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Rarity works at Hayburger. Not necessarily by choice, mind you. It's just temporary. Very, very temporary. But not the least bit temporary enough.
Pinkie Pie is searching for something. She stops at Ponyville on a whim, or maybe that's the tingly feeling in her tail talking. She decides to meet some ponies. What better place to begin her quest than at Hayburger?
Before There was Magic, There was Still Friendship
Giggle at the Ghostly
Gray Twilight
Hay-oh, Welcome to Hayburger
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"Welcome to hayburger, home of the hayburger. Can I take your order?"
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4129700 Remember P.O.O.P (Ponies, Order, Our, Paties).
Interesting take on how the three of them met. Pinkie was well in charecter and Rarity was built nicly into hers. Thanks for the read.
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Not gonna lie, I was this close to making that my title.
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Ha! That's one of the funniest Spongebob episodes, in my opinion. Fits with the story, too.
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Thank you! I worked hard to capture Pinkie's spirit in this story, and do Rarity justice as well.
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
This is my new Headcanon as to how these three met. Well done, sir! Well done!
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Ha! Really? I am honored that you think the story Headcanon-worthy.
Thank you very much!
4130105 No problem! I take my head cannon very seriously!
Keep up the good work!
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"Only the best is good enough," as the folks at The LEGO Company say. At least that's what I try to do.
4130366 Oh? Maybe I'll meander on over to your user page, maybe see if everything checks out!
Came in expecting humor, but it turned out to be a double feature of a humorous, touching story at no extra charge.
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That would be very cool, but I will remind you that I'm only human.
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A story about Pinkie Pie can't really help but be a little bit funny, I think.
I'm glad you found it touching, too. It's the odd friendships that have the best origins.
4130443 They said that about me, though, and look at me now!
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"WELCOME T' BURGER SHOT MO' FUCKAAAAAAAA!"
This was good, really good. I really like your writing of Pinkie, just enough silly, but with a real personality.
I love the characterization of Pinkie in this.
People keep getting her wrong.
P.S. You typed "jungle" when you meant advertising "jingle".
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You look great in a suit, but I can't say that cosmic horror has done your complexion any good.
(Unless that's Octodad's family portrait. In that case, you look like a man's man.)
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Pinkie was sooo important to get right in this story. She's definitely one of my all-time favorite characters ever, and I wish she got a tad bit better writing in the show. I kinda wanted to give people the same big, stupid grin I have on my face listening to "Smile, Smile, Smile."
Oh gosh, that's hilarious! Rarity just had a whole marketing ecosystem tumble out of her mouth, huh? Oh, geeze. Thanks for pointing it out, Elric of Melnipony.
4130776 Thanks! I find that all these Sports Johnson products do wonders for my complexion!
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If I may? A dab of Tartar sauce behind the... um... ears could do amazing things for your skin. Just sayin'.
4131093 *blurbs of sagely advice*
I would demand more first meetings please.
Yay, origin stories!
No small amount of feels, but man, Pinkie sure goes the extra mile to make ponies happy! Can't possibly not like her!
Ten bits is roughly in the neighborhood of US$15-20 based on what we've seen in the show. IE, it's a LOT of money. I'd lower than number to two or three to make it fit what you're going for there.
Umm...I don't think you know what a flash mob is.
I've been around people who did this. It's always frustrating. "Yeah I want a Big Mac..." "Sir, this is Burger King, not McDonald's..." Ugh.
This is reminding me of Clerks.
You mean like we've seen practically every pony ever do at some point, including a number of fillies?
You know, most people put dough INTO an oven, and don't take it out until it's bread.
This was a very good story. I enjoyed reading it. It's nicely in-character and it's an interesting exploration of potential pony pasts. Just be sure to smooth out the wrinkles I mentioned above.
I thank you for giving me my new head-canon. I shall treasure it greatly.
That was a delightful read
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I would, too. I've got a concept in mind for Applejack and Rainbow Dash, but it's gonna take a while to plot, plan, and write.
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Origin stories are the bomb, for sure.
Very much so. I really want to try and be more like her. I know I get enough opportunities every day.
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Much as I like the number ten, I can see your point. "Two" works much better.
Oops. No, I didn't. Education, thy name is MyrthrilMoth.
This, at the least, was more or less intentional.
Ah. Yes, exactly like that. Let's fix that.
