Amor Vincit Omnia

by BRyeMC


A Tale of Two "Rarities"

"Agent Pie, this is Agent Dash. The target has been located. I repeat, the target has been located. Over."

"Hmm...? Clyde?"

Rarity tried to focus on the voice near her head. At first she thought it was Clyde, but after she realized it wasn't due to the fact it wasn't a male voice and the fact he was still beside her in bed and holding unto her, she began to break out of her sleepy daze.

Rarity gave a quiet yawn as her eyes came across Rainbow Dash. Soon, her whole field of vision began to become more clear. "R-Rainbow Dash? Whatever are you doing in my bedroom this early?"

Rainbow Dash gave her a scowl. "Early? It's past noon! I'm here because I was chosen to find you since you bailed on us at breakfast to keep sleeping with your man. Seeing Clyde's car out front easily told me where you were so I came in and your mom said you two were still sleeping." Rainbow Dash looked past her at the sleeping Clyde and frowned. "I really hope you two aren't naked or anything..."

Rarity gasped and she squirmed her arm out of the comfy prison that comprised of her blankets and Clyde and reached for her phone on the bedside table. She shrieked as she saw the time and the multitude of missed phone calls and messages from her friends.

"Oh no!" Rarity quickly sat up in her bed, breaking her free from her warm prison and scrolled through her phone. Rainbow Dash sighed in relief as the covers and blankets ripped away from each other and showed both Rarity and Clyde were clothed in their shirts and leggings or lounger pants, respectively. Rarity looked up at Rainbow Dash with an apologetic frown. "We must have overslept due to all that happened last night! It also didn't help I just returned from Manehattan and Clyde is probably simply exhausted due to jet lag! And I'm the one who wanted to meet up this morning and look what I do! I don't even show up! I am simply the worst possible–"

"Calm down, Rares," warned Rainbow through some laughs, "you might wake him up."

Rarity stopped her apology and looked over at Clyde. She gave a bright smile. "No, he might be able to sleep all day today."

Rainbow shook her head with a smile of her own. "Anyway, I'm here to tell you to not worry about anything seeing how you both reunited last night. We decided to just meet at the Sweet Shoppe whenever you were ready."

"Really? You girls really are the best!" said Rarity happily.

Rainbow smirked and pointed to herself. "I know I am," she chuckled. “Nah, we as a whole group are pretty cool though. We'll be waiting for you so don't take too long!"

Rarity nodded. "I promise I won't. I'll see you girls soon."

Rainbow Dash gave her a thumbs up and began to walk out of her room. She stopped halfway out the door and turned back around. Confused, Rarity was going to ask what was wrong but was abruptly hugged by her. "Welcome back, Rares. I can speak for the others too that we missed you a lot."

Rarity felt the rush of emotions coming at her again. She thought all of them were gone after crying so much in happiness last night. Rarity accepted the hug and sniffled, trying to prevent tears from dropping onto Rainbow's jacket. "I missed you and the girls, too,” she said softly.

Rainbow Dash withdrew from her and gave her another teary smile before she slapped her hand on Clyde's covered leg. "Nice to see you too, Clyde. Glad you could say hi to your old teammate."

Rarity rubbed her hand along his unmoving face. "Clyde, darling. It's rude to ignore guests, but I guess I can let it slide."

Clyde remained unresponsive except for the gentle sounds of breathing as he continued to lay there covered in the bed. Rarity and Rainbow Dash exchanged another laugh before Rainbow left to join the others at the Sweet Shoppe.

Rarity stayed sitting up in her bed as she looked through her phone. She checked to see how well her social media engagement announcement was doing ever since she posted it before she went to bed. It already had close to a hundred comments from friends, family members, and even some of her peers from Manehattan congratulating them and wishing the two of them nothing but the best for the future. She couldn't help but smile as she glanced down at the diamond around her finger and read the comments. As she leaned her body to the side of her bed to put her phone on the nightstand beside Clyde's phone, she felt a hand clasp over her left one.

"Good morning, beautiful," said Clyde sleepily and groggily before putting her hand to his mouth and gave it a quick kiss.

Rarity looked down at him and gave a loving smile. "Hello, darling. I see you finally decided to wake up," she teased. She gently hovered her mouth above his and returned the kiss.

