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If this second was your life, what would you do?

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First place winner of the RariLight Creation Contest #2!


A day before the town-wide Hearts and Hooves Day party, Twilight Sparkle received a strange note in the mail. There was no doubt that it was Rarity who had penned the curvy script gracing the letter, but the riddle that lay tauntingly alongside her greeting was quite the mystery.

And Twilight loved solving a good mystery.


Cover art belongs to Grandifloru!

Thanks to Azusa for proofreading.

Chapters (6)
Comments ( 93 )

I love my little incentive program. It makes wonderful ideas like this come to life, and I have a feeling you'll do this one proud, amigo.

Nice. I can't wait to see were this goes!:raritystarry:

this was interestin read to say at least :ajsmug: n' if i could i'd probally giv :twilightsmile: a sympathy pat for her attempts with poetry :yay: plus dealin with :moustache:'s playfully teasin on her crush with :raritywink:. Yet, it's gonna be also interestin to see what/where :twilightblush: has to go/do in her lil riddle game with :duck:

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That it does. I think I've read every entry to the contest so far, and I was worrying that I wouldn't get my own done in time! But luckily I finished up in the final week.
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Stay tuned! Chapters will be updating daily until the entire story is posted. :twilightsmile:


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Thanks for reading! Hopefully you still enjoy when Rarity makes her appearance in the coming chapters!
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Huh, well this is interesting. I love it when I see a story with one of my favorite pairs that's not just the same old thing:twilightsmile:.

I'm looking forward to the next update, I was always bad at riddles.

Also, I can sympathize with Twilight. Writing poetry is hard, and my few attempts have been crumpled up and eradicated from existence:twilightblush:, hopefully Twilight will get better at it by the end of this

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Twilight's not wrong -- poetry IS hard! I never had a talent for the really complex forms, as you can probably tell. :rainbowwild:

Thanks for reading!

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well, as long as t fic keeps bein interestin then i'll be happy :twilightsmile:

I saw this fic while I listened to this:

Coincidence?

Probably.

Oh very nicely written! I could definitely learn from your use of vocabulary and attempt to do as well when I write. :twilightblush:
I do like that you shipped spike and Applebloom. He definitely needs a change of scenery (and somepony closer to his age) away from Rarity. This is also the first fic I've read in a while that isn't shipping Fluttershy and Rarity. Well done!

I am confused about one thing though. I thought that Derpy was the mailmare and Ditzy was her daughter? It's probably just me being Derpy and not paying attention! :derpytongue2:

Well done. Bob recommended this, and I can see why. It's very good.

I think I have an idea as to what the answer to the riddle may be, but I don't want to say it and in case it's wrong. I'm like that.

~ Decaf

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Well, I certainly wasn't expecting to get a comment that led me to a good piece of Batman music. Thanks for commenting!

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With all the name switching, I know it probably gets confusing. Dinky is the fanon name for Derpy's daughter, and in my headcanon Derpy's real name is Ditzy Doo. Just sounds a little less derogatory for an everyday name to me. :twilightsmile:

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Thank you for giving it a shot! I'm glad to have friends like Bob. I'm surprised that nobody has tried to guess the riddle in the comments yet, actually! Whether that's because it's super obvious or because it's super confusing, I don't know. Either way, we'll get an answer in the next chapter! :raritywink:

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You should check out this guys music. He's got another batman song, and at least one for all the major recent titles.

ok, this was interestin especially with :pinkiehappy: showin up n' in her own random way helped (while hintin that :duck:'s might be waitin for a certain somepony to ask her out :facehoof:) :twilightsmile: with t 1st riddle. Anyways, now :twilightsheepish: has nother riddle which kinda sounds moar confusin :applejackconfused: but, she should be able to solve it just fine :yay:

More faves than likes? :rainbowhuh:

HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :pinkiegasp:

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Probably because of nice people like you favouriting the story!

