//------------------------------// // Act 1 chapter 7 // Story: Diamonds are a girl's worst enemy // by Rarity Belle //------------------------------// When the sun rose itself up over the hills and mountains of the land of Equestria, did some of the rays managed to peek through the small cut that had been left in the curtain of Rarity’s room. With the greatest of care had it managed to creep up to her nose which then started to twitch a little bit in response to it. The twitch was more than enough to cause a sneeze to leave the unicorn which opened up her eyes widely.         Without a warning was Rarity just rudely awoken by the sun itself. A loud moan was the first thing that followed up after the sneeze. Both of her forehooves were brought over to her eyes and they began to rub them at a gentle rate. While she did the motions, the body of the unicorn rose itself up from the mattress and assumed a sitting position. The forehooves were then used to remove the blankets from her body which was followed up by a yawn as she left the bed. Rarity was considered to be a lot and many, but the one thing she definitely wasn't was being a morning mare.         “Just get this blasted thing over as soon as you can, would you?” she muttered to herself. Rarity walked into the bathroom to prepare herself for the events that were to come. That day would have been the one when she would be meeting not only her team of fellow explorers, but also that they all would be thrown into the literal depth of the situation. Perhaps it was a thing that caused the mare to be nervous or even a bit frightened. Yet as she looked in the mirror there wasn't any form of emotion that could be read from her face. All that it really and truly told was that she wanted to go back to bed right there and then.         Yet going back wasn't something that she could be doing even if she wanted or even desired. The duties of the day had called and fallen upon her. So she just had to answer to them as she normally would have been doing. Whether or not the mare was happy about it was another fact and piece of the puzzle.         Minutes would have come and went before the unicorn appeared once again out of the bathroom. She wandered a bit through the room without aim. She wore the same vest as she did the day before but would be changing her outfit when the time was there. And that very outfit was simply being placed to rest within the suitcase she had with her. Not many ponies knew exactly what happened to have been inside of it. And that was exactly how Rarity happened to like it.         The less ponies that appeared to be knowing about her whereabouts and the equipment that she used –outside of her horn, or course– the better it all was in the mind of the mare. With a exhale taken through her nostrils and one last glance given to the rising sun that could clearly be seen through the windows, the time was there.         Her eyes simply looked through the window for a moment or two as she gained a gentle smile across her lips. “Today promises a lot of things. But what is certain, is that the topside will be having an amazing day indeed.” Rarity spoke to herself as she turned herself towards the door of her room to make the departure and leave for the castle of Canterlot itself. ---                       When the unicorn had arrived again at the castle was she yet again mesmerized by the sheer beauty of the place. Even though that she had been to and through the massive place more than once due to other events, yet every single time it was a new mystery when she entered. Something about the place itself always managed to have captured her magic and attention.         Even when she walked back into the throne room, the mare was again taken by the sheer vastness of the place. She looked her eyes out just before the bells in the towers started to chime. In her mind she counted the times that the chimes had been made and the eventual number she landed upon was ten. The exact time that was agreed upon by the royals and Rarity.         And before she even knew it were the two princesses teleported straight into the room and smiled towards the mare. “Fair lady Rarity, it is such a pleasure that you could be making it here today,” said Luna before gave a nod towards Rarity herself.         “We shall be cutting straight to the chase from here on outward. You will be meeting your team shortly and then you have to prepare yourself for the descend downward. I do hope that you are having everything you will be needing with you. Because I think that you will be more than needing it,” replied Celestia to her. To which she got a nod in response.         “That would be perfect, yes. I’m also taking it that the team has been informed already about what is going to happen and what we are about to face?” Rarity then replied towards the princesses. She could only hope that they had already explained the situation so that she didn't had to bring the rather difficult words.         “Naturally we did that. Each of them knows exactly what they will be expecting from the trip down there,” added Celestia before she gestured her hoof over to a side door. “They are waiting for you in there, milady. I think that they are dying to meet you as well.”         Rarity nodded to the words before she made a bow before the two royals and then silently walked over to the door. Everything was going through her mind, she could be meeting literally any and every pony that was living in the land. But she continued to keep her mind open on the events that were going to be happen.         When she slowly made her way up to the door, the unicorn opened it with a hoof and took a deep inhale as more of the square room was being revealed. And on a couple of chairs she noticed the ponies that would be joining her for the journey.         Three stallions and one mare were being revealed to her as she continued to travel through the doorway. Her eyes peeled each and every pony that was present carefully before the door was being closed behind her. “This is going to be interesting,” she whispered to herself while she came even closer. “Good morning gentlecolts, milady,” spoke Rarity to them with a smile of her own. “The name is Rarity and I shall be your guide on this expedition.”         Those words alone caused one of the stallions to erupt out in a chuckle that he almost fell straight out of the chair. “Is there something funny?” Rarity asked him in a polite tone as she walked up to him.         The brown maned and blue coated stallion looked straight into the eyes of the mare before he gained a grin across his lips. “Lassy, yer ain't the type of pony to be going down there. We be needing more from the likes of hers instead of yers,” the stallion spoke up towards Rarity and pointed over to the green coated pony.         “You will be surprised here mister, what if I told you that you were talking against one of the most impressive gem-huntresses in the land?” Rarity than taunted to him with a smirk and charged up her horn. And the moment that he noticed her magic charging did the wings of the stallion spring open widely. “Good. Now, I would like to know all your names before we are going down there.”         “Name’s Velvet Fashion, miss,” the earth pony mare spoke up. She then she nodded her head towards Rarity.         “Drawn Brush,” one of the unicorn stallions said to her.         “Brush Drawn,” the stallion who sat next to him spoke up who also happened to be a unicorn. And it was something that caused the unicorn mare to look to the both of them and finally realized the similarities. The both of them had the same color pallet going on but reversed from one another. One had black mane and a white coat, while the other had a white mane and black coat.         “I take it that you two are twins from one another?” Rarity spoke to the two of them. The two of them nodded towards her words and a soft ‘ah’ was being released by the mare. Eventually she turned herself over to the pegasus and smirked towards him. “And what’s your name?”         The pony gulped a little bit before he managed to speak his words out towards her. “R-Rare Thinker, lass.”         “Good, very good. Velvet Fashion, Drawn Brush, Brush Drawn and Rare Thinker, I would say that it is time to suit up as we are going down there right now,” the purple maned unicorn spoke up before she grinned towards all of them. It was then that she charged up her horn. It had begun.