Oh, dear. That's awkward. I was going for some sort of "letting the dough rise" thing, but it didn't quite manage to make its way into the story. I'll fix the wording right away.
Thank you very much, and thank you doubly for the advice. I made the adjustments as soon as I could.
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I'm glad you enjoyed the story! Hopefully the show will give us a few Rarity/Pinkie Pie scenes to compliment your new headcanon.
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Thank you. It was a delightful story to write, too.
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That's a fantastic motto to have, Hobb. And from the looks of this story, I'd say you're living up to it.
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Thanks. I'll never stop trying.
hay-oh
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May I take your order?
Characters spot on AND a compelling back story that doesn't rely too heavily on the mystical aspects of Equestria? MINIMAL REFERENCES to the show?
You've made yourself a new fan, good sir. I love the living bejeezus out of this story.
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It's hard talk about magic, destinies, and the like when your characters are flipping burgers for a living. But it does let you focus on the character's personalities, which I've always seen as very important.
I'm a firm believer that good stories should run on their own steam. At least, for the most part.
Thank you very much! It's great to hear that you enjoyed the story.
Really enjoyed that.
Put a smile on my face for sure.
I loved it!!!
This is possibly the closest to canon for all three of them that I would have ever seen. You're put this in perfectly: Rarity basically flipping burgers and living at home with the folks while she's trying to make her dream work, including a baby Sweetie Belle, Pinkie just leaving her family's rock farm for literally sunnier pastures (I definitely can see Pinkie as a drifter, but surprised that she made Ponyville her new home), and at the very end, we get to see Rainbow Dash show up, right on time to take the job as weather manager.
I truly love the interaction with Pinkie and Rarity. And it certainly shows how Rarity started her building/business in a town that basically didn't wear clothes that much. I have a little criticism though: The Rarity we all know and love have never mentioned Canterlot until she met Twilight Sparkle. But the Rarity in this story apparently has had her eyes set on Manehattan since she was a filly. I have to wonder---when did that change? Not to mention, she said she's wants to move there because ponies wear clothes there. If Manehattan is like New York, then that would be ridiculously expensive for Rarity to stand out. Pinkie has a lot of good points with her staying here in Ponyville but starting her boutique.
Pinkie definitely flipped Rarity's cynicism into optimism and hope. All Rarity saw is a town that barely needs clothes, and she's been here her entire life and wants to leave ASAP. Pinkie sees it as "something that nopony in town actually has" l.E. one-of-a-kind, unique, exclusive.
Rarity even said it herself: Ponyville has no market for clothes---Pinkie flips it, saying that Rarity has "no competition"; in Manehattan Rarity would have to compete with literally hundreds of other designers trying to find their way. 
You know what?? As much as we have seen that the Sonic Rainboom that RD put it off back when she was a filly was THE moment when all the girls would be together, I adore that this is a concept of how they met, and we haven't even gotten to Applejack or Fluttershy yet!! How else would Pinkie know that by helping this gloomy unicorn(Rarity) in getting her off the ground, it would lead to meeting Rainbow Dash.
And finally, that is definitely something Pinkie would say---giving away a significant amount of whatever savings she could have and made this as a commission (a paid job) to someone whom she didn't even know. Maybe the Pinkie Sense was definitely something to it.
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Awesome! I'm glad to hear it!
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Thank you very much!
The show goes back and forth whether Rarity is more in love with Canterlot or Manehatten high-society. I decided to make her goal Manehatten because, while Canterlot is clearly rich, the ponies of Manehatten wear a great deal more clothes (as seen in "Rarity Takes Manehatten"). I thought about having Rarity mention Canterlot as a place she'd like to go, but I wanted it to sound like she actually had a choice made. Like she actually had stuff planned out.
Yes it would be expensive, but that's why she was saving up in the first place.
And really, there's a million ways it could have gone wrong. We might have seen Rarity become the next Coco Pommel if Pinkie hadn't shown up! 
This was a very interesting story!
I never really thought about how the mane 6 may have first met each other (other than Twilight, of course). This story did a good job entertaining me with a goal-oriented Rarity working her tail off to achieve her goals. I liked how her pride pushed her to refuse help from her family and how, even though she was working with a goal in mind, she was having a lot of trouble just dealing with her current job. Then of course, Pinkie was just awesome. She came in and just got Rarity back on her hooves when she really needed it and they became best friends because of it.
I wonder if the characters' youths or first meetings will ever be explored in the show itself. If not, I can always rely on stories like these.