But seriously, it's probably because the story is still updating. Chaptered stories tend to get more faves than likes at first so people can follow the story as it unfolds. :twilightsmile:

Hay, the clock tower was practically the first thing she out her window in the morning!

Don't you mean

Hay, the clock tower was practically the first thing she saw out her window in the morning!

?

On another note, I LOVE THIS STORY!!:yay:

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D'oh, what a silly mistake! Thanks for reading!

4052242 Wow, you're quick to respond!

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Truth be told, the notification noise scared me when I was watching a video, so I had to check it out. :rainbowwild:

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:duck:

Well, you have a point, but nopony would have favourited it if it weren't very good, because you only favourite something if it's very good, and you like it if it's good, so it isn't good, but it is very good :ajsmug:

Twilight: :facehoof:

Rarity can be so magnificently subtle, yet terribly obvious at the same time. Heh.

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Let me tell you, it was a ton of fun to write her in a story for the first time. Frankly, I had fun writing every character in this story!

Thanks for reading!
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Riddle me this, batmare.

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I think people are going to be disappointed that I'm not as into Batman as it sounds. I just liked the phrase 'Riddle Me This', so I chose it for the title.

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This is adorable, it truly is.

AHHHH! Suspense! You've got me wanting more! Keep them coming and keep up the good work! :D

so the answer to this riddle has to deal with singing:rainbowhuh: wonder who :twilightsmile: will have to see about it :fluttershyouch:

A calendar obviously.

I'm lighter than a feather, yet heavier than the moon.
What am I?

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A good guess! What makes you say it's related to singing?

Oh very well done! How the riddles are tied together is very clever! Through this whole thing I have been impressed by your writing, though I must disagree with your choice of shipping AJ and Dashie. It is interesting but I don't think they make a very good couple.

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In all honesty, I'm not the biggest AppleDash shipper either. But what can I say? When the scene struck me, it struck me. :twilightsmile:

ok, definitly got a chuckle or two by :pinkiehappy:'s randomness; :raritywink:'s luck with her guardian angel n' :rainbowwild:'s way of askin :ajsmug: out; Also wasn't expectin t riddles to be linked to past events :unsuresweetie: but, it's awesome either way :twilightsmile:. So, now I guess i'll just wait to see what :twilightblush: has to say to :duck:; weither it's bout t next riddle or twi finally bringin her lil crush into light :yay:

that was simply awesome update :pinkiehappy:; congrats :twilightblush::heart::raritywink: for finally tellin t other ur girls' unknownly shared secrect :yay:. Also luved :twilightsmile:'s sense of deja vu when she read her poem; definitly got a chuckle or two on :duck:'s reaction :rainbowlaugh:. um... :applejackunsure: other then that can't wait to see what happens at t party :moustache:

Awww, that's so adorable! :heart:

It's always good to see a successful declaration of love.

THIS ENTIRE STORY IS SO CUTE

Well done. The riddles were interesting, the story was adorable and this remainsy favourite Rarity ship. Thank you, guy. You done good.

~ Decaf

WHY DOES IT HAVE TO END?!?!?!? :raritycry:
Anyway good story I enjoyed it! :twilightsmile:

This is one of the best stores that have read so far. Any sequels or follow-up stories will be read eagerly.

“And you two!” Rainbow turned her attention to them, pointing a hoof slightly to Twilight’s left. “Did you two make with the smoochy smoochy yet?”

Oh, Rainbow :facehoof:

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Inconceivable! He's cracked the case!

RARITY IS CUTE AND TWILIGHT IS CUTE AND APPLEDASH IS CUTE AND RAINBOW'S A CUTIE AND SPIKE IS CUTE AND EVERYBODY'S A CUTIE AND THIS STORY IS SO CUTE I'M OING TO EXPLOED

Ah man too bad it ended here, that Doctor Who reference was an opportunity for some great foreshadowing.

Well done. Good story. Bye.

~ Decaf

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