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Review by Ghost Mike

Rarity has always been Ponyville's most elegant and fashionable resident. Her generosity knows no bounds, but what caused her to have such aspirations of fame and glamour? Sometimes to find the answers, you need to go beyond surface deep.

"Our life is a journey
through winter and night
we search for our way
in a sky without light..."

The old stories tell of the Mask of Lies, that entraps its wearer as certainly as it entraps everything around it. The worst lies of all are the ones we tell ourselves.

Spanish Translation: https://www.deviantart.com/spaniard-kiwi/art/Tan-facil-como-mentir-999963762

Friends who play together, stay together. That was the philosophy Rarity had in mind when she suggested she and Pinkie play a game of chess every week. Unfortunately for Rarity, however, Pinkie has a habit of changing the rules.

Hearth's Warming is a wonderful time, but there is an undeniable undercurrent of stress when it comes to procuring presents for friends and loved ones. That tension hits a boiling point when several packages start to end up damaged on Derpy's route by no fault of her own, leading her to seek shelter at Rarity's boutique.

Can the pair sort out this holiday whodunit? Probably, but there will be at least one costume change along the way.

Written for Pascoite for Jinglemas 2024

The story of Rarity and Pinkie Pie's journey back to Dodge Junction, and how it strengthened their friendship.

Did you ever wonder what Rarity went through preparing for the Sisterhooves Social race? Wonder no more! Rarity wades through mud, grape juice, egg yolk, and a certain freckled farmer's attempts at encouragement, all in the name of sisterhood.

While we all know how it turned out, you may not know how close Rarity came to calling it quits during the harrowing ordeal. Only love for her sister could help her stay the course.

(Featured on Equestria Daily June 8th, 2014. )

(The Living Library Player Society has done a live reading of this story! You can listen to it here, http://www.tllps.tk/public/readings/Sisterhooves_Social_Deleted_Scenes.mp3 and check out the rest of their site too. http://www.tllps.tk/ )

This story is a sequel to Five Hundred Little Murders

There are ponies who insist on perceiving the Bearers as their Elements, and nothing more. Applejack is seen as having no qualities other than being honest. Rarity simply has to be generous even when doing so would hurt her. And Fluttershy must be kind. To those ponies, if she acted in any other way, no matter what the situation or provocation, it would mean she wasn't truly Kindness at all.

To see kindness as somepony's only possible response to everything is to take the first step in finding ways to abuse it.

To use kindness as the lone option can be worse.

Note: this is a direct sequel to Five Hundred Little Murders and this time, I will recommend reading that one first.

(Part of the Triptych Continuum, which has its own TVTropes page and FIMFiction group. New members and trope edits welcome.)

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Rarity can't get anything done when an old question comes back from her days as a blank flank filly, so she searches for her answer.

What started as a normal friendly visit ends up taking two ponies on a trip down memory lane that leads them both to realize their friendship began even before Rainbow Dash's first sonic rainboom.

Octavia is pointed in the direction of Carousel Boutique by a respected colleague. She intends to commision matching uniforms on behalf of her ensemble leader, the esteemed Frederic Horseshoepin. Octavia has misgivings however, when informed that the boutique in question is in Ponyville, a backwater farming town.

Can the proprietor of Carousel Boutique prove to the Canterlot mare that she has what it takes?