"It's been so long since I slept like that," he replied with a content grin. "I'd say it was–"

"–about a year ago or so?" interrupted Rarity.

Clyde nodded. "Yeah." He finally pushed the covers and blankets off of him so he could sit up in her bed. Rarity instantly hugged his side and sighed in bliss.

"I know exactly what you mean, Clyde," said Rarity nudging her head into his torso. "Falling asleep beside you felt like absolute heaven compared to my nights alone in Manehattan."

"You don't have to worry about that anymore," comforted Clyde. "I won't be that far away for that long again."

"Not even if you were dared to for billions of dollars?" joked Rarity.

Clyde blinked. "Well, I mean..." he replied hesitantly.

"Clyde!"

"Only if it was billions. That is a whole lot of money..."

"Clyde!"

"I'm kidding!"

After a gaze filled with playful love, the two of them shared another morning, in this case afternoon, kiss before Rarity crawled out of bed and stretched. As much as she wanted to just lay in bed with her fiancé and just kiss him all day, she knew the girls would be upset if she ditched them again.

"It's already past noon? Didn't you have to be up a few hours ago?" asked Clyde as he looked at his phone. "Also, I have a hundred notifications by the way."

Rarity giggled. "I just had to tag you, darling. Even if you don't get on frequently, it's still nice to make the announcement as authentic as possible. After all, that site does have a relationship status and it looks super adorable seeing the little ring icon by your name when I look at your page. You'll see one on mine as well." Rarity walked to her dresser and stroked her chin. "What should I wear, Clyde?"

"For what?"

Rarity looked at him strangely and remembered he was still asleep when Rainbow Dash came into the room. "Oh! You were correct by the way. I was supposed to be somewhere a few hours ago, but since we were peacefully sleeping instead, the girls decided to just meet at the Sweet Shoppe. You missed Rainbow Dash come into my room and wake me up. She even tried waking you up."

"Really?" asked Clyde while he was scratching his head. "I guess I really was in a deep sleep. I'm normally not like that."

"I know you aren't," said Rarity with a sultry gaze. "I know I easily woke you up a few times before by just–"

Clyde's face reddened quickly. "L-Let's not go there."

"Very well," she replied with a sly smile. She looked back at her dresser and the suitcases that she hadn't unpacked yet and put her hands on her hips. "Anyway, I need to find something to wear."

"Anything you wear will still make you look beautiful," chimed in Clyde.

"Thank you, darling. Although, the problem I am currently dealing with is which outfit to wear. I have so many options!" she said worryingly with a pout.

Clyde shook his head and rolled out of her bed. He walked over to her and closed the dresser. "Just wear what you normally wear. It's your friends, not some celebrity gathering. They just want to see you again."

"You're absolutely right, Clyde. You are simply the best." She hugged him tightly and kissed him quickly on the mouth. "I bet I could just wear my comfy bed clothes around town and it wouldn't matter in the slightest," she said with a giggle.

"I'm not saying that exactly," said Clyde amusingly. "But like I said, I'll always support whatever my ‘Boo’ wears." Clyde cracked a grin.

"Boo? I haven't heard that in years," stated Rarity. "I thought that was just a high school nickname."

"It was, but you'll always be my ‘Boo’," laughed Clyde as he kissed her head.

Rarity rolled her eyes and responded with a hug. "Wherever did that name come from anyway?"

"It was ironically after we saw that Trotsburg movie, but I'm not even the one who gave you that name. It was Rivet in my English class after he joked about–"

A sudden ringing phone from the nightstand cut him off and Rarity quickly rushed to answer it.

"Rainbow Dash! Yes, I know. I’m sorry! I know, I know. I'm getting ready now and I promise I'll be there as soon as possible. See you and the others soon. Bye."

"I guess you are wanted by a group of angry girls?" wondered Clyde.

Rarity shook her head. "They aren't angry exactly, but I really do need to get ready." Rarity walked by him to the doorway and she looked back at him. "What are you plans for this afternoon? You can tag along if you want. I'm sure the girls won't mind."

"That's alright. I would feel out of place being the only guy there, plus I think Tyrone is still in town somewhere. I want to congratulate him for being selected to play for the Mavs." Clyde stretched and rubbed his stomach. "First I'm going to get something to eat before anything, though."

