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// 3 Sparkling Diamonds 
// Story: Three Little Diamonds 
// by Rarityfanboy351 
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8 months had gone by since Rarity left. Things had begun to return to normal over the last few months. I had begun to sleep in my bed again and on a normal schedule. The pain which had begun out of control was now a controllable and most days went by well. Getting dressed quickly and sipping down a cup of coffee I was ready to face the day. The drive to work was also pleasant. People were working outside or walking and every so often someone would wave to me as I drove by. My cruiser rumbled slightly as I pulled into my spot out front and turned it off. As I walked in I saw Rebecca sitting behind the desk typing on her computer. She stopped suddenly seeing me a noticed my happier expression “Good to see you Renton” She said to me smiling big herself. “It’s nice to see you aswell.” I replied to her as I went to walk back. She walked back to her seat when I turned around and asked “Hey… umm Rebecca?” I asked her walking to the desk “Yes Renton?” She asked back. “I was curious to if you want to come over later tonight. If you don’t have anything else to do I mean” I asked her as my face got a little red. I hadn’t asked a girl out since I was in the 10th grade. Rebecca’s face lit up as I asked her “Yes! I would love to!” She said trying to contain her excitement. “Awesome. Is 6:30 ok? Well have some dinner at my place” I said to her. She nodded happily at the idea. “Well I shall see you later tonight then” I said to her as I walked into the back. I was in shock that I had just done that but was content with it. Tonight would be a ton of fun having some company over after all the alone time. 

The day flew by with almost the blink of an eye to my surprise. I had asked to leave early to set up for tonight’s arrangements and I needed to figure out a dinner and cook it well, something I haven’t done in years. “First off to home to make sure the place was neat and tidy for her arrival” I said with a happy tone. leaning was the least of my worries over the months and with no one to notice it didn’t hurt until now. When the house was in visibility I noticed something different. A car was sitting out front. “Maybe Rebecca thought I said 3:30 instead of 6:30?” I asked myself as I got closer. I knew the car almost immediately as I pulled into the driveway. It was a Pontiac Sunfire with pure white paint the blue stripes. It even had the license plate I had registered for her. This sighting threw me off as I parked behind it. As soon as I got out of the car my attention to the mysterious car was detoured by the smell of cooking food. It was a heavenly aroma which filled the air coming from my house. I rushed up to the door but opened it slowly to not spook whoever was inside. I unclipped the holster on my gun and got ready for the worse. However as I opened the door my hands fell to my sides. The walls in the living room were the shade of blue Rarity had picked out and the photos and items were all back exactly where they were before everything happened. Everywhere in the house was spotless and not a single thing was out of place. I walked in with my mouth open when to my surprise I was greeted by an all pink pony. “Hey! You must be her dad that Rarity was talking about!” Pinkie said with a smile. She bounced in her place excited about the party she had planned for today. “You’re gonna have a blast” She said and she bounced off

“Yeah… I am…” I said barely able to comprehend what was happening. Then a crash came from the garage. I walked over and opened the door to hear “I told ya’ll not to put that there. Nah ya don’t listen” A voice with a southern accent said. Inside to my surprise I find Rainbow Dash and Applejack standing by some shelves pulling old decorations off them. “No you didn’t. You let me do it!” Rainbow said to her back. “I said do not to hay for brains” AJ said then noticed me standing at the door. “Howdy yall. Welcome to uhhh… your house” AJ said as she usually greeted people to her home. “Thanks… “I said still not believing my eyes. This must have been another one of those strange dreams. “Carry on” I said as they nodded and messed around with the boxes. As I walked inside I saw Fluttershy walk by with a stack of dishes on her back “So sorry sir. Excuse me” She said in her soft and shy voice. Celestia was soon to following carrying a few more dishes. She looked at me and smiled before placing them down “I am sure you did not expect to see us again so soon.” She said to me. “I can agree with you on that for sure” I said finally getting out a full sentence as my mind was finally gripping onto the situation. “If you are looking for Rarity I believe she is in her room.” Celestia said as she went to help Fluttershy set the table. I nodded to her as I headed for the stairs. My knees were shaking and my heart raced as I reached outside the door. I could hear voices talking inside as I reached for the door knob. To my surprise the door knob was back on the door as if I never touched it. With hands shaking I began to open the door slowly.

