Generosity's Trust

by chibiachika

Generosity's Trust

As the screams became louder, the townspeople couldn’t help but look towards Sugarcube Corner, which the two friends, Applejack and Rarity, were running away from in fear. Mrs. Cake was standing at the door with a puzzled expression as Pinkie Pie walked out. “You’d think they’d never seen Night Mare Night decorations before.” she pondered out loud.

Rainbow Dash walked out of the bakery, her stomach and chest covered in red and white frosting. “Don’t you think this gory stuff might be too much for everypony?” She asked.

“Well, maybe...But I bet it’s really tasty!” Pinkie got a huge grin on her face. Dash’s wings stiffened upwards. Mrs. Cake shook her head and walked back inside.

---

Inside the Carousel Boutique, the two mares stopped to catch their breath. “Did...did we really just see that?” Rarity asked, a hard breath in-between each word.

“What, a basement full of balloon organs, a surgical table, and a bloody Rainbow Dash?” Applejack replied, knowing the answer already.

“How about...if we don’t see her at our next get-together with our friends, we say something then? Elsewise, let’s never speak of this again.”

“Agreed. Now Ah think we need to...talk about our relationship...” the farmmare’s tone had a touch of sadness in it.

“What...what about it?” Rarity walked to the door, locking it. It was just the two of them inside the shop.

“Exactly what ya just did...Why do we have to be so darn secretive? We’ve never been able to be intimate together, no matter how often we’ve tried. Ah don’t even understand why we just can’t go into either of our bedrooms. Ya live alone! Ah know it’s not all about that, but ya don’t even let me hold your hoof in public, let alone even a simple peck on the cheek.”

Rarity looked towards the floor. “Ponies...expect things from me. I have a certain image, you know? I can get a lot of favors done with just the wink of an eye. If they knew...what would they think?”

“Rarity, ya know that Ah’ll help you with anything you need, and you know I can. Why can’t ya trust me...?”

“I don’t think that people could understand us...we’re ponies of different worlds, you know? I’m a fashion designer, making outfits for ponies, including some elites of Canterlot. You’re a farmmare, people might question me if we were known.”

By this time, Applejack was visibly crying. “It’s all about how ya present yourself!? You’re embarrassed for other ponies to see ya with someone ya love, even if it’s not normal!? There’s plenty of lesbians in Ponyville, and Ah reckon there’s a lot more in all of Equestria! Or is it because I’m “dirty,” and Ah don’t mean bein’ kinky!”

“No! Well, yes. Not entirely!”

“Ah think Ah should go...” the earth pony started to unlock the door.

“Please don’t go...we can work something out!”

“Ah don’t want to work ‘something’ out. I want to work us out. But I love ya for who ya are, and Ah don’t think this will work out if ya don’t feel the same for me.” She pulls the last lock off, and runs out the door, tear droplets blowing behind her.

The unicorn wanted to call out to her partner, but she was choking back her own tears the entire time. She closed and locked the door again, and slowly walked to her work room. She loved Applejack from the bottom of her heart, but knew her marefriend’s words were true. She was being selfish. But she knew that many of the elites that have taken interest in her business were not approving of same-sex relationships. She had to choose between her love of her work and her love of Applejack. She pondered her options as the sun gave way to the moon.

She eyed her fabric shears. There was a third option. She levitated the shears over to her. “Maybe...this is my only option...”

---

After last night, Applejack was finding that bucking for apples was being a great stress reliever. Even though it occasionally reminded her of the time in the library basement...She shook her head whenever that thought would return.

“MAMA AJ!” the panicked voice of her adoptive daughter yelled. Applejack stopped her work as Twilight came to her.

“Ain’t ya supposed to be at Rarity’s fashion show today?” She bent down to the filly’s level. Twilight’s eyes were filled with tears. “What’s wrong?”

“Mama Rarity...Her door was locked, and she wouldn’t open her door when I knocked.”

“Maybe she left a little early to get the show ready?”

The purple unicorn shook her head. “I looked in the windows to see if she was home, and...and...” Twilight looked absolutely terrified.

“And what? What did ya see?” Applejack’s tone changed, she was starting to get worried.

“Mama Rarity had her head down on her work bench, and the fur on her face was all red!”

