Rarity imparts on Rainbow Dash the most important lesson of Nightmare Moon's rule.

First-place winner in the Quills and Sofas Speedwriting Contest 67: Pegasus Contest, with the prompt "falling out."

When Rainbow Dash interrupts Rarity's morning makeup routine, she learns a lesson about the importance of keeping up appearances.

Second-place finalist in the Quills and Sofas Speedwriting Trans Pride contest.

An entry into the Pride and Positivity event.

Rarity muses about Rainbow Dash's looks while getting her dressed for a costume gala.

My second (last minute) entry for the RariDash Spooktacular Writing Contest.

My first (third place winning) entry is here. (The stories are not otherwise related.)

Loving someone is more than just an emotion. It becomes a part of us and changes who we are. Without that other person, we simply aren't complete.

Rainbow knows this. Rarity knows this. And that's why simply being together over lunch is all they need in the world.

Art by Modak
Now with a reading, graciously provided by PonyStemCell!

Caught out in a storm and hurt, Rainbow Dash finds herself the last place she would expect to be going for help.

She waited for Rarity’s face to bloom into softness, the way it always did when Rainbow made some big romantic gesture like this. Rarity’s face stayed impassive. But she smiled. It was a smile that was reserved and slightly tired—barely genuine. The warmth in it was quiet, self-contained.

And that’s when Rainbow’s entire world came crashing down.

She did not need her any longer.

The first story in the What Could Go Wrong? series

This story is a sequel to Just Give Me a Reason

It had finally happened.

Of course it had. Naturally. They’d been heading towards the big tipping point for months.

She was only surprised it had taken months.

Rainbow Dash knows one thing for sure, she is definitely not a barbarous, uncivilized dolt who doesn't know polite conversation from a hippopotamus's rear end. And also that she's definitely not the one who's wrong. Rarity is wrong. Rainbow Dash is absolutely, totally, a hundred percent sure of it.

But then why did Rainbow just buy a wagon load of apology bouquets?