When one fateful search through the Everfree Forest leads Rarity to a secret library inhabited by the spirit of an ancient alicorn princess, she realises that it may be time to start believing in fairy tales.
As an ancient alicorn trapped inside a library, Princess Twilight spent many a century dreaming of being rescued from her prison. Now, finding herself in an entirely new Equestria, she realizes she'd never planned for somepony to actually succeed...
Queen Rarity constantly rejected the advances of other noble ponies - after all, her bodyguard Twilight was already her secret special somepony. Unfortunately for them both, Sweetie Belle is intent on finding out who is her sister's secret crush
Rarity had always known she would have an arranged marriage—such was the life of a princess, after all. She just hadn't expected her wife to be a sphinx or that she would actively avoid her, and not just because she loves books.
Rarity liked the tale of The Four Princesses as a filly, even if she knew it wasn't real. Princesses fighting against a spirit of chaos? A library under a tree? Please. But then she grew up and found out some bedtimes stories were quite real.
Twilight takes her duties as Princess Rarity's bodyguard seriously. Unfortunately for her, it's difficult to protect a princess in a sea of costumed ponies when you have no idea which one is actually the princess.
Rarity discovers an old tradition involving the exchange of felt dolls as a sign of affection. This sparks a brilliant plan to play matchmaker with her friends, and between herself and Twilight. But brilliant plans never go as expected, do they?
Their relationship stronger than ever before, Rarity and Twilight finally face their biggest challenge: ending a story that started a thousand years ago.
After taking on some extra royal duties, Twilight makes it so that the only way her friends can see her is by getting a job interview with her. Rarity decides to do so in the most unprofessional way possible.
When a terrible misunderstanding leaves Princess Rarity with the terrifying prospect of missing her bodyguard's birthday party, she decides that nothing or nopony will stop her from celebrating Twilight's special day.
After a long day, Princess Rarity's bodyguard is ready for a quiet night keeping watch over the Princess. Or, it would have been a quiet night had the Princess not decided Twilight's sleeping arrangements were 'simply unacceptable'.
Rarity enjoyed the simple pleasures of life. Drinking tea, fighting timberwolves, picnics with Fluttershy, meeting dragons and, most of all, spending time with an ancient alicorn spirit. She wouldn't give it up for anything in the world.
Official visits to Trottingham weren't the most exciting times for Princess Rarity, so what better way to fix such a problem than convincing her bodyguard to join her on an illicit exploration of the city?
After a long day working, Twilight realizes her marefriend hasn't come over to bother her at all, and honestly, that's even more distracting than the actual act of distracting her.
For Twilight, the increased lifespan that came with princesshood had forced her to outlive her friends, but thanks to Rarity, she will learn that centuries could be lived in but a single day.
After a recently thwarted assassination attempt against Rarity, Twilight and Rarity discuss the soldier's uncertain future as the queen's private bodyguard.
Diplomacy and cultural exchange; important duties that Twilight needs to learn as a princess. Fortunately, this is made much easier when she meets a foreign pony willing to help. Now, if only they could actually understand each other.