Interlude
Sweetie Belle pranced down the street, her candyfloss mane bouncing in the immaculate curls she maintained with the help of her sister. She smiled at every pony she passed, greeting them with her squeaky, adorable voice. Her cream coat shimmered, drawing the coos of older mares and the approving nods of stallions. Sweetie Belle was the kind of filly that they hoped their own foals could model after; a filly that was almost too good to be true.
Certainly she had a clumsy side, but that made her all the more adorable, and her occasional cute misadventures would cause any grown pony to experience heart palpitations. Of course, she occasionally messed up, but it seemed that things always worked out for the best for the tiny unicorn filly. Sweetie Belle’s fumbles were always preciously wonderful, filled with her melodious giggling and bashful blushing.
That was also why Sweetie Belle made everypony feel slightly uncomfortable.
You see, Sweetie was too good to be true, and the mares and stallions of Ponyville recognized it, deep down. She was too cute. Too precious. Every move was calculated for maximum adorableness, and that was… strange.
No filly or colt was like that, really. No child, no matter how well-mannered or carefully raised, was ever quite that perfect.
It had to be an act.
Of course, they would never say that to her. It was whispered that somepony had said it, once, and her tearful wailings had made the pony take it all back on the spot. Sweetie Belle had forgiven the pony, of course, because of course she would. She was so nice, always willing to forgive, her sweet smile like a blessing from Celestia.
Sweetie Belle pranced down the street humming a happy tune, all the way to Carousel Boutique, where she knocked on the door. “Rarity? Mom and Dad sent me to visit you while they watch pro wrestling! They would have let me stay, but they said that The Hock was going to say some bad words to Stone Colt Steve Horsetin, so I had to come here!”
Sweetie Belle waited patiently, before knocking again. “Rarity? I’m coming in! And I’m wiping my hooves on the mat like you asked me!”
Sweetie Belle dutifully wiped her hooves, careful to make them immaculate, before pushing open the door to the Boutique and walking inside. She peered around earnestly. “Rarity?”
There was no reply. Sweetie Belle shuffled her hooves nervously, before trotting upstairs and checking the whole house, calling her big sister’s name. She found neither hide nor long, purple hair of her sister. Sweetie Belle glanced around, standing in the middle of Rarity’s room, the last place she had checked.
Nopony could see her, or hear her. She was totally alone.
Sweetie Belle exhaled, running a hoof through her mane, and flopped over on Rarity’s bed, mussing her coat as she wiggled her hooves around in the air. “Holy manure, I have the whole place to myself! Finally!”
She giggled, and shouted as loudly as she dared, “Buck!”
But nopony heard her, so it was okay.
I look forward to reading this once I'm off work.
Like, you don't even know.
~Skeeter The Lurker
Let ze snugglinsh begin!
I'm really enjoying this so far. Keep up the good work.
Sweetie Belle is best filly.
Hmmm... up until the previous chapter, I was ready to label this as an elaborate prank by Rainbow Dash (just look at how suspiciously she's acting! ), with her nabbing Rarity and flying her to various houses in the middle of the night, but I'm not at all sure anymore.
Great story. Cant wait till next chapter.
And I love the last line in this chapter!
Rainbow, you live in a cloud house. How was Rarity supposed to get up there?
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I find it disturbing how they lick their lips, and the one on the far right drools.
o-o What about the snuggling scares Discord so badly...? Bad enough he'd want Fluttershy away from it, too. Seemed like for personal reasons, like he didn't want to lose her.
4505891 snuggle magic
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My current theory is that a very small number of unwed mares have a magical disease that causes them to appear in the beds of those closest to them as some sort of forced partnership. On the night of their 26th birthday, the pony they are with will be labeled their soulmate.
Discord doesn't want that for himself and has a crush on Fluttershy which means he doesn't want it for her either. I think this fic is leaning towards Raridash, but Discord doesn't necessarily know that.
Hmm, I don't see a romance tag, so I have no idea where this is going.
Propsicle, color me intrigued, and goddamn this is adorable. It even makes me forgive your slight tease or hint at AppleDash!
EDIT: Yeah, downvote my comment! How dare I praise the author and commend his hard work?! Jeez, I'm an asshole.
and the damn AppleDash line was a joke between me and a fellow Noble Juror. Holy shit, people...
Sweetie's not alone you forgot about Opal.
