Rarity never thought she'd fall for a dragon, much less be blissfully happy dating one, but ever since Spike grew into a sweet and handsome young drake, she's been completely and helplessly besotted. Recently, though, he's seemed distant, uncomfortable around her--or worse, unhappy with her. With the prospect of losing the love of her life hanging over Rarity's head, will she resort to drastic measures to become what he desires? And how will her darling dragon react if she does?
Written for the Sparity one-shot contest.
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Story Reading by Goombasa
Chapters (1)
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/153938/patience-and-time
Except you're a better writer than me.
Ah, I loved this~
Gloriously perfect premise. I loved it to pieces. A welcome addition to the contest! Good luck with it!
A nice one shot. A bit predictable at a point, but charmingly funny nonetheless.
A regular gift of the transformagi, this one. I definitely didn't see the twist coming. I was expecting a full uncomfortable conversation coming from Rarity's misunderstanding, but this was so much better.
aw yiss
This was a really beautiful story
The way both of them changed to please the other reminded me of The Gift of the Magi except in that story the couple gave up something dear to them. 
Anyways, I really loved the way this story was written and it's definitely now one of my favorite Sparity fanfics.
Ah, dude, there goes any chance I had. :) but no, really, this is wonderful.
Feels. They hit me. Like a truck.
Betrayer? What the fuck? TRAITOR.
Nice and sappy, very enjoyable… but still waiting on greenfire
There's definitely a 'Gift of the Magi' vibe to this, but I really like it.
Enjoyed this one
Celestia: You have learned well my young padawan.
Twilight: Yes indeed.
This was a great story!
Ah, Trollight, she is going to get quite the toungue lashing from Rarity, then a big hug.
This is SO CUTE!
I ADORE this!
I only wish there were artwork with Spike as a stallion and Rarity as a dragon.
I mean, I'm sure pony-Spike has been done, but I'm not sure if the same can be said for dragon-Rarity.
Although considering these two were meant to go claw-in-hoof perhaps I simply haven't found it yet.
Nevertheless, excellent work here! I'm not ashamed to admit I "squee!"ed at the end.
Well done!
AIP§
P.S.: The moment I finished this I started imagining the two of them going back to Twilight and asking for one of them to be turned into the other to see what that's like and to get back at her for her "lesson teaching". You open up possibilities my fellow writer!
Bravo, such a wonderful story. Very well written and it had me in tears by the end.
Very well done. I hope your story wins
I like the ides of twilght becoming a troll like celestia is
d'awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
that was wonderful. heartwarming, to the point, and just the right balance between happy and thoughtful. sappy, but not overly so. perfectly in character. a wonderful read! 5/5
p.s.: and although this was made way way before the story, i find it quite fitting:
http://siansaar.deviantart.com/art/borked-spell-255495587
Trollestia is brushing off on Twi.
It was a nice little story but I found myself wishing she stayed as a dragon.
This was adorable. 10/10
lol Twilight
Why are you all making such great stories!? How am I supposed to choose!?
well this is now my favortie story :P
TrollSparkle is coming to town. Her and Trollestia will cause mayhem.
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Well Misty Pie, I've read the whole fanfic and I have to say, you really do have good taste.
I actually really liked it. I've heard about The Gift of the Magi as well, and this story does remind me of that; funny that you mention that. Thanks for pointing it out though. 
Once again my girlfriend has recommended another good read to me. Thanks Misty Pie! xD
But yeah, this story was amazing. I'm not even a big fan of the Sparity shipping but this was quite a lovely read. I also loved how towards the end, Spike made a reference to Trollestia.
Keep up the good work man!
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Why is that downvoted?
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I think everyone who's read Greenfire is waiting on Greenfire. Hell, I'm not even into ship-fics and I like Greenfire...
That being said, this one was nice, though it did feel rushed....
3712579 What a twist
Well, I thought the twist was rather obvious, although that's not the crux of the story, eh?
One thing that really annoyed me here was the use of brackets - their original intention is to set the text in them apart from the rest of sentence; essentially, an addendum of sorts. I always saw them as an indicator of narrator's commentary, but here it's really jarring because there's no actual narrator, and, most of the time, everything conveyed within brackets could either be present in the sentence itself or removed entirely with no harm done. Example:
I really don't see why would you use brackets when that sentence could be a simple continuation.
It just flows better and doesn't feel like somebody else takes note of the excess weight rather than Rarity herself. I had similar thoughts about the brackets pretty much every other time.
That said, everything else is solid: the characterization is good, the pace is even, tiny bits of humor are in the right places. I do feel the dialogue was lacking sometimes, though it probably has more to do with my preference for stories with more talking; I could also say that Rarity adjusted to her new body way too quickly, but it's a pretty small detail.
All in all, good, but nothing too interesting.
3/5
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I know it's past Christmas and all, but it's still the 'holidays', so it works for me. Happy new year!
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Ugh, I know right! I had a good mood of grumpy and now it is ruined!
I saw that ending coming. Anyone who knows the story, "The Gift of the Magi," will know about these kinds of stories. It's an excellent take on it, I commend you.
This was wonderful. I needed a feel-good story and this fit the bill perfectly.
Ah, a classic plot. I figured out what that plot was from the moment Rarity said a word to Twilight of course, and was even expecting it before then, but it was still executed brilliantly.
Favorited.
Predictable, but neat. Although I gotta admit, Rarity the Dragon is that much more... interesting than Rarity the Unicorn.
Trollight Sparkle strikes again! Er, more like, for the first time? Wonderful story.
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Ain't that the truth.
Cute. I had trouble getting hooked on the opening paragraph, but it was totally worth it. Dat Sparity.
Positively Adorkable :D
Love it!
At last, a "Gift of the Magi"-inspired fic that actually ends happily! Take a thumbs up from me.
OH GOOD GOD MY TEETH!!
Seriously though, this was adorable. very "gift of the magi," minus losing important things.
UPDATE GREENFIRE DAMMIT-
-uh, I mean, good fic. heh heh
You, sir/madam, are one impeccably, outstanding genius, whose wondrous crafts of literature do exceed the expectations I've put in place when my pupils first caught glance of the title. I thank you for a wonderful work of literature.
3724456 Couldn't have said it better myself.
Lovely story :)
cool story it was awesome
