At the Carousel Boutique, the fabulous fashionista Rarity and her little sister Sweetie Belle where working on some dresses. Recently Rarity had decided to give her little sister some sewing tips. But for the past few days, Rarity seemed to be in a funk.
“What’s wrong, sis?” asked Sweetie Belle.
“Oh, Sweetie,” began Rarity. “I’m just envious of Twilight and Big Macintosh. I just wish I could find a special somepony.”
“Maybe I could help,” said Sweetie Belle with great enthusiasm.
“No thank you, darling,” said Rarity. “I’ve seen what happens when you and your little friends try to set ponies up.”
“Well why don’t you get out more to meet eligible young stallions?” asked Sweetie Belle. “I read that you meet plenty of bachelors at bars and clubs.”
“Yes, that’s true,” said Rarity. “But I always have way too much work to do. Also there aren’t many bars or clubs in Ponyville.”
“It’s been a pretty slow month,” said Sweetie Belle. “Why not take some time off to relax and just take a stroll around town?”
Rarity thought about this for a moment. It was true that business was rather slow. And while that would normally be a good time to catch up on any delayed work, she really didn’t have much of that either. Sweetie Belle had actually started to improve on her sewing, and was becoming a fairly competent assistant. It had been a while since she really had some time for herself, besides her weekly spa trips with Fluttershy.
“You know,” began Rarity. “That does sound like a splendid idea. Thank you for the suggestion, Sweetie Belle.”
“No problem sis,” said Sweetie Belle. “Everypony needs some rest and relaxation.”
“I just wish there was more to do around town,” thought Rarity.
“There’s plenty of things you can do, sis,” said Sweetie Belle. “Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and I find things to do all the time!”
“Well that’s good for you, Sweetie,” said Rarity. “But I’m not a little filly anymore. Hang gliding and scooter riding are exactly my cup of tea.”
“I suppose you have a point there,” said Sweetie Belle, with a little frown on her face.
“Oh don’t worry now, darling,” said Rarity, giving her sister a hug. “I’ll figure something out. Thank you for suggesting this in the first place.”
“I don’t want my sister to be sad,” said Sweetie Belle.
“Mom and dad certainly had the right idea when they named you Sweetie,” said Rarity.
Rarity closed shop for the day and went for a walk. It was a lovely day; not too hot and not too cold. She wasn’t sure why she was so unlucky when it came to love. For as long as she could remember, she had gotten compliments on her looks. Many ponies had pointed out she didn’t even need makeup to look good, but she loved to accessorize and saw makeup as part of the wardrobe. While she’d been on a good few dates, she’d never really had a steady colt friend. They’d often turn out to be either self centered (like Prince Blueblood), possessive jerks, jealous, or other reasons that just never worked for her. She just wanted somepony who was hard working, generous, and yes she wouldn’t mind him being handsome. It didn’t help that the male to female ratio in Ponyville was way off balance. She ended up in the park, which seemed deserted.
“Oh Rarity,” she said talking to herself. “Why don’t you just move to some bigger city? Canterlot? Manehattan? Fillydelphia? Everypony asks me that. They should know why. Mother and father need my help with little Sweetie Belle. She’s such a dear too; always willing to help even if she messes up more often than helps. It’s the least I can do for my parents, they did raise me after all. They both may be a bit tacky, but they mean well always. They did give me a little loan to help open the Carousel Boutique. Besides, my business does well enough here; plenty of ponies all over know of my shop. Knowing the prized pupil of Princess Celestia has most certainly had positive effects as well. And my friends. They are all so wonderful; I can’t imagine my life without them. Twilight Sparkle, so smart and intuitive. Applejack, such a hard worker. Stubborn for sure, but then again so can I. Fluttershy, probably my best friend in the whole world. I love our weekly spa trips. Not to mention her fashion sense is impeccable. Pinkie Pie, a ball of energy for sure, but she has such a positive personality that it’s nearly impossible for it not to catch on. Rainbow Dash, hates to look un-cool, but she’ll always be there for a friend. And good old Spikey Wikey. Poor thing has a crush on me, and while I appreciate the admiration he simply isn’t my type. Or age range for that matter. Or species even. Sure I’m still young and fit, but I won’t stay young forever.”
Rarity continued to walk about in the park; the foliage was very lovely today.
“Whoever the groundskeeper of this park is doing a splendid job,” said Rarity to herself.
Or so she thought it was to herself.
“Why thank ya very much, Miss Rarity,” said a voice with a country accent.
Rarity turned around to see a young male earth pony with light tan fur, a brown mane, and light brown eyes. He was wearing a green baseball cap, blue overalls, and had an average build to him. She had a feeling she knew him, but couldn’t quite place her hoof on it.