Rarity nodded with a smile. "You can eat whatever is in the kitchen. My parents or Sweetie Belle might be home but they don't mind." She walked up to him and gripped his arms as she stood on the tip of her toes to kiss him gently. "I'll see you later, darling. Have fun today."

Clyde smiled. "Knowing T, fun will be found somehow. Enjoy the day with the girls." The two of them shared one last hug before Rarity rushed to the bathroom to take a shower.

As if she was still in high school, Rarity had no trouble recreating her once normal and daily routine of getting ready for the day. Even though she spent all but one week for the past year in Manehattan, Rarity's shampoo, conditioner, body wash, and makeup were all in their original places as if she had never left. She quickly, yet thoroughly, showered and ran to her room to get dressed into the normal attire she wore that composed of a pale blue shirt and lavender skirt. Her makeup took less than a minute as it never changed and soon she found herself rushing down the stairs into the shop lobby of her home.

As she reached to base of the stairs, Rarity saw Opal laying on the counter licking her paw. Rarity remembered seeing Opal lay near Clyde and her when they went to bed, but once Rainbow Dash opened the bedroom door, she came to the conclusion that Opal must have fled the room to eat or perch on the counter which was a favorite hobby of hers. Rarity walked over and gave the pudgy white cat a few rubs behind her ears and head before she walked over to the front door.

She looked behind her to the kitchen seeing her father and Clyde sitting at the dinner table and eating a sandwich while talking about some topic, most likely sports. Rarity always felt left out when it came to sports talk, but she was becoming more aware at what teams and players Clyde followed as the years went by. If anyone ever asked her if she had a favorite team, she would always go with one of Clyde's. Sports obviously weren't the most enjoyable topic for her to talk about, but she knew Clyde, her father, and Rainbow liked them so she couldn't hate them.

After a brief text to the girls in saying she was on her way, Rarity gave Clyde and her father a wave, picked up her keys and purse wallet from the wall hook near the door, and made her way outside into the hot Canterlot summer sun.

She walked past Clyde's sports car and around the building to the back garage where her family kept their cars. Sweetie Belle was currently in the process of obtaining her license, which Rarity couldn't even fathom seeing her little sister driving, so she didn't have a car yet. Rarity's car, a simple white convertible, was stored in the garage due to her choice of not using it in Manehattan. Taxis were a plenty in the bustling city and most of the time she would walk to the studio if the weather was nice or bearable.

Rarity climbed into the car, started the engine, flipped on the radio to a pop station, and checked to see if all the lights were operational and fine before backing out and driving towards the Sweet Shoppe. Due to her meeting Clyde, Rarity drove her car less and less as time went by. Although she loved being chauffeured around by her love, she did miss the thrill of driving occasionally. Eventually, Clyde would opt out of driving whenever she wanted to drive them somewhere for a change.

Within a few minutes, Rarity reached the parking lot near the Sweet Shoppe and parked near her friends' cars. She quickly shut the car off and rushed into the store.

"Rarity!" exclaimed a group of girls as Rarity walked through the doors of the shop. They quickly got up and ran over to her, pulling her into a tight group hug that she couldn't escape from.

"Girls! Don't crush me!" gasped Rarity

The four of them immediately stepped away from her looked at each other sheepishly grinning.

"Sorry, Rares," stated Applejack as she adjusted her hat, "you know how we all get sometimes."

"Yeah! It's like we haven't seen you since... December!" yelled Pinkie Pie.

"It's because we haven't, Pinkie." Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes and chuckled.

"Then I still go by my comment!"

"We didn't hurt you with our hug, did we?" asked Fluttershy cautiously.

"Of course not!" said Rarity with her stunning smile. "A hug like that showed me you girls must have really missed me!"

"Thank goodness," breathed Fluttershy quietly.

"We all were gone throughout the year as well, but you were really far away compared to me, Fluttershy, and Sunset when we were at school. We were all relatively close enough for us to drive back to Canterlot which was less than an hour or two away." Rainbow Dash looked around. "Where is Sunset anyway?"

"Right here," chimed in the fifth and final girl of the group. Sunset Shimmer walked over to Rarity, hugged her, and handed her a cup with a smile. "I got you your favorite drink."

