//------------------------------// // End Times // Story: The Sudden Engagement of Rarity // by lunabrony //------------------------------// "What's the meaning of this?" BloodRayne demanded. "Your hourglass has run out of sand, punk." Pinkie said. Rainbow whistled. "There's no need for such foul language, Pinkie." BloodRayne snarled at the both of them. "Look, I don't know what kinda tricks you two think you're up to, but knock it off. You lot have been against my marrying your friend since day one, and your attitudes have lost all their charm. I'm going to marry that mare whether you like it or not, so you might as well accept it." "I don't think so, BloodRayne," came an annoyed voice from behind him, prompting the red and black alicorn to turn around angrily. Twilight, Applejack and Rarity stood behind, the latter completely free of her earlier bridal getup. "What... I thought..." BloodRayne frowned. "Rarity, shouldn't you be getting ready for our wedding?" "As if I ever had any intention of marrying the likes of you!" Rarity snapped. "What?!" Twilight snorted. "I removed your little wedding charm, BloodRayne. You must think we're idiots if that's all you can come up with." "Oldest trick in the book," Applejack added. "Wait, there's a book on this? Why haven't I read it?" Twilight looked at the country pony, who was facepalming hard. "There isn't a- never mind." Pinkie raised her notebook again, continuing her scribbling. "We're putting an end to this, BloodRayne. You never should have existed!" BloodRayne charged towards her, and she only had time to erase one of his wings before his body slammed into her. Her notebook flew up into the air, and Twilight grabbed it with her horn before it could hit the ground. The one winged hornless alicorn rolled in the dirt with the party pony, both of them kicking and rolling. Twilight turned to look at Rarity, her eyes intent with focus. "Get them apart, Rarity." "Me?! But they're all dirty!" "Only Pinkie can get rid of him, we have to get them apart!" Rarity sighed, and plowed forward into the dirt, cringing with distaste. "Both of you, stop it at once!" She announced. No such luck. "BloodRayne, darling, you're going to be all dirty for our wedding," Rarity whined. The words felt like acid in her mouth, but had the desired effect of causing the former-alicorn to stop in his tracks and give her his attention. Pinkie bolted off towards Twilight. "I knew you'd come to your senses," BloodRayne said. "Well, I just couldn't stop looking at your beautiful...." She gagged a bit on her own words. Pinkie retrieved the notebook from Twilight, immediately began erasing again. BloodRayne's other wing vanished from existence, and he groaned with dismay. "An earth pony?! My beautiful wings..." "There's nothin' beautiful about arrogance, BloodRayne!" Applejack shouted. "If you say so," BloodRayne said. Pinkie increased her erasing, removing the villain's legs and tail. The remaining head and body spewed profanities, and Rarity cringed. "That's disgusting," she said. "But... isn't this murder?" "No," Twilight said. "It's not. Because he's an artificial creation of somepony's mind." "What? Who would create something as hideous as an emo red and black alicorn?" Pinkie looked at the ground in dismay. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it..." Rarity's mouth dropped, and she flung a hoof to her forehead. "Pinkie... created... that? Oh... I don't feel well..." A couch appeared directly behind her, and the unicorn flung herself upon it. Pinkie continued her erasing, the majority of those present instinctively averting their eyes as the deed was finished. Pinkie tore the erased page from the organizer, crumpling it up and throwing it upon the ground. Twilight's horn glowed, and the paper burst into flames. Pinkie looked out upon the field, now empty except for her friends. "It's finally over..." Pinkie said. "He's gone." Twilight glared at Pinkie. "I want my organizer back," she said.