Rarity's Lament

by Poultron

Rating: everyone
Tags: Human, Dark, Sad, Tragedy
Length: 1112

Rarity has a bad experience, and

Rarity has had a bad life. Especially the recent days there. Wow! What a terrible place to be as a young horse.

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2014-10-07 02:50:53 UTC

Chapter 1

"Well I guess today is the day!" said Rarity as she finally closed the door of her boutique for the final time.

She had thought that selling fantasy gifts and treats to all the residents of Equestria would bring her happiness, but it actually brought her close to tears on some previous occasions because of how bad it was and it got almost too much for this small horse.

As she shuttered up shop with magic she wondered how it had all come to this. She thought back to how she had made her first sale, her last sale, and one in the middle which was particularly memorable. Then she put these thoughts to the back of her mind. On the way home she remembered them again and then forgot them again. Such is the nature of memory.

As she lay in bed that night she remembered something tragic and immediate which shocked her immediate! "Oh no!" she exclaimed, sweat beginning to seep into her blanket. "I have forgotten my diamond hooves at the shop!" She rushed out of bed, and as she galloped back to the shop she saw a shocking sight which shocked her to the core. Her shop was gone. In its place stood a Horse-Mart, the chain that had bought the store out from under her despite her resistance.

"Oh yes," she said, in a brief moment of lucidity, "I sold my shop." Then she started crying again. What a bad situation to be in.

The next day, Rarity was still very upset about the situation, and wondered what could be done. She called her friend Rainbow Dash over to see what she could help with, but she couldn't help with anything as she wasn't that great at business law. She decided to go to the park to clear her head and feel like a real pony for the first time in damn ages.

As she opened the door of her house she saw something really good! Her diamond hooves were there on her doorstep, with a note saying 'I think you forgot these ;)'. She took the box inside and opened it and there were her diamond hooves, just as she'd left them at the shop. A note attached to the box said 'I think you forgot these!' Well she was just really happy. She wondered who had not only found her hooves, but sent them back to her too.

History of Horse Mart

Horse-Mart is a chain that is owned by the Horse Family, their pedigree vast and clean. They have stores open at countless locations in Equestria, and the people that work there often can't get any better of a job because of the stigma resulting from working there. The reason that there is a stigma is because the uniforms they have to wear are really uncomfortable and unflattering. They're hard to clean with other clothes because the dye comes out. It's really a very annoying place to work, I would not recommend it.

Horse Mart is locally owned and operated by Sam Horseton, the original founder of this particular location. He began this store in his childhood in order to support his horse family. When he discovered it worked, he was happy. His store was open, and his family was overjoyous. There was an outpouring of support from the locals. Not! It turns out that horses actually don't like Horse-Mart. Who knew? How about that.

They carry the Playstation Hoof, oats, and sometimes the Hay U, but they sell out FAST! If you wanna get your hands on one of these babies, you better get a ticket, and I'm not talking about a parking violation here (or a speeding ticket (please drive safe, ya'll!)), but you better get a ticket to get in line for Hay U.

Rarity once shopped at a HorseMart and had the worst experience. She walked in and was immediately bothered by a poor person who was rude and aggressive with her. She needed to just find some "Cherry Coat." (Coke!)

She spent the entire time there being lost because the aisles are not clearly marked. The only reason she gives it any credit is because Horse Mart does frequently have the lowest prices.  For example, she recently ordered a TV from the store through the site-to-store pick up (please note the pick up section is in the very back of the store), and the price of the TV was significantly lower than the competitors.

The worst part is the complete lack of customer service.  One time she went in there and cashier rang up all my purchases while never looking at me and talking to her buddies. Then Rarity sat there, ready to pay while she continued gabbing until one of her friends finally noticed me glaring and pissed and nudged her to look back over to me. She didn't even utter an apology for making her wait.

The store used to not be unionized, and then it was for a little while, but then Mr. Horseton put a stop to it. Rarity is also against the fact that there can be no unions at Horsemart, even though her own Rarity's Boutique contained many unions of its own. Horse-Mart employees are disallowed from organizing or even rallying against the Horse-mart corporate higher-ups, so they often just don't bother to do it and that's another reason why it's not a great store.

So to sum things up, Rarity is furious that her boutique has been replaced by such a shabby and dirty store she has never had a good day in. "I need to shut that place down, darling!" she said, to nobody in particular, but you feel a twinge in your heart that the message was meant for you! You turn to her and say, I'll be sure to get that done for

Rarity is a Horse and

"Bazinga..." she whispered at the top of her breath, said Rarity. She was really now the true Horse of Horse mart. She had overtaken the empire from her dad, Bob Horsemart. Her excitement was truly the real stuff. Rarity looks around at her survey, and says "Now that's nice I love it. Dang the customers have been meme this day," she looked back up at her landlord and said, "I know right?" Anyway, I'm shutting her horse mMart down.

Rarity thinked back to how she owned Horse Mart now and said, Dang anyway, that was real simple to climb up the corporate ladder! I really enjoyed it, she thought. And then she was evicted and this was really the end of horse mart, what a sad shame anyways.