"Another one! How could I ever resist?" laughed Rarity as she accepted the caramel macchiato, the same drink Mrs. Cake gifted her the prior night. "Thank you, Sunset."

"No problem," insisted Sunset. "But how about we sit down so we all can talk and not stand at the doorway?"

Rarity and the other girls turned around and saw a line of angry customers waiting for them to move so they could enter the shop. The girls giggled and made their way to the booth in the corner of the café.

For the next hour or so, Rarity and her friends talked about all that had happened to them in the past year. Applejack told them about a bat problem at the farm one week and because of it, she had to close her farm for a few days until the bat problem was fixed. Instead of killing them, Applejack isolated off a section of the orchard for the bats.

Pinkie spent most of the year around the Canterlot area doing party services or helping the Sweet Shoppe. Whenever she wasn't in the area, it was when she drove up to her "Swifty's" college to hang out with him and join in on the college party life.

Rainbow, Fluttershy, and Sunset meanwhile were all busy with their schooling. Rainbow Dash was a prominent player on the Wonderbolt Academy's soccer and basketball teams. She raved how awesome college and college parties were after any of their various sports teams won, which was rather frequent.

Fluttershy and Sunset lived the complete opposite life of Rainbow during their first year of college. They worked hard in class to make sure they could be the best veterinarian and teacher they could be, respectively.

Whenever the girls were all done telling each other stories, the girls looked towards Rarity. She hadn't talked to them yet about her decision to stay in Canterlot, that decision was only known to Clyde and her parents whom she told once the two of them returned from the park. As much as she wanted to tell them everything involving her and Clyde, she hesitated to begin as she tried to think of interesting ways to make her stories sound as interesting as Rainbow or Applejack.

"So, how was the post-Christmas adventure in Manehattan, Rarity?" asked Sunset.

"Stop lying, Sunset," teased Rainbow with a smirk. "You only care about what happened between her and Clyde last night."

"Yeah!" snorted Pinkie with laughter. "I know you love those romance novels Rarity always reads!"

"T-that's not true!" responded Sunset slightly embarrassed. "Of course I would love to know all the details about that, but I also want to know about the fashion show before that!" Rainbow and the girls giggled and Rarity waved her hand.

"Don't worry, Sunset, dear. I'll tell all of you everything that led up to last night. It's no trouble at all, honestly." Rarity gently coughed into her palm. "To begin, after the somewhat lonely holidays, my work began again at once! I felt much better and more confident in myself after Clyde's letter came. I refused to let him down so I diligently worked on my dresses with the time, love, and couture all my past dresses received like nothing was wrong. After a few months, we were assigned our final project." Rarity took out her phone and found a picture of the leather and lace ensemble. She placed the phone on the table to show the girls. "This is what I chose to do. Leather and lace are interesting enough that if you mix them, I figured I could design something completely breathtaking!"

"Gee, Rares," said Applejack with a whistle. "Y'all know Ah never would wear anythin’ with lace, but that's a mighty fine lookin' dress."

"I agree, Applejack," spoke Sunset. "This looks gorgeous."

"Thank you, girls." Rarity smiled. "While the leather and lace are only on the basic material, it does help enhance it. I wanted to step away from gems for this to show Hoity Toity and Prim Hemline how much I improved in designing."

"So, did you have the best collection?" wondered Rainbow Dash. "If you didn't that's wack."

Rarity was silent for a brief moment. "Yes and no."

"Huh?!" exclaimed the others extremely confused.

"What the hell does that mean?!" demanded Rainbow.

"Oh! Maybe she had the worst collection but at the same time she had the best collection so they made an award to congratulate her, kinda like a participation trophy that only she got!!" Pinkie flashed a toothy smile.

"Pinkie... No." Applejack face palmed.

Rarity shook her head with a giggle. "Like I said, I didn't have the best collection. I tied for the best."

"Huh?!" exclaimed the girls again.

"A tie!" shouted Rainbow. "No one likes ties!"

"For once, I agree with Rainbow's competitive side," stated Sunset. "Don't you think a tie would be avoided in something this important?"

"The judges couldn't believe it either. However, it didn't matter as I still was awarded the full prize. Although, I didn't accept the full prize after some thought."

"Huh?!"

