3 The Start of a New Life
Rarity was only a week past having given birth when she got a letter from Canterlot bearing the YSL logo. Once she had made sure that Sweetie Belle was happy looking after her new niece, she withdrew to the kitchen so she could have a bit of privacy, but also be free to keep an eye on the pair of them should any intervention be needed.
She had a pretty clear understanding of what the letter would contain, and sure enough, few words had been wasted in getting straight to the point. She read, with little surprise, that because of late delivery, her contract had been terminated with immediate effect.
At any time earlier in her career, she would have cried and thrown a regal tantrum befitting a true drama queen, but a quick glance at her foal told her she had things to consider now that were far more important than pandering to her former idol, that self-obsessed, narcissistic philanderer. She raised her nose into the air and sniffed haughtily, leaving the letter on the side to show to all her friends when they arrived.
First to arrive that morning was Twilight, capitalising upon the opportunity of some flying tuition from Rainbow Dash. Once Rarity had welcomed them in, she showed them the letter and Rainbow had been furious, having to be forcibly restrained to prevent her from flying directly up to Canterlot and punching his lights out. Indeed, if Twilight hadn't had restraining magic at her disposal it was unlikely that either of them would have been able to stop her, such had been her anger.
“So what are you going to do now, Rarity?” asked Twilight.
“Well, I’ll let you girls into a little secret, if you want” she smiled conspiratorially, “As a new mother, I have found precious few outlets for foals’ clothing, and those that you can buy are simply a crime against fashion, so I have identified an opening in the market where I can positively clean up; stylish foalwear!”
“But what about those fancy frocks you’re so famous for?” asked Rainbow.
“Oh, I can still make the occasional one on a commission basis or for friends, but the business is too cutthroat, darling. Now I have the security of a foal to think of, I want to have a more reliable source of income that doesn’t keep me up all hours of the night and doesn't take me away to fashion shows for days at a time.”
“Wow, Rarity” exclaimed Twilight, “That’s brilliant!”
“Yeah” agreed Rainbow, ”Cool outfits for fashion conscious foals and their parents, huh?”
“Why, of course darling” agreed Rarity, “Never too early to start them off on a habit that will last them a lifetime, wouldn’t you say?”
“You know, maybe having a foal has turned out to be just what you needed” pondered Twilight.
“Yes, I think you could well be right. It didn’t seem so at first, but she has opened me up to this whole new venture that I would never have recognised before” she agreed, adding, “And she is so adorable, I simply cannot imagine my life without her now.”
“Talking of which, have you come up with a name already?” pushed Rainbow.
“Funny you should ask” smiled Rarity, “I was going to save it to later, but there’s no reason why you can’t know now; I’ve decided to call her Pearl. You see, her coat is purest white and she’s very precious, so it suits her to a tee. Also, ponies will be able to think of me as Mother-of-Pearl, so that's what I'm going to call the new line.”
“Only you, Rarity” giggled Twilight, ”Only you.”
Stats
Page generated in 0.085 seconds
Total duration
915 users online
198,991 hits today, 2,314,256 yesterday
FIMFiction
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Fanfiction
Designed and coded by knighty & Xaquseg - © 2011-2024
Follow & Support Us
Support us
SubStar
Chat!
Discord
Follow us
Twitter
MLP: Friendship is Magic® - © 2024 Hasbro Inc.®
Fimfiction is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Hasbro Inc.®
Interesting story, however it would have been nice to see more of a resolution considering now that she's been dropped by YSL, a certain princess's word might hold MUCH more weight than some dinky little fashion designer who knocked up an associate of said princess and seemingly abandoned his financial responsibilities to the foal.
ponyquines are, besides think of the bits that went missing when everything went "woosh" a tragedy no one expected
9775426
Thanks for the comment. I really wanted to focus on Rarity's personal inner strength and her indomitable spirit to overcome a difficult situation rather than rely upon favours from royalty; something that in itself has the potential to backfire. I was aiming to show that Rarity could make a success of herself and actually emerge in a stronger position after the personal trauma she had been subjected to.
She leaves the story in a more lucrative professional and financial position than when she started, and that's a good place to be for bringing up the foal she loves as a fully independent mare - I love her spirit!
9775461
LOVE IT!
That's the sequel done then ...
Thanks - brilliant comment!
9775505
"I'LL ALWAYS HAVE MY RARITY TIME"
I so want to ruin that fuckers life.
9775848
He's a character used to getting his own way and really isn't very nice at all.
I based him on a cross between Svengallop and Suri Polomare, but no matter how unpleasant and manipulative he is, I wanted to show that Rarity's qualities of genrosity and humanity make her the stronger.
9775601
Legend!
REALLY good conclusion to this short story. Yeah, I am definitely glad to see Rarity bouncing back stronger than before off this. And yeah, the "stylish foalwear" is a GREAT idea as was the inspiration for the name "Pearl". And, of course, as was pointed out by another reviewer, I could definitely see Spike invoking more than a little Karmic Trickery on that guy.
Anyway, excellent job on the exchanges, characterizations and general wrap-up in this short story.
9776243
Thanks for your comments - so pleased you enjoyed it!
Rarity was having a really rough ride, but she's got through it and her future seems to be better assured than at any other time in her life.
Gotta love Rarity!