Applejack’s heart sank. “Twilight, go find Dash and Pinkie. Tell ‘em to get help, Ah’m going to go check it out now.” She didn’t wait for the filly to respond before she raced in the direction of Carousel Boutique. “That stupid girl,” she thought to herself, “you better not have done what Ah think you’ve done...It’ll be on my head if you did...”

The doors to the Boutique were still locked. The farmmare turned around, and bucked the door down. She ran to Rarity’s work room. The sight she saw made her cry harder than she ever had.

The unicorn’s face, and even her mane, had been stained red, a pool of crimson underneath of her head, which was down on the desk. The fabric shears in her hoof glinted with the same shade.

Applejack’s slowly approached her lover’s body. “Rarity...why...?” She put her hoof on the shoulder of the still body.

“Ugh...five more minutes mommy...” quietly whispered the voice of the unicorn.

“Rarity? RARITY!”

Her eyes shot open and she sat up. “Applejack? What are you doing here? And what happened to my door?” Her friend surprisingly wrapped her arms around her, and was crying even harder now.

“Ah thought you were dead!”

“What ever would give you that idea?” Applejack grabbed a hand mirror. Rarity screamed the most bloodcurdling scream. “My mane! My face! Red fabric dye is not the easiest thing to get out! And why today of all days!? Such an important day!”

Applejack turned towards the door. “Well, if ya’ll are okay, I’m gonna get back to my work.”

“No no, wait! I need a favor!”

The orange pony sighed. “What?”

“Please model something for me today. Just this once. I’ll never ask it of you again if you do!”

“Fine, what do you want me to wear?” A white gown, covered in frills, and a bridal veil were lifted off of the mannequin and floated over to her. Applejack gave a darting glance at Rarity. “You’re kidding, right?”

“Nope! I want you to wear this!”

“Dresses ain’t really my thing...”

“Please...?”

“Isn’t there any other pony that could do it?”

“But it matches your size perfectly!”

“You’re sure that there’s nopony else?”

“Pleaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssssseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...?” Rarity put on her pouty face.

Applejack let out another sigh. “Fine.” She grabbed the dress, and Rarity helped her put it on.

“Excellent! Now get to the show, it’s about to start! I have one little thing I need to touch up before I go there, but they don’t need me to start it!” Rarity smiled at her friend, and walked her to the door.

Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash were running up the street to the Boutique, just in time to see Applejack leaving. They both stared in amazement, and started laughing. Applejack gave them a death glare.

“THIS was the emergency!? Hahaha!” Dash lowered herself to the ground, unable to stay in the air because of how hard she was laughing. Applejack decided it best to ignore them, and started walking towards the town square, where the fashion show was being held.

Rarity peeked outside of her shop after the orange pony was out of sight. “Hey, girls, can I borrow you for a second?” Dash and Pinkie both looked at Rarity, with a streak of red dye across her face, and broke into even more laughter. Rarity decided it was easiest to just drag the two in herself.

---

“Mama AJ, was Mama Rarity okay?” Twilight was backstage, wearing an adorable gown and carrying a flower basket.

“Yeah, she was fine. Just being a bit dramatic, you know how she is.”

“Yay! I can’t wait till she gets here! You look very pretty!” She smiled up at Applejack.

“Aww, thank you sugarcube.” She smiled back and hugged Twilight. “It looks like the show’s about to start. Where is she?”

There were many ponies from town backstage. This was probably the biggest show Rarity had put on. Spike was on stage, talking about the assorted fashion designs. Applejack grew more nervous as the amount of ponies backstage dwindled. It was soon just Twilight Sparkle and herself.

“Go show ‘em Twi, I know they’ll love you out there.” Applejack smiled as Twilight was called onto stage. Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie came up behind her, wearing similar light yellow dresses.

“Hey, let us help you with that!” The two of them lifted up the train of Applejack’s dress.

“Why are you dressed up? I didn’t see ya in the show at all.”

“That’s a secret!” Pinkie giggled.

Spike waved to Twilight as she walked off the stage, and grabbed the microphone. “And here comes the lovely Applejack, wearing a stunning bridal gown! And coming up on the stage right now is our featured designer, Rarity! She has a little surprise for the bride!”

“What now?” Applejack looked towards the side of the stage. Rarity was ascending the stairs, surprisingly sporting a black tuxedo. Her eyes widened. “Ya’ll are kiddin’, right? This can’t be what Ah think it is...”

“And what do you think it is?” Rarity asked, a large smile across her face.