Rarity looked out the window and smiled. "The decision I came to was it would be best if I stayed in Canterlot to manage my business and only travel to Manehattan for the two Fashion Weeks so I could showcase my collections and unique standalone dresses. I grew up in this city, I met my friends and my love in this city, and I became what I am because of this city. What I'm telling you girls now is what I said to Clyde last night as well. I do love Manehattan, but I love Canterlot more."

"That's awesome to hear!" said Rainbow happily.

"Indeed!" chirped Fluttershy.

"Now we can hang out like old times!" shouted Pinkie as she raised her milkshake. "Woohoo! A toast to friendship!"

The girls complied and Rarity took a sip of her drink. "About last night, however..." she said after a few moments, unable to stop herself from smiling. The girls hushed and looked at her with intense eyes.

"Go on," said Sunset edging her on.

"Words cannot replicate what I experienced in the park last night, but it was absolutely divine. The atmosphere. The love. The passion. The everything. Everything was simply perfect." Rarity stuck out her hand and looked at the diamond on her new and beautiful ring.

Sunset lifted Rarity's hand to her eyes. "Oh, wow. It's even more amazing in person," she gushed.

"Isn't it?"

"Ah can honestly say you found that prince you always dreamed about, Rarity. It's funny how Ah joked about that during gym class one day and a few minutes later, Clyde came crashin’ into ya." Applejack looked at Rarity's ring and whistled again. "That rock must have cost a whole lot."

"Clyde never told me how much it was, but he said I deserved nothing but the best," replied Rarity happily. "I feel like I'm spoiled because of him."

"He just loves you that much," answered Rainbow with a nod. "Trust me. That guy would always stare at his arm sleeve you got him for Christmas before games and would touch the diamonds whenever he needed help getting into a groove. You mean a lot to him and I'm not surprised at all how quick he proposed. What I am surprised about is how you two aren't on that "Relationship Goals" account yet." Rainbow laughed.

Rarity found humor in that. "Maybe one day, but I'm not too worried about it. I'm just happy to be back and that Clyde is back to help coach the high school team."

"So, do you have a date for the wedding yet?" asked Pinkie excitedly. "I need to know to start planning for all your parties!"

"Heavens no! There are so many things to do before that! We have pictures to take, finding the location, sending reservations, the making of my dress, assigning who is who during the event." Rarity stopped and looked at each of the girls. A smile quickly formed on her lips. "Which by the way, I would simply love if you girls could be my bridesmaids. You are my best of friends after all. Of course, the choice is yours. I simply would hate to force you if you girls didn't have interest in the matter."

The girls looked around before all of them lit up in joy.

"Ah can speak for all of us, but we would be honored, Rarity," stated Applejack proudly.

"Really? It would mean the world to me."

"You betcha." Rainbow nodded.

"You can count on us, Rarity! We'll be the bestest bridesmaids ever!" agreed Pinkie.

"I would love to be in your wedding, Rarity," said Fluttershy quietly but with a booming smile.

"We wouldn't want to ruin your special day," chimed in Sunset.

"You girls really are the best," sobbed Rarity in bliss. The girls all scooted around the booth and did another group hug. It wasn't as tightening as the first one, but it was filled with love from the group of girls that stuck by her through everything. After the group departed, Rarity looked at them and frowned. "I hope none of you get disappointed, but I am choosing Sweetie Belle as the maid of honor because I can't pick one of you from all of you. It wouldn't be fair."

"That's understandable. No hard feelings," said Rainbow. The others agreed with a single nod.

Rarity and the girls eventually ended all talk about the wedding and went back to some silly stories from college parties as told by Rainbow and Pinkie. Rarity listened to them but soon began to ignore them as she found herself thinking about a missing friend.

"Have you girls talked to Twilight lately?" she asked suddenly.

The girls stopped talking and looked at her intently. "Twilight? She's been busy for months ever since she went to that highly ranked science school she always wanted to go to,” said Rainbow Dash.

"Not her. I know she's been busy. I guess I should have spoke correctly. I meant Princess Twilight."

"We still talk to each other through that book, but it has been a few weeks," said Sunset. "Why do you ask about her?"

Rarity frowned. "Well, I would feel rude if I never properly invite her to the wedding. She is after all still our friend. Even if she can't attend, I still want to ask her."

