Rainbow Dash receives a letter from an old friend detailing their harsh foalhood and resurfacing memories she had tried to forget
"You didn't tell them did you.
You didn't tell your friends that you grew up in a dilapidated orphanage. You didn't tell them you endured years of child abuse. You didn't tell them that everypony told you that you'd never be special. You didn't tell them your father gave you up because he spent all his bits drowning his sorrows in cider. You didn't tell them of the little family you made, and of the happiness they brought you. Of our flight sessions beneath the stars, wings and hearts beating in tandem."
"And look what it has cost you."

They wouldn't understand anyway
An RD one shot
A HUGE THANKS TO MY PREREADER/EDITOR WhatMakesaRainbow

Everypony in Ponyville is happy, carefree, and content with their life on the whole... except one. Rarity harbors a dark, murderous secret. She is Equestria's only active serial killer. She has to balance her fashion life, her friends, and her murderous urges as best as she can. This is the story of her mind.

Edited wonderfully by Kaidan and Kagji5

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Rarity is working on a large order. It would be easier if she weren't distracted by thoughts of a certain pink pony.

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Sequel here: In Pursuit of Happiness

Reworked the story so it reads better. 4/20/2013

Applejack is Rarity's curse.

Inspired by the lyrical genius of Killswitch Engage, 'As Daylight Dies' Album: My Curse

Rated "Teen" for heavy suggestive themes, lime, and intense emotional situations. Enjoy!

Rarity will not sacrifice anymore. Rainbow will never love again. Twilight renounces the things she has learned. Pinkie takes a vow of silence. Applejack casts off the shackles of trust. Fluttershy comes that ponies may learn Death. Steamships fly over a sad Equestria, and the earth cries out for Harmony.

Sweetie Belle asks questions about time.

After being pushed around for so long, Derpy is really getting tired of it. Then when Dr. Whooves pushes her a bit too far, she decides to push back. However, she'll come to realize she may have pushed too far herself.

Also a huge thank you to FlutterDash777 for helping me get motivated to start this :D

Fluttershy's always hidden a secret from her friends. It's not a horrible, dark secret. In fact, it's nothing out of the ordinary, at least to everypony else: she's got an older brother.

Her brother, though, has always seems to best her when it comes to, well, everything. Tempers flare when he visits Ponyville, and Fluttershy finds herself wondering if she'll ever manage to be as good as him.

Humans.

Truth or myth? Ancient lost civilization or just an old pony's tale?

No pony has ever seen one, and most haven't even heard of them. But Lyra knows that these wonderful creatures are more than just old legends, and she's going to find out... and possibly drive her roommate insane in the process.

When your life is as dull a gray as the world that surrounds you, the mundanities can make it all seem meaningless. Sometimes all we need is a little color -- or six -- to reintroduce us to what truly makes life worth living.

*6-16-2017 Edit, added Rainbow Dash tag because it triggered knighty.*

Rainbow Dash takes her best friend on an adventure in the sky on a cloud for two.

Co-written with NintendoGal55