The Stolen Acorn: A RariTwi Exquisite Corpse

by SigmasonicX

8 - SigmasonicX

With the morning light, the couple took a closer look at Ponyville’s new tree.

“It’s kind of… odd looking, isn’t it?” Rarity asked, tilting her head.

The tree was wide enough to fit multiple rooms, but it was still too short for an upstairs area. Branches shot out, but then sagged down, leaves forming in bunches mere feet above the ground.

“Well, I wouldn’t say odd, really,” Twilight replied, “but it is different from the old library. I suppose we can’t expect it to be exactly the same.” She smiled, but her sigh exposed what could only be called disappointment.

Rarity’s ears twitched at the noise, and she took another look at the tree, putting a hoof to her chin. “Well, perhaps we can spruce it up a bit. No pun intended.”

Magic built in her horn and beams shot out at all the branches hanging low. With a pop, the leaves formed into the shapes of ponies. With a grin, Rarity turned to Twilight. “More glamorous already, don’t you think?”

She was surprised to see Twilight staring at the tree, tears forming in her eyes.

Mortified that she offended her, Rarity asked, “Darling, what is it?” Then she turned back to the tree and she saw it. The branches pointed toward the ground and ponies danced at their ends.

“It’s… a carousel,” Twilight said.

Tears too formed in Rarity’s eyes. “It’s our baby.”

Twilight playfully scoffed. “Well, I wouldn’t go that far, but I was thinking along those lines, yes.”

Rarity stomped her hoof. “But Twilight! It’s a tree, and it’s a carousel, and—”

Twilight laughed. “Rarity, I agree! You don’t have to convince me!”

Rarity’s face scrunched up and tears welled up. “Oh Twilight!”

Twilight broke into a big grin, squinting through blurry eyes. “Rarity!”

The mares leapt into a hug, rubbing cheeks against each other and laughing. Nothing could break them apart… except for the approaching stomps and the roar of a mighty tyrannosaurus. They yelped and looked up, seeing the dinosaur above them.

“Behold, soon to be married mares!” declared a blue mare leaning over its head. “Trixie is here!”

“Trixie!” exclaimed Twilight. “Why did you bring that here? In fact, where did you get that in the first place?”

Trixie huffed. “Trixie knows secrets that no mere mortal immortal alicorn can understand. And in any case, Boopsie is perfectly safe. She’s a vegetarian. Behold as she eats these strange pony-shaped leaves here!”

The tyrannosaurus licked her lips and leaned over to a branch with her mouth open.

Rarity gasped in horror. “Don’t touch our baby!”

Twilight encased the tree in a barrier and Rarity blasted the dinosaur, making her back away with a groan.

“Sheesh, fine!” Trixie said, rolling her eyes. “Perhaps Trixie should move on.”

Twilight took a deep breath and exhaled. “Actually, wait. You’re exactly who I was looking for.”

Trixie flicked her mane. “Naturally. Though, uh, why?”

Twilight smiled. “There’s still that thing I asked you to do yesterday.”

“What, that? Still?”

“She’ll still love it. Trust me.”

“Alright, Trixie will be ready in five minutes, for Trixie is a miracle worker. Meet me in front of my wagon.”

With a light kick from the unicorn, the tyrannosaurus strolled away.

Rarity gave her fiancée a curious smile. “Oh my, what was that about?”

Twilight winked. “You’ll see in five minutes.”

At the appointed time, they came to Trixie’s wagon, watching junk fly out the door. “Bomb, bomb, a shrubbery, bomb, a copy of Self Defence Against Fresh Fruit, bomb,” listed off the magician. “Ah, here we go!” With a smile, she popped out of the wagon with a pendant. “Oh, you’re here.”

Rarity had an excited smile, but when she looked to her fiancée, she saw she was pouring sweat.