“A wedding proposal?”

“Wrong!”

Applejack breathed a small sigh of relief.

“It’s the wedding!”

Applejack’s covered her mouth with her hoof as her eyes started to tear up. “Ah...ah...” Rarity took Applejack’s hoof into her own.

“Shh. The ponies who are going to officiate this aren’t here yet.”

“YES WE ARE!” the booming voice spread the center of the crowd. Princess Luna was reared up, having just made her proclamation with the Royal Canterlot Voice. Princess Celestia was next to her.

Applejack looked towards the princesses, and back to Rarity. “You did this...for me...?”

Rarity shook her head. “No. For us.”

“What about your status with those fancy rich folks?”

“I’d rather spend my life with you than serve anyone that would see us apart.”

The orange pony looked towards the princesses. “Ah don’t suppose we could be making this quick? Ah think that we have somewhere we need to go after this.”

Celestia raised her brow. “Only if you promise to not cause the destruction of anymore priceless relics.”

The partners looked at each other quizzically, and then back at the princesses. In unison, they said “What?”

“You can ask Spike later. For now...” The horns of the princesses started to glow, and they tapped the pony in front of them on the head, before crossing horns to tap the other. “You may now kiss the bride.” Applejack tackled Rarity to the ground, and kissed her deeply.

Nervously, the two princesses glanced at each other. They weren’t quite sure how to react, having never seen anypony get that passionate right after they were told to kiss. They glanced at all the ponies in the audience, who seemed to be paying a lot of attention to the scene. “Alright, show’s over, everypony. Go home!” Celestia said.

Not a single one budged.

“CITIZENS OF PONYVILLE! DEPART TO THINE HOMES!” The Royal Canterlot Voice got their attention, and they all ran away quickly.

“I knew there was a reason I didn’t break you of that habit.” Celestia walked off the stage with Luna.

---

As the sun was setting, the two ponies broke their liplock. They looked around, and noticed that everyone was gone.

“So...should we go to my place or yours?” the white unicorn asked.

“Why not right here?” Applejack smirked.

“Oh, you naughty mare.” Rarity pressed her lips back to her lover’s.

Comments

[Midnight Flare]

nice. i laughed. sweet, but dirty.

[chibiachika]

390281 Sorry about that. It didn't occur to me until much later that "Hey, maybe people don't want to read fics of two different genres to get the full idea." I'm trying to remedy that issue for my next one and any others I keep following that same plot though.

Though that does make sense that, at least for this fic, I should put it in the description. I'm gonna do that now.

[Antor]

I personally loved reading two fic of totally different genres with common background
and trolled my poor little woona again

[chibiachika]

425518 Thanks! Truth be told, my original plan never had a continuity. Of course, this fic's original spot was supposed to be before the events of "Magic's Dawn." I ended up writing that one first because, while I knew which ship I wanted to do, and the title, I had no idea how to go about it. Once I wrote the other fic as well as chapter one of this one (Chapter one was originally a stand-alone!), it kinda pieced itself together.

Not to worry though, my current plans involve writing several one shots starring filly Twilight, so we'll probably see some involving her, Fluttershy, and all her other "mamas" too. Especially once I get all the major issues sitting in my Fluttershy fic sorted out.

[Antor]

425654
looking forward to it then!
by the way, if I got things right, filly-twilight is an alicorn now right? Because it's not made clear at any point (that I can remember) in this nor in Magic's Dawn...

[chibiachika]

425665 Celestia explained in Magic's Dawn that all alicorns are raised as regular ponies and mature into their powers. Celestia was a pegasus and Luna was an earth pony. So while she's an alicorn through genetics, until she can control the powers, she's entirely unicorn. The reasons for Twilight's madness was because the "trueform" potion woke up her latent alicorn powers too early.

[Antor]

425759
that's it! I forgot about that part! -_-" how embarrassing

[chibiachika]

425782 Not a problem! Actually I was thinking about it a bit after I posted, I need to go back and make sure I didn't accidentally give two different explanations (One to Twilight, one to the others.). I think I may have Twilight's version being "It would look weird for an alicorn to live among normal ponies." But I'll look into that tomorrow.

I do also have a different fic that I'm planning out involving the awakening of Celestia and Luna, taking place at the first sealing of Discord (Which also expands on an idea presented early on in chapter 1 of this fic!)

[littletulula]

That Luna, LOL