As the door opened the voices slowly got louder and I could hear Twilight’s voice mostly. I could see the walls were once again pink with the white trim which was covered in posters and all her furniture was returned to where it sat once before. Twilight and Rarity turned hearing the door bump the wall as it opened. A couple of tears came to my eyes when I saw her sitting there. “Ra…Rarity?” I asked still not sure if this was a dream. I walked over as Rarity began to walk and we met in the center of the room. I fell to my knees wrapping my arms around her as she wrapped her forelegs around me “I missed you so much!” I said unable to hold back my tears anymore. Rarity held tighter to me “I missed you to daddy. I don’t ever want to leave again” She said as we held each other much like we did all those years ago. Twilight smiled with a tear in the background before stepping forward “I am sorry to bother you but I believe Celestia would like to speak with you” She said and we separated from our hug. “I do have a few questions for you ponies” I said as we walked downstairs. “Eveypony come to the living room” Celestia said as we enter the room. After a moment all the ponies had found seats all over the room leaving 2 recliners open for Rarity and myself. 

“I am sure you are wondering a quite a few things at this moment.” Celestia began. “You wouldn’t believe how many questions are buzzing around my brain right now” I said to her with a chuckle. “Let mt first apologize for our encounter a short time ago. I must say it was not my best side” She said hanging her head a little low. “You were just looking out for you fellow pony. I can understand” I said with a smile to her. She lifted her head as she began to speak again “Thank you. Now first I would like to tell you on how we got here.” She said clearing her throat to speak. “As soon as we had gotten back to Equestria I told the scientist to research this strange event to see if we could somehow stabilize it for our own use wither it was in Equestria or elsewhere. They began work immediately. After a few weeks they had finally found a method to stabilize it and built a device to help.” She said then I jumped in “Wait a few weeks? It’s only been a few months here. It should be only a few hours for you?” I asked her confused. “That was part of the side effect of this. Our time differences grew closer and eventually stabilized to out week is your month. Or so the scientists calculated.” She answered with. “That doesn’t explain why you’re here now though.” I responded with. “Well that was actually my choice to come here. It seems when Twilight attempted the memory spell it only partially worked. Rarity had all her memoires of Ponyville returned but also had her memoires of life on earth. The memory spell was supposed to replace those memories with her originals. We attempted to research the answers on this matter but we learned that this situation was a first in the history of Equestria. Since she remembered everything that happened while she was here she regretted coming back. I was hoping it would fade off but after the 5th week it did not. I felt rather guilty for taking her away from such a loving father. So I decided to give her the choice. Once the wormhole was stabilized she could return back to you. We decided to follow and prepare you a large meal and party to help welcome her back. All of this was of course Pinkie’s idea.” Celestia said as Pinkie hopped up and down in excitement. “We got games and prizes and all sorts of sweets and fun stuff for it too!!” Pinkie said before AJ pulled her into her seat. “Hold on sugar cube and let them finish up” She said to Pinkie and Pinkie nodded in agreement.

“So Rarity can stay with me?” I asked her slightly shocked. After the incident I hated Celestia. Now I looked at the princess with a different opinion. “Yes she can. I see now the error of my ways. I thought for the good of the group and not for the individual. It was not my place to remove her from a loving home.” Celestia said. Surprise took over her aswell as the other ponies when I had gotten up and hugged her. “Thank you” I said softly to her. She smiled embracing the hug and hugged back “No thank you. For protecting her and for showing me a new light.” Celestia said in a soft tone aswell. “Well now I heard something about a party and food?” I asked once Celestia and I ended the hug. Just as I asked the bell on the stove rang and dinner was done. “Let’s get some food” I said. After a little set up time with some magic dinner was set and we all sat at the table. I felt happy because it felt like I had a family, a feeling that had been absent even before my parents passed. It felt like this was meant to be. Like I belong in their life and they belonged in mine. Rarity looked at me as I had a goofy smile on my face “Dad you ok?” She asked. I nodded to her and smiled “I am perfectly fine” I said. Just as we were about to eat though there was a knock at the door. Everyone looked over quickly “You expecting anyone dad?” Rarity asked. I glanced at the time and noticed it was 6:30. With the shock of Rarity returning I had completely forgotten about Rebecca’s arrival and the plan we made. “Oh crud!” I said getting up and walking towards the door. “I’ll be right back.” I said as I opened the door and stepped out closing it quickly behind me. “Hey Renton. What’s up? You seem almost surprised I’m here” Rebecca said. I was about to speak when I looked at her. She was wearing a simple back dress on instead of her uniform which was a first for me. She also had her hair down and resting on her shoulder. I’d only seen her wearing her uniform and it threw me off a bit. “I see you must live in your uniform” She commented giggling as I was still fully dressed with even my duty belt on. “The food smells amazing aswell. I didn’t realize you were a cook.” She asked as she went for the door but I stepped in the way “Listen this is going to be hard to explain but I can’t let you in yet.” I said to her as she looked at me.