"I think that's a good idea!" rejoiced Sunset, "it's been so long since many of us seen her that maybe she will decide to come visit!"

"Yeah!" cheered the rest of the girls.

The girls' little reunion soon finished up and Rarity found herself standing in the parking lot, waving good bye to many of her friends who had activities to do. She felt disheartened not being about to spend the whole day with all of them like they always had, but that was years ago and all of them now had busier lives. Rarity was just about to get into her car before a hand touched her shoulder.

"Would you like me to grab the book?" asked Sunset to Rarity. "I can go grab it quick from my apartment. I don't have anything to do today."

"If you don't mind," said Rarity politely. "I know I don't have a date yet for the big event, but this will give her enough time to decide whether or not she would like to come."

"Alright," nodded Sunset with a smile. "Then meet me at the school statue after we leave here."
 


~ * ~


It was a bright and sunny day in Ponyville. The Pegasus ponies just wrapped up their daily task of moving the clouds to let the sun shine through the town after a full day of rain. Prancing through the Ponyville streets was a silvery-white unicorn whose goal was to reach the "castle" on the far side of town. Upon entering the majestic tree-castle, the unicorn quickly made her way through the halls and stopped at the throne room.

"Oh, Twilight~!" sang the unicorn. "I have come to help decorate the library!" She reached into her saddlebag and took out a bolt of lavender fabric. "I decided that lavender would be a fabulous choice for the drapes. It matches your coat and since you love the library and spend some free time in there, there was no better option!"

"Thanks, Rarity," replied Twilight Sparkle with a smile. "You really didn't have to worry about this today, though. It's such a nice day out."

Rarity waved her hoof. "Darling, please. I haven't had any creative sparks yet for my dresses this week, so why not help your plain and boring library instead? Besides, you know I am always willing to help you and the girls."

"Alright then. I'll let you to it. I would love to help you, but Celestia has been making me write all these reports lately and I just haven't had time," said Twilight weakly.

"It is not a problem! I'll have it done in no time!" Rarity smiled and elegantly walked out of the throne room and down the hallways of the tree-castle. She walked by a few sets of doors before a small dragon poked his head out of a door. "Hello, Spike."

"Hi, Rarity!" rejoiced the baby dragon. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm here to refurbish the library. After I'm done with it, it shall not be a forgetting place. It will look... marvelous!" Rarity giggled.

"Do you need any help? You know I don't mind helping you out," said Spike in awe of her presence.

"No, not today, dear. I’m afraid this won't take long."

"Oh," said Spike sadly. "I guess I'll just go back to bed then since you never seem to need my help anymore..."

Rarity frowned. "Please don't be like that, Spike. It's just as of late, I never really needed your help or the girls'." She patted his head and smiled. "You and the girls will always be special friends to me, you know that."

Spike nodded in sadness and the two shared a friendly hug before Rarity continued towards the library. Once inside, she removed her saddlebags and let the contents roll out onto the table. She quickly levitated up some fabric and began her task.

A few minutes later, as she was hanging up one of the drapes and some elegant looking banner, a humming noise was beginning to start.

"What in heavens is that?" wondered Rarity as she looked around the library. The noise was definitely coming from inside the library but she had no idea where it was. She scanned the rooms and bookshelves before her eyes stopped on a particular book that was glowing and somewhat vibrating.

Rarity pulled it out of the shelf and held it up to her face. She rubbed her hoof on Celestia's sun that graced the cover of the brown book. "Wait!" she gasped, "I remember this book!" Rarity quickly ran out of the library with the book floating behind her. She ran through the hallways and back to the central throne room.

"Phew," sighed Twilight in relief. "I finally finished these reports and now I can relax and–"

"TWILIGHT!"

"AH!!" Twilight fell from her chair and she rubbed her head in pain. She looked up and saw Rarity towering over her. "Rarity! Why did you do that?"

"Oops! I'm sorry, Twilight!" Rarity helped her up and gave her a pat on her head, forelegs, and coat to rid the dust. "Anyway, I was in the library and this book started glowing! I think Sunset is trying to tell you something!" Rarity floated the book in front of her so Twilight could see.

Twilight's eyes widened. "I haven't heard from her in so long! She told me she had school to focus on, and since my reports had me busy, we sort of stopped writing to each other. I wonder what she wrote?"

