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This story is a sequel to One Day in the Life of Princess Celestia


Three days after an uncomfortable conversation with Princess Luna about a dream Rarity had about herself with Celestia, Twilight, and Luna, she finds that everyone is treating her strangely. What she doesn't realize is that everyone knows about the dream...but they think it really happened. What will it take for Rarity to get her life back to normal?

Chapters (6)
Comments ( 45 )

Awwww, poor Rarity... :raritydespair:
Well, at least some of her friends seem to be very open to her hobbies.

2692931 Don't worry, things get better for her by the end of the story.
As for the rest of your comment: :pinkiehappy::rainbowwild:

Waiting to see how the hell everyone else saw it... and became convinced it was real?

2692931 By "open" we of course mean "in to it."

Rainbow, I don't think that she is talking about huge orgies...

GAAAH! Why did you leave us at a cliff hanger?

2697499 Because that's the perfect way to end a chapter! :trollestia:

Well, we do know that the writer used something that Trixie said... Of course, the question is wether or not trixie is aware she was referenced as a source...

Also, this DOES count as libel...

Twilight loosened her grip on Rarity and leaned away so they could see each others’ faces. Rarity was horrified to discover that Twilight’s face was completely clean.

I absolutely could not stop laughing at that.

Also, is it safe to assume that there will be another chapter up tomorrow? :pinkiehappy:

2708963 I'm glad, I thought it was pretty funny. :twilightsmile: Yes; there will be another chapter up tomorrow.

So, Celestia. I take it that this is one of the days you care.

Twilight flinched and looked around frantically. After a couple seconds she relaxed and sat down.

"I didn't expect some kind of Pinkie Inquisition..." :twilightsheepish:

Wait... how did everyone hear about the bit with Luna if Sweetie Belle is the one that talked? Luna didn't see that bit and Rarity didn't mention it?

2711742 Ah, but she did mention it. After Luna left.

Oh wow. I know this isn't a clopfic, but it would be an extremely hilarious one if it was. :derpytongue2:

Aw, poor AJ. The Crusaders ganged up on her. xD

2711742 “Yes, far worse. Princess Luna could have seen the part where she and I joined the others on the bed...”

thats the last line Rarity says in "Princess Luna Visits a Wet Dream" XD

Spoiler, chapter 6.






She picked up an article discussing the secret relationship between Celestia and Twilight, which suggested there was no need to hide so they should be honest to the public about it, and she threw it into her fireplace. As it turned out, she wouldn’t need to send it in for publication after all.

She wrote all those anonymous articles! This was her plan all along! :pinkiegasp:

:trollestia:

Lovely story, adult themed without any crudeness. Well done.

Although I suspect Celestia and Luna would both shy away from romance, since to them it would be like being with someone that was in the last stages of a terminal disease. After all, assuming ponies have human lifespans and are in their early 20's, that's maybe 30-40 years before the truth becomes undeniable. When you're thousands of years old, 30 to 40 years is an eye blink.

One of the many pitfalls of immortality... :eeyup:

Classic adorkable Twilight... She can literally turn anything and everything into homework. After all, she is the Element of Studying, isn't she? Oh... it's Magic? :rainbowhuh: I was way off, then. :facehoof:

2716928 She had to do something to get out of the slump she was in. :trollestia:

2716990 Thank you. On the one hand, I agree with you that they would shy away, but on the other hand, even a few years can be worth it. I suspect that the frequency of their romantic attachments would decrease over time, but every so often, they'll find someone that's worth missing forever. :pinkiesad2:

2717346 Element of Magic, Princess of Studying. :twilightblush:

this is getting really good plot-wise (get it?) XD
and the humor is still strong!!
another chapter tomorrow?

2720063 No, I'm going to leave it at this. Rarity's life is back to normal...ish. At least as normal as it's going to be anytime soon. Going any farther would require exploring their relationships in more detail, and I won't be doing that here. I'll say they've gotten together, but I'll leave it up to you how things go from there. Some possibilities I've thought of:

Warning: Spoilers. Although if you're reading this far into the comments and you haven't read the story yet, I feel you've passed the point where such warnings are still necessary.