Another great story by props!
An unabashed snug-fest, sprinkled with hints of oncoming apocalypse? Definitely sticking around to see where this goes; the fact that it's well done and light definitely doesn't hurt
I always did wonder what Rarity was thinking in that picture. With that look on her face.
Nom, nom is all I can say.
~OreoKookie
This story is entirely too peculiar and cute... what's your game?
I'll just leave this here.
4505330 why the hell is this downvoted?
the library teleportation.....
Being gem powered and all, and Rarity being similarly gem orientated?
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Not quite right. Thanks for the concern, though!
Dat Twilight Struggle pun
4507507 NEVERMIND! Prop's got it covered.
Also, great fic. Let's see where the snuggling takes us!
Ugh. This, so far, contains vastly fewer snuggles than I feel I was promised.
Also it's not really funny enough to warrant the comedy tag. Unless you count the implication Dash is a borderline sexual predator stalking AJ. That is hilarious (the idea not the implication), but more "random" than comedy.
So far this story makes no sense so I won't worry about the various concerns I have as to where it's going until it gets there.
I'd have related better to this story if it came with the random tag instead of its current ones.
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1. The snuggles have only just begun.
2. I'm sorry you don't find some of the humor funny.
3. This story doesn't care about sense-making.
4. The "random" tag might be a good idea, actually. I'll consider it, but so far for the story "slice of life" does encompass a majority of the content.
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Eh. Well the tags suck anyway. Slice of Life is a content tag while Comedy is a genre tag. What's up with that?
And as for humor, well John Oliver and Fairy Tail both had me laughing my ass off this week so maybe I'm a bit spoiled.
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Yeah, that's hard to compete against!
This is getting very interesting...
I wonder what's going on here.
4505283 My body is ready. Bring it on!
First of all, I love the picture. Did he put a full color one up on his deviantart page?
Might I humbly make the suggestion that the Applejack chapter be named "SnuggleJack" and not "Applesnuggle?" It rolls off the tongue so much better.
........This story was instant win. It was most excellent. I look forward to more.
why is this story tagged so much? I didn't read it yet but is it really that good for such a simple idea?
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oh. time to click that read later button!
I'm wondering why sweetie belle is man character.... hmmmm?mmmmmm
Applesnuggle should be RariJack
Nice cover art.
Oh, Sweetie Belle. You're adorable in all things.
This earns the award for most interesting title of the day.
But seriously, I'm enjoying far more than I expected to be.
Do update soon
DJRD
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I should have the rest of the story done in a week or two. Check back, though, I might update chapter-by-chapter.
I'm going to take a wild guess here and say that Rarity is under some kind of metahumor curse where she's going to get inexplicably shipped by the great creators of reality (random writers, possibly Sweetie, given this last chapter) with everypony she knows in descending order of show/fanon saturation because she doesn't have a cannon relationship established by now.
The rewrites to reality will only get worse. Discord knew it so he OUT.
And then Sweetie Belle was an eldritch horror of cuteness that secretly chafes at her adorableness.
Ha, you gotta laugh at Sweetie Belle. I always knew it was an act... Not. Love this portrayal of the characters!
You have peaked my intrest in this story. And Sweetie Bell is too cute.
Even after seven chapters, I'm a little confused as to what's actually going on. Unless Twilight's gem-based teleportation prototype is locking onto Rarity's cutie mark. And then there's the mysteriously shortened Rainbow chapter...
Oh my god... this is how you do high concept. Er, if "Rarity sleepwalks into everypony's beds" counts as high concept.
The ponies are characterized PERFECTLY! Every line comes right out of them realistically. I particularly appreciate readable AJ dialogue.
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I think that's it exactly.
It's powered by gemstones after all, and why else include it. Chekhov's teleportation matrix.
Also, rarity didn't fall out of rainbow's bed because she held her and loved it.
I am so glad to finally get into a story at the beginning. This promises to be interesting and adorable.
Too many upvotes for me, but I'm too nice to downvote. I just want to make my dissent known.
Interesting. I especially loved Pinkie's entry amongst the snuggledom. The characters are beautifully written, keeping true to the originals. Even Discord seemed plausible, his very nature seems to make it difficult for writers to get right. You're definitly getting a like and a fav. Though I'll admit that I only came here at Shortskirtsandexplosions' endorsement; it's been well worth it. Thank you.