This was a lot better than I thought it would be. Thank you for the wonderful story!
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I've found pride to be the source of most of my problems, whether it's mine or someone else's.
I kinda doubt it at this point, after doing "Cutie Mark Chronicles" in season one and nothing at all in the next three seasons. Doubt it, but I wouldn't say "No."
That said, pre-episode one has always been one of my favorite settings. I think we need more stories about that.
You are the second person in as many stories who has told me it was better than they expected. This either means I'm pushing boundaries, or I'm doing a bad job with my story descriptions.
Which do you think it is?
Thank you for the comment. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
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Your descriptions aren't bad. I think you are pushing yourself as a writer and it shows.
Perhaps it is because Rarity's situation is quite relatable that it adds to the impact of the story. I myself have dreams I am working for on the side while I have a job I am not to fond of.
My expectations were affected by the picture and the intro. But I didn't imagine there would be such a deep moment in Pinkie Pie supporting Rarity in her time of need and actually being so generous. I was unprepared for that and that is why I got so much joy from reading it.
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Thank you. It's very important, because if I'm not pushing forward, I'm sliding back.
Aha! I see what you mean now. I'm happy that I was able to surprise you with the good kind of surprise! The best kinda surprise!
This is one of the best stories I have read in my time on this site. Good job. I'm going to check your other stuff.
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Thank you for the compliment! It was a pleasure to write.
I hope you enjoy yourself. I'm doing my best to improve with every story, but history has yet to judge me on that.
This is really good.
Wow. I was not expecting to be as blown away by this as I ended up being! Great story full of humour and heart! Not to mention baby Sweetie Belle is probably the cutest thing I've ever seen described with words! I think I'm going to have to check out the other stories in this continuity now as well!
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Thanks! I really do feel that this is one of my best. It almost scares me, even if I know it's not perfect.
Sweetie Belle is hands-down my favorite part of this story. She was so much fun!
It's actually not so much a continuity as a running theme. For instance, the story about Pinkie Pie doesn't mention Maud because the story was written during season three. I've been thinking of rewriting it to correct names, though.
They're still strongly linked by that whole "Friends before FiM" theme. I know they're rough, but they were the best I had when I wrote them.
At the sound of Rarity’s voice, Sweetie pulled herself away from the knob and squeed, a ginormous smile on her pudgy little face. She trotted/wobbled up to her big sister and wrapped her hooves around her foreleg.
Not fair. That was just not right. This is a SL story. You can't just DROP A TON OF FEELS out of the blue like that!
Great origin story. Doing two ponies at the same time like that and how one led to another was just magical.
(EDIT: no spoilers but meant to say 3 ponies, but that's another story for another time!)
You certainly are a pretty diverse writer. Love your works!
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Watch me, Telaros! Just watch me!
Thank you. I'm really super-happy with how this story turned out. I'm glad you enjoyed it, too!
Thanks! I've learned that in order to grow as a writer, you need to push your own boundaries all the time. I want to eventually write a story in almost every genre, just to get a feel for them. If I work on each idea individually, they'll be even better when they're part of a larger story!
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It's always a good feeling finding authors with this kind of mentality. Reminds me of Bootsy Slickmane. Sure, he writes mostly deconstructions, but he does some great comedies and parody stuff on top of other more serious topics like his Insomnia DT story and his Trixie's Clubhouse, latter of which I often wish was a long running story beyond a contest entry.
You're a fun writer. I hope to see you pull off that dream story that includes all the core elements to what makes great stories. Hell, hope someday in my life I get to see you publish something of your very own! I'd totally buy with a smile knowing "I used to read this person's fanfics!" even if its just a small self published work and ends up not going far, it'd still be a pretty neat and worthy thing to own in my opinion.
But before then, I do hope to see more and more pony stories from you.
I'm not sure if you've written any in your 25'ish stories, haven't come close to reading many yet, but I would LOVE to see a honest to goodness MYSTERY fic, a sort of drama you'd see in one of those old detective movies, only with ponies as we know them in such a situation. It's such a hard genre to get right it seems, that or not many seem to enjoy writing them.
In any event, wish you the best in your writing exercises! As a reader who merely drinks in other people's works faster than they can write it, just wanted to let you know how much reading good original and well thought out stories like these that I really appreciate the effort you and many others that do, put into your stories to and share it with us all.
Thank you for writing so much pony pony pony!