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1a. Applejack is in fact furious about that, for reasons I will also leave up to you to decide.

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The two pairs have happy relationships (with the typical ups and downs) until death do them part.

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Celestia is still depressed. Though getting together with Twilight mixed things up a little, it did nothing to solve the cause of the problem, and once the novelty of the situation wore off, she returned to her life of wearing a mask of happiness. Meanwhile, Twilight is entirely new to the whole dating situation, is terrified of disappointing Celestia, and questions whether they even should be in a relationship. When Twilight discovers that Celestia is unhappy, she believes it is her fault. They break up.
Rarity, after her incredible disappointment with Blueblood, shifted her obsessive infatuation to Luna, who was in her eyes the only "available" member of royalty left (she subconsciously put Twilight and Celestia together). Unfortunately, as is usually the case with infatuation, the reality fails to live up to the expectations. Since Luna was primarily going along with it because it's what Rarity wanted, she does nothing to stop the inevitable. They break up.
Obviously I didn't want to write that, and even if I did want to, I couldn't write it as part of a comedy.

Also I was straining a little bit to get the humor out there by the end, and I don't want to let it get stale. Best to quit while it's still good. Don't worry, though, I don't intend for this to be the last comedy—or even the last romantic comedy—that I write.

I'm not going to say that I have no intention whatsoever to write any more of what happens. The last time I did that (Princess Luna Visits a Wet Dream) I wound up writing over 28,000 more words on the subject. Suffice to say that this is the end of this story, and if I think of more to write, it will take place as its own story in the Wet Dream series.

2720183 good enough for me XD i certainly hope you do decide to continue the series.
best of luck to you!!

i have to say: the way you ended that was great! i could totally see the screen go black and the ending "friends" song

I confess, I sort of got the feeling that Celestia had somehow been manipulating things to give them the ideas of Twi and Celestia dating in the first place (Though that could've been me misunderstanding:twilightsheepish:) and if so that really sours me on the fic. That said this was still incredibly funny and very well done. Thumbs up!

I also noticed I've read and loved almost all of your fics yet somehow wasn't following you. This has now been remedied n_n

2821984 I will say for certain that she wrote the article which was never published. Whether or not she wrote any others on this particular subject... well, it doesn't really matter that much as far as the comedy which took place is concerned, hence why it isn't mentioned in the story. Might have been her, might not have been. So my official response is: No comment. :scootangel:

Thanks for the follow! It's always wonderful to know that someone likes what I'm writing, especially enough they want to know whenever I write something else.

Also, thanks to your comment and bringing up the question of whether or not Celestia was organizing the whole thing, I got a new idea... might be writing more in this continuity after all. We'll see.

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First, might I say, brilliant story :pinkiehappy: Twilestia is my favorite ship, and particularly with emo Celestia as in this case. And Rarity/Luna actually makes a bit of sense, with her desire to marry royalty, and tendency to stay up all night.

As for your potential sad storyline there, I would kind of agree the Rarity/Luna pair might not last. But the Twilight/Celestia storyline could make quite a good drama, on the condition that they end up back together with Celestia on the road to recovery by the end. Two good ways to go after the breakup:
1. Celestia's depression gets so bad she can't keep up with her duties, and either attempts suicide, or spills her guts to Twilight as a last hope.
2. After Twilight is gone, Celestia snaps out of it and realizes that Twilight is worth fighting for... again spilling her guts so Twilight knows exactly what she's dealing with.

Either way, Twilight takes her back, and convinces Celestia to go on potentially permanent sabbatical... at the very least a few years off work (aside from raising the sun, since she still enjoys that) to rest and rediscover who she really is underneath the mask. Of course she'll feel worthless at first, but that gives lots of potential for mushy scenes where Twilight tries to convince her what an incredible achievement 1000 years of peace is, and that she deserves to be honored and rewarded more than anything :twilightsmile:

Luna could either be happy that she gets more attention as a princess, or angry that she suffered for 1000 years as well, and Celestia is the one who gets special treatment.

