Rarity focused on the item in her hand, carefully sending a needle through it again and again. Retrieving Coco’s things from Suri’s home had been a small matter, as aside for some clothing and a small amount of personal effects, Suri had made Coco get rid of all her things upon moving in with her.

For the things she did take, she also left plenty of things behind, such as a basket of sex toys with Coco’s name on it, and the collar that Suri had personally crafted for the cream colored mare. However, on the way out Rarity spotted the materials to make the padded collar, and took it upon herself to commandeer it. Suri would never miss a few materials, and she did still owe her for that cloth Rarity let her have for the competition. It wasn’t hard to duplicate the collar, not for someone of Rarity’s talent, and she was even able to add her own touches to it.

“Tada! It’s finished!” Rarity said, holding out the new collar. It was made of blue leather on the outside, with a soft cotton padding on the inside. There was also a nice addition to the embroidered name on the front. Suri on her version, had indented the name in the front and then painted it in. Rarity on the other hand decided to hand stitch the name in, and took great efforts to make sure everything lined up properly to create a rainbow colored “Coco” in front of it using only thread.

“Miss Rarity, it looks lovely.” Coco said, genuinely happy with it. She wasn’t exactly sure if she really had a bondage fetish, but Schorl had slipped her a command to not tell Rarity otherwise, and perhaps she would like it as long it was with Rarity. At least Rarity was doing it out of love, and not just to be cruel or show dominance. “But are you sure that’s how you want to use the thread?”

“My dear Coco, I can’t think of anything else better to use it on except something for you.” Rarity replied. She was glad that this was all over with, and now all she had to do was explain her new roommate to her friends. A simple cover story would suffice, telling them a half truth that they dealt with Suri and now Coco was going to work as her personal assistant. As she looked around the otherwise empty train car they were taking back to Ponyville, Rarity couldn’t help but feel satisfied with herself.

“Might I try it on Miss Rarity?” Coco asked, it seemed that she liked to identify her mistress in a proper form.

“I suppose so, but just for a moment. Don’t want anypony coming in and seeing you in something like that. Even if you like being a submissive, I don’t want you to degrade yourself in public…. well at least not in front of anypony that’s not a member. Okay?” Coco nodded, to which Rarity handed over the collar.

With a quick wrap around her neck and a snap of a buckle, the collar was in place. “This feels much better than Suri’s collar Miss Rarity. Nice and soft and doesn’t rub a bit.”

Rarity was glad the earth pony was happy with it. It was the first time she ever made something quite like it outside of a customized collar she crafted once for Opalescence. This one came out well though, and Rarity was satisfied with her work.

“Miss Rarity…” Coco said, snuggling up to Rarity, laying her head on the older mare’s chest. “Thank you for saving me.”

Rarity patted the earth mare’s head. “It was my pleasure,” Content to allow Coco to stay where she was at, Rarity put away her things with her horn, grabbing one thing out of her purse when else was inside it. The crystal heart that Schorl gave to her, the one she assumed once belonged to Suri. Through the glass she could see it as clearly as the day she first saw it. It was beautiful and unique from any other gems she had ever seen, as it was before, but now it emitted a powerful sense of happiness from it.

Author's Note

And that is the finale of the Rairty arc. I hope you all enjoyed it.

A bit of actual news though. For the next few months I'm going to focus on one of my other projects, Bruised Apples, a little more than usual. Mostly because I am closer to finishing it than this (we have JUST reached the halfway point for EqTS, and even then there is a sequel story that will show where all this is leading to and will get to the finale of the story proper where the readers will be allowed to vote on whether things end well for those enslaved or not).

The other reason is that after this next arc there will be the Applejack arc, and I don't want to muddle my information by writing for AJ in two separate stories. What I'll do is write 3 weeks for Bruised and then 1 for EqTS, just so you all have something while you wait and I can wrap up bruise in about 2 months. I hope that you all stick around and continue to leave amazing comments in the next arc Equestria Trainer's Society: Recruitment. (working title, subject to change )