“Excuse me good sir,” said Rarity. “But do I know you?”
“Aw shucks,” he said. “Has it really been that long? I spose so. Maybe this will refresh yer memory.”
The groundskeeper colt pointed to his cutie mark, which was the image of three turnips. It instantly donned on Rarity who it was.
“Hayseed Turnip Truck?” she asked. “Is that really you?”
“Darn tootin, Miss Rarity!” he said with a jovial smile. “Although yah can just call me Hayseed. Or even just Seed for short! Lots of ponies do.”
“Alright then…Hayseed,” she said. “You can just call me Rarity. No need for the formalities.”
“But yer a lady, Miss Rarity,” said Hayseed. “Mah pa always said be formal to a lady. And yer the most formal lady ah know.”
“Well, thank you,” she said, blushing from the flattery. “But I thought you were living in Canterlot? When did you move back to Ponyville?”
“Hmmm,” he thought for a moment. “Ah spose it was bout eight or nine months ago. Why Miss Pinkie even threw me a party.”
“Oh, I see,” said Rarity. “That must’ve been when I was in Canterlot with my little sister for a fashion show. Pinkie did mention throwing a party for a returning resident.”
“No problem whatsoever ma’am,” he said. “The winda washin’ business really wasn’t workin’ out fer me. None of them fancy folks wanted a simple earth pony touchin’ their expensive windows. So ah moved back home and immediately got this job as the groundskeeper.”
“Well that certain was lucky of you,” commented Rarity. “You look a little different. But I can’t really pinpoint what.”
“Yer probably noticin’ mah teeth,” he said giving a big smile. “While in Canterlot ah managed to get some dental work done!”
“Good for you, Hayseed,” said Rarity.
“Ah thought if mah teeth looked better, than the fancy unicorns wouldn’t mind me so much washin’ their windas,” he said. “But it din’t help.”
For a brief second he showed a little frown. But seemed to immediately buck up.
“Oh well,” he said. “Water under the bridge as they say!”
“That’s a good way of looking at it,” said Rarity.
“Yup,” he said. “Sides, this job aint so bad really. I get tah stay in the house located near the center of the park, and the pay is purty decent for a colt with simple needs.”
“I have to admit, Hayseed,” began Rarity. “I was in a bit of a downer earlier. But hearing you’re story, and how positive you’re being about it has really cheered me up.”
“Well that’s great tah hear, Miss Rarity,” he said. “Anytime you need somepony tah talk to and cheer ya up, ah’m yer colt.”
“That does sound splendid,” she said. “I suppose I should be getting back to my shop.”
“Maybe ah’ll stop by yer store one of these days,” he said. “Ah could use some new duds, and yer store is the best in all of Equestrira.”
“Why thank you,” she said with a little embarrassment in her voice. “You’re welcome there anytime. Good day Hayseed.”
“Have a great day, Miss Rarity,” he said, giving Rarity a little bow.
Rarity headed back to her shop. It felt like a weight had been lifted off her shoulder at the moment. She was surprised by how insightful Hayseed had been. Though she has learned over the years to never judge a book by it’s cover.
1548197 I think it helps that Bookworm gave her tons of compliments and that he writes her favorite books.
Hayseed and Rarity? Well...can't believe nobody else ever thought of that!
Rariseed for the win!!
1548295 I'm surprised there isn't much of that around. Maybe because he only appeared in the one episode. I felt it would be a lot easier just using a pre existing characters. And my theme seems to be opposites attracting, so Hayseed seemed obvious for Rarity. But really both have one common theme, besides small town ponies, they're both hardworking.
1548330 Well I like this shipping Idea! I actually think you're the first to make a HayseedxRarity ship!
1548365 Hard to say. Be cool if I was though I admit.
1548264 Well, look at all the DashLight shipping that gets featured... you KNOW Dash has it goin for eggheads! (Which means I might stand a chance... I just gotta find someway to teleport myself to Equestria)
please please please tell me you don't ship Rarity and Hayseed Turnip Truck. For the love of all that is holy...
1550148 And what's wrong with that?
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Hayseed Turnip Truck was a character specifically invented to mirror everything Rarity is embarrassed about herself and the parts of her life she reviles. He is on par with Blueblood-as-he-currently-is on the "ain't gonna happen" scale. Friendship between the two would take substantial character growth on her part, but he is far too contrary to her aesthetics, goals, and personality for anything more to bloom there, outside of a 1-shot crack-fic.
