Rarity's Dresses

"It has a spell that can make you back to normal! It says the fainting is caused by corruption of the mind somehow... we can destroy the corruption and turn you back to normal!" Twilight was beaming.

Rarity nodded. "Well, just one thing. Could I have a word with you, Twilight?" Rarity trotted downstairs.

Twilight followed, confused. "What is it?"

"Oh, nothing much. Just... do you know how much a fur dress can sell for?" Before Twilight could react, Rarity pulled the butcher knife out of her throat and, in a quick motion, cut off Twilight's head to silence her forever. She made a few more cuts and hung up the dead body to bleed out efficiently. The warm blood pooled around Rarity's hooves. She shook them off before trotting upstairs.

Rainbow Dash looked confused when Rarity came up alone. "Where's Twilight?"

"You'll see her soon." Rarity's horn glowed, and four more knives appeared. Before anypony could react, she slit their throats at the same time, all except Fluttershy. She merely held the knife to Fluttershy's throat. "Fluttershy, darling, can you keep a secret?"

Among all the death and blood, Fluttershy couldn't control herself. She twitched and whimpered, then began to shake wildly. "Rarity... p-please don't kill me! P-please!"

"I won't, dear! Just keep this little... incident between you and me." Rarity smiled sweetly.

"But... what? N-no!" Fluttershy immediately wished she could take her words back, as that wasn't the answer Rarity wanted.

"Well, you know what they say, two can keep a secret if one of them is dead." The knife went through Fluttershy's neck and she joined the others in death. The carcasses began to smell, from all the pooling blood and the flesh rotting. Rarity quickly went to work skinning them and washing the skins clean.

She remembered Twilight and skinned her as well. Soon she had five lovely pelts, and no sewing equipment. And before she could begin dressmaking, she'd have to clean up the library. She used her magic to try and drain all the blood from the wooden boards and let it slip under the cracks into the basement. It worked, and she watched as the red drained slowly. She gathered up the skinned carcasses carefully, trying not to get too much blood on herself, and threw them in Twilight's basement. She quickly washed herself off, then gathered up the furs and teleported to Carousel Boutique.

She immediately got to work making dresses from the furs, after all, if she waited any longer the fur might spoil and smell rotten.

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Rarity woke up in the sewing room surrounded by 5 dresses. One was lavender with some dark blue lining the sleeves and train, with a magenta stripe down the middle.

Another was blue and billowy, with red feathers lining the puffed sleeved and rainbow streaks assembled symmetrically on each side of the dress.

The next was orange, a simple dress, with a light golden shade of yellow 'fabric' for the sleeves.

Yet another was sweet and long, a creamy yellow, with light pink ribbons trailing off the train.

The last was pink and seemed puffier than normal. It was pink, with darker pink edges and sleeves.

But this time, Rarity remembered every detail from making them, from slitting Twilight's throat to the last stitch on the last dress.

She simply stared at the creations for a moment, then acceptance sunk in. She certainly couldn't stay in Ponyville now. Why not move to Canterlot? It'd take an awful lot of packing, but still...

After a few hours, she had stuffed most of her things into bags, including all the dresses and suits. She would obviously need those. Sweetie Belle trotted in. "Rarity? What are you doing?"

"Oh, well, I'm going to Canterlot, darling."

Sweetie Belle's eyes shone. "Am I coming too?"

"I'm afraid not, darling. Instead, Mom and Dad are going to pick you up. You'll still get to be with your friends!"

Sweetie Belle sighed. "Okay..." she trotted back out.

Rarity looked around. "Oh, I'll miss you, Carousel Boutique," she mused to herself. The door opened and Spike walked in, back from exploring a small cave Twilight had allowed him to visit. "Hey, Rarity? Do you know where Twilight is? I can't find her anywhere!"

Rarity shook her head. "I haven't the faintest idea, darling." She used her magic to pick up all her bags and trot off.

Spike followed. "Where you goin'?"

"Canterlot. I've decided to move."

Spike was aghast. "But- why- your friends! They'll miss you!"

Rarity sighed and stopped for a moment. "Spikey-wikey... as much as I will miss you all, you'll all be in my heart."

"But Rarity!" Spike was almost in tears. "Please!"

Rarity groaned and continued trotting. "Spike, honestly, you're a very good friend, but I really feel that this is the best choice for me."

Spike sighed. "Okay, Rarity." He walked away, mumbling to himself unhappily.

Rarity watched for a moment, then went to the train station and boarded the train to Canterlot. Many thoughts ran through her head, but one was much more exciting than the others.

A fresh start, with new customers, new friends, and new clothes. New ponies to meet, new things to do, new things to learn...

And new dresses to make.

Rarity began to warm up to the fur idea. Perhaps it could be the new fashion... as long as nopony found out the source.