And depending on how long/complex you want it to get, could include political drama as well.

Oooor, Celestia could just be honest with Twilight early in their relationship, thereby getting her workload reduced before she goes back into mask mode. And Celestia with free time could lead to much comedy, without all the drama :trollestia:

US waiters will never reveal our secrets

That Story was a lot of fun. You had me rolling all the way through! :rainbowlaugh:

No Pony expects the Pinkie Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise. Surprise and cupcakes. Cupcakes and surprise. Our two weapons are surprise and cupcakes and spontaneous songs. Our three weapons, surprise, cupcakes and spontaneous songs and a blatant disregard for the fourth-wall. Our four weapons!...wait no. Amongst our weapons...amongst our weapons are such elements as surpri...I'll come in again.:pinkiecrazy:

ok, i have to address something here: Applejack's characterization in this story is AWFUL! she had no reason to treat Rarity the way she did. the other ponies in town buying into a rumor from a grammatically incorrect tabloid is one thing, but AJ? that makes no sense for two reasons: 1) AJ isn't stupid. she should know not believe anything printed in a tabloid (why was she even reading one?); and 2) you mean to tell me after the events of Bridle Gossip and Luna Eclipsed AJ's still just a gullible and prone to overreacting as she was before these episodes. seriously? she didn't learn a thing from those? and my final complaint here is that after the rotten and totally unjustified way she treated Rarity, she gets off with a hug? if i had been Rarity in that situation i would've resisting the urge to knock her teeth out! why did you even put so much effort into that scene at he apple stand if you weren't going to resolve it properly?

i'm sorry i had to rant, but that was really bothering me. especially since i am enjoying this story. that aspect just really rubbed me the wrong way.

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• She didn't read about it, she heard it from ponies around town that she used to consider reliable sources of information.
• AJ of all the ponies has a tendency not to learn anything when there is something to be learned.
• Rarity is generous with her forgiveness.
• I put so much effort into that scene to both put Rarity through hell early on, and to leave the reader wondering what the F is AJ's problem. I'd like to think I've done a good enough job characterizing in my stories that when someone is acting this strangely, there's a reason behind it that simply isn't explained. Unfortunately it seems I'm not at that point yet.

I'm glad you've enjoyed the rest of it, though.

Hot damn, that was a good story. I love anything to do with Luna, but i also enjoyed everyone's reactions to everything form beginning to end. The humor, romance, and everything else was just awesome.

A Most Excellent Read.

Adorkable Twilestia and hilarious Lunarity? This made my evening. I congratulate you, not many stories manage to put me in such a good mood, or make me laugh this much.

You thoroughly deserve the upvote I'm about to give you.

“I am glad to have answered your questions, but that is not why I am here.” Princess Luna turned to face Magnum. “Sir, I am here to ask your permission to court your daughter.”

I LOVED that scene, second funniest I ever read, next to

“Lube! I keep some stashed all over Ponyville, in case of lube emergency.”

That KILLED me! I loved it!

4320631 Great! I'm glad to know it's still making people laugh almost a year later!


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And somehow I missed you earlier, sorry about that. Thanks! I'm glad you liked it!

4320914 That you did and I thank you for it!

2897175 I think she's incorrectly portrayed, yes, but the author clearly wanted Rarity to be singled out by everyone, including her friends.

PPS

After a few seconds Pinkie released her death grip and Rarity hacked up a pink hairball in as ladylike a manner as it is possible to hack up a hairball.

“You’re welcome, darl—” Rarity blinked and looked around. Pinkie Pie was nowhere to be found.

Did Pinkie just disappear down Rarity's throat?

huh, so two chapters of rarity trying to find out whats happened and no-one can tell her?

Great friend AJ is I see.

That's an interesting way of disproving a rumor. Wonder if it was a spur of the moment thing, twilight deserved some forewarning at least.

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And some bit longer than a year

Well that was certainly an. Interesting trilogy of fics

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