"Well, go ahead and read it!" insisted Rarity, leaning forward on all of her legs in anticipation.

"You're right," stated Twilight with a nod. Twilight quickly flipped through the pages with her magic and stopped at a certain page. Rarity watched her facial expression as Twilight read. Twilight's smile soon turned into a look of shock and her jaw dropped.

"What happened?" wondered Rarity. "Do you have to go back to fight some ruffians with music?"

Twilight shook her head slowly and even slower, looked at Rarity. "No, it was basically an invitation to a wedding."

"A wedding?! How exciting!" Rarity's eyes lit up. "Weddings are always so magical! I just love seeing and hearing how two ponies, or humans in this case, fell in love! Ooh~! Who is the lucky girl? Do I know her? If only I knew how to make human wedding dresses. I would simply love making it for her."

Twilight chuckled. "Oh, you know her alright..."

"Then spill it!"

Twilight looked at Rarity and gave a half-hearted laugh. "I-It's you."

This time Rarity's jaw dropped in shock. "M-me? I am getting... married?" Rarity slowly took a few steps backward and sat down. "D-do I know him?"

Twilight frowned. "To be honest with you, I can't remember his name. I saw him briefly during the Battle of the Bands epidemic, but he was subjected to the Sirens daze and your human-self and him were fighting. She managed to break him out of it, though." Twilight rubbed her head. "I wish I could remember his name..."

Rarity stood up and gave a light laugh. "It's alright if you don't remember his name. I probably wouldn't even know him anyway." She turned to return to the library to ponder. If her human-self was getting married, then would she be getting married soon, too? After all, she was seeing...

Rarity took a few steps towards the hallway leading to the library while still thinking in her head before Twilight shouted back at her. "Wait! I think I remember... was it... no. Clyde! That's it!"

Rarity instantly froze in place. "D-did you say... C-Clyde?" Her voice was shaking.

"Yeah, that's it." Twilight looked over at her friend. "What's wrong, Rarity? Do you know him?"

"D-Does he have black hair?"

"Hmm... I think so."

Rarity dropped to the floor again with her mouth wide open. "Maybe he is the one after all..." she said quietly.

"Rarity?"

Rarity turned her head and looked at Twilight, her face a gentle red and her eyes in shock.

"So you do know him?"

Rarity slowly nodded.

Twilight looked at Rarity for a few moments before she closed her eyes and nodded. "So, that's why you haven't been around lately."

"I was going to introduce you and the girls to him at the Gala in a few weeks!" cried Rarity. "He is such a sweet gentlepony and he treats me like I always wanted a stallion to treat me. Please don't be mad! I didn't say anything to you or the girls because I didn't want to harm our friendship since I was the only one with a special somepony!"

"Why would I be mad? I'm glad you found someone and I'm sure the others are happy too!" Twilight walked over to her and hugged her. "If you both love each other, that's all that matters, right?" Twilight looked at the book on the table and nodded. "Now I understand why you are freaking out."

"He really must be the one," said Rarity with a smile.

"Well, if your human counterpart is getting married, then maybe you're right." Twilight looked over at her to see Rarity looking at the ground. "Promise me you're not thinking of doing something crazy."

Rarity ignored her.

“Rarity? Hello? Did you hear what I said?”

"I have to go meet her."

"E-excuse me?"

"Rarity, Twilight. I have to go meet her. I have to go meet my human-self."

"Are you crazy?!" exclaimed Twilight.

Rarity smiled. "No, Twilight. I am not crazy. I am in love. I want to go talk to her to see what feelings she gets when her Clyde is around. If they are the same as mine, then he is indeed the one." Rarity stood up and Twilight could see a different sparkle in her eyes. It wasn't just determination, it was something else. It was something more than that.

Twilight sighed and looked at Rarity again. "Alright."

"So you mean you will allow me?"

"If you really want to, I'll activate the mirror and ask Sunset if Rarity in her world will want to see you. I'm not going to let you go in there without the other Rarity knowing." Twilight gave her a hug and smiled.

"Thank you, Twilight," responded Rarity in bliss. She hugged her back. "Could you do one last favor for me first?"

"Sure. What's that?"

"Could you please teach me how to act human?"


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