Yes. I purchased him, Rainbow Dash. A fine little gelding like him would fit in very well. Besides, it would have broken Sweetie's heart if someone else had purchased him and taken him far away. I think he'll be happy here."

"As happy as a gelding can be," the speedster muttered as a unicorn gelding quickly appeared to set the table.

He bowed politely. "Mistress, I had Thunderlane fetch the two foals. I hope that was alright."

Rarity smiled and patted him on the head. "That will be fine, dear. I know you three will be getting along very well. Though, I'm going to let Button sleep in Sweetie's room, so no need to make up a new bed in your quarters."

Pokey tilted his head. "Just for the night, mistress? Or...?"

"Well, other than helping me to model children's clothing, he is going to be my little sister's caretaker," Rarity beamed. "Having a gelding to take care of will help teach her about responsibility. Oh, and lift your leg really quick, dear."

The unicorn swiftly obeyed, lifted hie left hind leg to expose his sheathless cock. Rarity gently lifted the flaccid length with her hoof to examine the decorations. "Hmmm. It's about time I switched these silver and Sapphire rings. Gold and emeralds are in season now."

She gingerly slipped off the jeweled rings and let his penis drop. "There. Remind me to measure you for a fitting later. Now go back to cleaning the displays."

"Yes, mistress," Pokey smiled and bowed before trotting off.

Rarity noted the other mare's blush. "He's a gelding Rainbow Dash."

"Still a cock," the mare responded, quickly taking a sip from her teacup. Which was empty. "See what I mean? A stallion should enjoy a mare holding his penis. Not have it stay limp forever. These guy's will never know what it's really like to be whole and to enjoy life."

Rarity sat down beside her friend and poured them both some tea. "We also geld to ensure the stallions with birth defects and mutations don't pass them down. Would it be better if those were the only ones we gelded?"

"Yes," Rainbow said as she took an actual sip. "But we also shouldn't treat them like property."

The unicorn nodded. "I try my best, dear. But the law states that they must be owned."

"You're... you're a good owner," the pegasus sighed, looking down at her tea. "I wish more ponies were like you when it came to geldings. Growing up in Cloudsdale, my parents always took me to the Gelding Grand Prix... I saw what they did to the losers."

"And you know what they did to you as well," Rarity said softly as she looked down at her own teacup.

The pegasus shifted her legs to look down at her crotch. "After I did the first rainboom, my mother took me to the surgeon to have my teats removed so that I would be more aerodynamic."

It was true. Where her mammary glands should have been was just smooth, glossy fur.

"I'll never know what it's like to have a stallion carress them during sex, or... or what it feels like to suckle foals of my own."

Rarity gently placed a comforting hoof upon her friend's shoulder. "Rainbow, dear. If you ever find yourself a stallion worthy of you, and you do have foals... I will be their wetnurse."

Rainbow smiled and laughed. "As if. You offering your perfect teats to gnawed on by a hungry baby?"

Rarity huffed. "As if I would let vanity get in the way of my dear friend's happiness."

"Well, at least I know they'll be fed."

A moment later and a dark pegasus walked into the room with the two foals upon his back. "Here they are mistress."

Rarity smiled as she invited the two foals upon the couch with her and Rainbow Dash. She also removed the rings from the pegasus cock. Then she looked at Button Mash.

"Soon I'll be fitting you for one of these as well, dear," she told as she set the rings aside. "So... do you think you can adjust to being my new house gelding, Button?"

The little colt found himself hugged from the side by the filly. He leaned into her, somehow, not feeling embarressed in the slightest. "I... I think I can get used to it, Rarity."

Rarity chuckled. "That's mistress, Button. You will refer to me as mistress. And Sweetie too, if that's what she wants."

Sweetie scowled. "No, he calls me Sweetie Belle."

Her big sister nodded. "Very well."

Button looked up at the unicorn with wide eyes. "You're beautful mistress."