Trixie walked to the two, unaware of this. “So the way it was going to happen was that Trixie would do her amazing show, yadda yadda yadda, then Trixie would make two mares disappear. Ponies would think it was at random, but it would be you two. Then, using this thing and that horribly complex spell Twilight gave me—simple for Trixie, of course—I’d do this.”

The magician’s horn glowed and Rarity was astonished by a blast of snow. She flinched and covered her face, only to feel no cold. She lowered her leg and found herself not in Ponyville, but on a palace balcony, looking over a fantastic snowy landscape. She glanced down and saw she was now wearing a beautiful blue dress. Rarity looked around in awe, but nothing amazed her more than the sight of her love in a purple dress. She smiled, but still her sweating persisted.

“Twilight! Darling, this is amazing! It’s right out of a storybook!”

The alicorn poured out, “You’re right, I actually took this from that book you said you liked and I did the magical calculations and I made this space inside a gem so we could explore it together and technically I could have just cast the spell myself but I was worried I wouldn’t be able to concentrate so I asked Trixie instead because I knew you probably wouldn’t talk to her before today—before yesterday, and from the way I’m acting now obviously that was the right choice and…” She took a breath. “Do you like it?”

Rarity blinked, then put on an absolutely smitten smile. She touched the princess’s cheek and said, “I love it. But I can tell there was more you wanted to do than show me around.” She winked.

Twilight paused, then with a bit of magic, lifted the ring from her horn. She took Rarity’s hoof in her own. “Rarity, will you—I mean, well, if you want, we could—I want you and I to maybe…”

Rarity couldn’t help but giggle. “Twilight! I already proposed to you! And unless I misheard you over the birds and we had that party for a lark, you said yes. Why are you still so nervous?”

Twilight smiled then looked away. “Well, yes, but, well…” After a moment, she gave the ring to Rarity. “It’s harder than it looks! You try it.”

Rarity scoffed affectionately. “I just said I proposed to you already, silly! However, I’ll happily do it again.”

She flipped her mane then took Twilight’s hoof. “Twilight, my dear. Will you—”

She looked at her love’s gorgeous violet eyes.

“Will you… uh… I mean.”

Twilight laughed. “See!”

Rarity snorted. “This is much easier after a grand bird chase.” With a smile, she slipped the ring back on Twilight’s horn. Twilight returned a bright smile that completely put her at ease. “So, my darling, where to?”

“Well, I did spend a lot of time figuring out what the book’s library would look like.”

Rarity couldn’t help but shake her head, her blissful smile refusing to leave. “Oh Twilight.”

Resting her head in Twilight’s neck, they walked into the palace’s hallway.

Comments

[Monochromatic]

that is an absolutely ridiculous premise

I'm very excited to read it

[kits]

This is far more coherent than I expected!

Good job, everyone.

[Lingo]

Well this was fun to be a part of. It's a beautiful chaotic mess.

[Falk0]

It was an interesting experience, and I really like what a funny and pretty story came out in result.

[Herald of Opera]

I suspect that Rarity would faint dramatically if she saw the term "exquisite corpse" applied to her. I can't decide whether her reaction would be worse before or after Twilight helped solve the obvious problem of her eventually becoming one.

[FanOfMostEverything]

Trixie knows secrets that no mere mortal immortal alicorn can understand.

This is fantastic, as is the whole tale. Thank you for a very exquisite corpse indeed.

[Undome Tinwe]

Wow this actually ended up being a really good story. Guess I shouldn't be surprised given the other authors involved and the quality of the chapter I received, but I'm usually used to these things going way off the rails. But it was coherent and really sweet overall.

[TheSneek]

Reminded me of how dreams can change story and events at a moment’s notice.

[fanreader999999]

S'ok

[PresentPerfect]

How'd the ending end up tying everything together so well? :D

[SigmasonicX]

10903403
Well that's because unlike the other authors, I actually read all the previous chapters, but yes, things did work out such that a wrap up chapter was possible at all.

[PresentPerfect]

10903477
I figured it was something like that. :P