1550200 But from that very same episode Rarity learned to not be ashamed of where she's from. And it's not so much that she reviles where she's from, she just likes to act more refined than most. She has had character growth on the show. And while Hayseed may not be refined, he is a hard working pony and would certainly treat Rarity with respect and like a lady. Really he's far above Prince Blueblood in that respect. And I would also like to point out...IT'S FAN FICTION BASE ON FICTION! I don't mean the caps in anger, but this is what I would call speculative or alternative fiction, it's not canon with the show. I am writing my own version the ponies and what I think someone like Rarity would do after trying to the more refined only to find that just because they're from money or are royalty doesn't mean they're gonna be respectful. And it's possible that Hayseed has grown some too since then. But again, this is just my opinion and is all made up based on something that is already made up.
1550273
I do not intend to anger you, but you may use me as a devil's advocate. IF you are going to do a hayseed X rarity ship, these are points that you will NEED to address. Well.
Hayseed, as he appears in the show, is a hick with no social graces. The defences for the ship that you have suggested makes more sense for an Applejack X Hayseed ship than anything, and even then you'd have to establish more firmly that he actually fits the merits you have suggested. Rarity is more of a romantic than a practical mare, so he will need to sweep her, and us, off her hooves. Her friends are likely to be as confused by this state of affairs as I am, perhaps going so far as to confuse her for a changeling or for someone under a love potion.
Ultimately, Rarity has been established as wanting to marry Prince Charming. Hayseed Turnip Truck is less of an ass than Blueblood, I'll grant you, but no-one would ever describe him as having social graces, or handsomeness, or basic hygene.
She may enjoy his company, as he is still a good pony, but as she is, even with the character growth that STARTED in the episode, they would be friends at best. Particularly since the 'Dear Friends' slot for a hardworking pony who is a bit lacking in the social graces has already been filled by Applejack.
1550493 I wasn't angry, I even pointed out that I wasn't angry, the caps were just for emphasis. We only saw him in one episode, and I never got the real impression he was unhygienic. Then again in cartoons visuals for someone being unhygienic is usually for them to have stink lines or flies flying around him. And sure he was clumsy in that one scene, but he could've picked up some basic manners in Canterlot. Also he's not some slacker pony, to me he came off as one of those try hard workers doing his very best. I've also pointed out that he's been back for a while in Ponyville so that would mean this story takes pace probably well over a year after the events of Sweet and Elite, probably more like 2 years or something. So there is time between then and now for Rarity to have had some bad relationships. And I don't wanna hear the we never saw indications of that from the show, because the show doesn't keep total detailed continuity. After all we hear nothing of Princess Cadence of Shining Armor till the second seasons finale. And while that was a great finale, there's no denying it was sloppy in terms of development. Like Twilight's song about how much she loves her brother, while a sweet song, would have had way more emotional backing had we actually known this character existed beforehand and seen some flashbacks or episodes with him appearing. There's also her excitement over him marrying Cadence and her being Twilight's foal sitter, we never saw any indications of this. By most accounts of the first season especially they seemed to imply Twilight never did much playing like most kids, and just read and or studied all the time. In fact the Queen Chrysalis/Princess Cadence song has more impact from the villain side mainly because she's just evil and getting to take over while Cadence's lament and love for Shining Armor really doesn't have as much impact because we know very little. There's no doubt that the show is well written, but there are for sure moments of inconsistent character traits and things that really don't make sense to the overall mythos of the show. I've read plenty of fan fic where they don't totally go with the known character traits. This is all speculative things that I'm writing down. Not to spoil, but I do plan to show that Hayseed isn't just some country bumpkin, that he has a certain charm to him. One appearance is not enough to judge a character. There are charming country folk (ie The Apple Family) and there are asshole high class folk (ie Prince Blueblood). Also in Hayseed's brief appearance he's praising Rarity, while in Prince Blueblood's lengthy moment onscreen we see that he is a rich spoiled douche bag. And sure she's established as wanting to marry a prince charming, but that can change. After all, Rainbow Dash never thought she'd get a pet without it being able to fly, and she ends up picking a tortoise (who we haven't seen since the find a pet episode, which was a real early season 2 episode). So in the end, I can see your point, but then again opinions can change on what they want in life, depending on circumstances. And while her friends would find it odd that she's falling for a simple country colt, I doubt they'd think she was a changeling. They've known her long enough that they would know if something was off.
I demand more Hayseed Turnip Truck! From everypony!
i love this story!! but is going to get some romance?
YES! HayseedxRarity! I knew that would happen someday!
1553298 I'm surprised there aren't more to be honest. It always seemed obvious to have one of those shippings
HayseedxRarity.
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Rarity and Hayseed?
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Still loving it!