Diamond dogs don't concern themselves with the affairs of the surface and, if they had their way, wouldn't go topside at all. Unfortunately, there's things of value up there, and so they regularly send scouts, with scout duty the punishment for disruptive dogs to remind them why they stay beneath the earth.
Precious has been exiled to scout duty, but she doesn't mind that at all. The surface world can be downright beautiful, and when she's up here she doesn't have to deal with Rover's ego. She's very content to spend her days beneath the sun, watching for any ponies that become separated from the herd.
Until she meets a pony. One who talks to her. And she figures she can afford to let one pony go. No one will ever know.
She should have realized that one pony never stays just one pony.
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Precious is best pupper.
Nice.
Love, love, love it!
Great lore, great use of Rarity/Precious. Wonderful!
A promising start!
Sunset is part of the group?
Man, it must suck to have been a blank flank long enough to get it with the others.
Or she was born later than in canon, but that's not as funny.
my heart has been warmed
Huh... so, there's no way of saying this without making me sound spectacularly dim (not that that's necessarily wrong in general, but in this case at least I'm just not operating at 100%), but... well, see, when I saw this story, the premise intrigued me enough that I didn't read the tags beyond the genres, so I missed the character and the AU, and I didn't see that it was an entry to a contest, so, well... not only was I kind of blindsided when Sunset was brought up, but I kinda sorta... didn't twig that Precious was Rarity until I read the comments.
Yeah, even the opening line didn't clue me in - I just thought it was a cute reference and the story was just about a particularly pleasant and tasteful Diamond Dog. Yeah, I know, I can only make so many excuses.
That said, my own obliviousness aside, that might normally indicate something wrong with the writing if it could be missed like that... except for the fact that literally the instant the relationship was alluded to, it all clicked perfectly into place and I got it totally. Which, I think, is a sign of a very successful bit of re-imagining - Precious's species and upbringing have made her different enough from her pony counterpart that they're not identical and one could theoretically miss it, but the core of the character and many of her details are intact or well-adapted enough that, once you see it, it makes perfect sense. So, while I hesitated to admit my shame, I couldn't not as I think it's a sign of how well the story works.
So, as little as it probably means coming from me, very well done.
D'aawwwww!!! 😍
Her loyalties have shifted...
A touching fic. 😇
That was a good story.
Lovely work throughout. An artistic mind is a poor fit in a Diamond Dog warren. Thank goodness Precious found people who can appreciate her for who she is and not what they demand her to be. Thank you for this.
Rarity is in the tags, and isn’t mentioned in the story itself at all… could it be a mistake, or does Precious represent Rarity in this universe?
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Yes, this story was originally written for the species change contest, and Rarity/Precious is the one with the change in species, from unicorn to diamond dog. I go into more detail on how I mapped Rarity into her new form and identity in a blog written shortly after this piece was.
An oddball ghost happened across your fic and read it. Have a review!