One tiny ray of sunlight made its way through the small gap in the curtains, landing on the eyes of Ponyville's fashionista. She groaned, rolling away from the light so she could return to her slumb-

*Beep-Beep-Beep*
*Beep-Beep-Beep*
*Beep-Beep-Beep*

A white hand landed on the the alarm clock, silencing that dreadful noise. Why had she set the alarm yesterday? Today was Sunday, meaning that there was no need for her to get up early to open the shop. She could just stay here in this comfortable piece of heaven for a bit longer, maybe an hour or-

‘Oh, right.’ Rarity thought, remembering why she had set the alarm last night. She was supposed to help Twilight rearrange her personal library at the castle. A chore that was usually done between the princess and her assistant, but said assistant was currently traveling around the world.

Rarity sat on the bed and covered her mouth with a hand as a yawn escaped her lips. She was always happy to help, but a tiny part of her regretted having made the offer. She just wanted to sleep some more.

‘Ugh, why do I feel so sleepy? It’s not like I was up till late.’ No, those days of arriving home late had stopped a long time ago. The last time had been after a date. Actually, that had also been her last date. It has been so long since she had gone out with someone, so long since her last romantic outing.

Had she at some point just stopped caring about finding her special somepony? Of course not, but she just couldn’t find him no matter how much she tried.

Rarity sighed. ‘I don’t need that kind of thoughts this early in the morning.’

Rarity pushed the blanket away and walked to the bathroom. She gave herself a quick look over on the mirror, her mane was a mess, that was always the case each morning, but nothing that a shower, a brush and a bit of magic couldn’t fix. Rarity stripped out from her nightgown and her panties before getting inside the shower.

Cold water quickly covered Rarity’s body, and the unicorn took a few seconds to get used to the temperature of it before starting cleaning her body. As she took the soap bar and began to rub it over her ample bosom, her thoughts went back in time to her last date.

Quick Runner. He brought honor to his name, as he was quite the athletic stallion. He had also been an splendid gentlecolt. To make things even better, he was also an avid reader. He had the whole package, and with that she meant the whole package.

Rarity could feel marehood heating up as images of a passionate night filled her head, how that well endowed stallion filled her to the last inch. Leaving the soap bar back on its place, the pristine mare placed both hands on her breast, her nipple already rigid from the cold water began to turn sensitive under her light touches.

Her right hand moved slowly to her heating core. She moaned as her fingertip made contact with her clitoris. It had been months since she had been intimate with anyone. She would love for nothing but take this moment to slowly, but steadily, bring herself to orgasm, she wanted to take her time and fully enjoy it, but alas, she had to get ready and go help Twilight.

Rarity leaned against the wall of the shower and brought her hand to her mouth, coating her middle and ring finger with saliva, then lowered it again to insert both fingers into her marehood. She pushed them as deep as she could while she used her other hand to bring one of her nipples to her mouth. She licked the nipple before surrounding it with her lips, gently sucking on to it as she hastened her ministration on her pussy.

She could feel her orgasm building up, with each thrust of her fingers she could feel herself getting closer. Rarity grunted, moving her hand as fast as she could, just a little more and…

“Ugh.” Rarity grunted as she reached her climax. It had been nothing compared to what she could have done if she had had a few more minutes to spare, but it had been good enough.

‘Not good enough as that night with Quick Runner.’ Rarity sighed. That stallion had certainly been an incredible specimen, but there had been something inside Rarity that told her he wasn’t the one. Just like any of her previous coltfriends hadn’t been the one.

Maybe she was destined to be a lonely cat lady. She already had Opal, who knew how much time it would take for there to be two, or seven, more cats.

With her gloomy thoughts keeping her company, Rarity proceeded to finish her shower.

It took Rarity several minutes, but with her mane now perfectly styled, she left the bathroom and walked to her changing room. The room was almost as big as the bedroom. It had to be that big to be able to keep every single cloth and dress that Rarity owned.

Rarity let go of the towel that covered her body and moved to where she kept her underwear. Rarity decided not to wear anything fancy, keep it simple, white panties and bra. She selected a pair of shorts and a t-shirt, those would be appropriate for the work she would be doing.

Now fully clothed, Rarity left her room and went down the stairs. She walked to the kitchen, planning to have a simple breakfast before heading out. Getting closer, Rarity could hear her little sister singing and a smile popped on her face.

Silently, she stood at the kitchen’s entrance and observed her sister, who was standing behind the stove, still wearing her pyjama. She was rhythmically moving her hips from side to side, her tail gracefully swishing behind her. Rarity enjoyed so much watching her sister at moments like this, it just made her happy.

“Good morning, Sweetie.”

Sweetie paused and flashed a smile as she looked back at Rarity. “Good morning, Sis!” Sweetie Belle greeted cheerfully. She turned around and poured the hot beverage she had been preparing in two mugs. Rarity then noticed that two plates with what seemed to be pancakes were already set on the table, causing her smile to disappear.

“Oh, Sweetie, I see that you… prepared breakfast.” Rarity said with apprehension. She watched as Sweetie set the mugs on the table before walking closer to give Rarity a hug. “You shouldn’t have bothered. If you had waited a bit more I could have done it.” She said, returning the hug.

“It wasn’t a bother at all, Sis. I got up early and felt hungry for pancakes. I thought that it would be nice to make some extra for you. I certainly hope it tastes good.” She said as she pulled away and moved to her place on the table.

‘I hope so too.’ Rarity sat at the table, eyeing her pancakes suspiciously. Sweetie Belle had been living full time with her for a little over a year now, and she had managed to keep her away from the kitchen. After That first week when Sweetie Belle first moved here, it had been clear to Rarity that her sister and cooking just didn’t mix well. Rarity looked up at her sister ho as looking back with a big, expectating, smile. Rarity gave an awkward smile before returning her gaze to her food. It looked edible.

With a bit of trepidation, she cut a piece and brought it to her mouth, beads of sweat rolling down her forehead. ‘Please be edible, please be edible.’ Rarity’s eyes widened.

“Oh Celestia! Sweetie, this is delicious!”

Sweetie’s smile became even bigger at that. “Really?”

Rarity took another bite, humming in delight. How could pancakes taste this good? “Really, but… When did you learn to cook like this? I… I haven’t seen you get close to the kitchen in a long time.”

Sweetie’s smile became sheepish. “Actually, I have been practicing cooking for some time now. I asked for Applejack’s help and she has been teaching me all kind of things, not just pancakes. I’m twenty years old now, I had to learn to cook, and I… I wanted to surprise you.”

“Oh, Sweetie.” Rarity stood and walked to her little sister, pulling her in a hug and kissing her on the cheek. “This is such a magnificent surprise, thank you.”

Sweetie blushed. She returned her attention to her plate, as did Rarity. When both sisters finished their breakfast, Rarity stood, moving her hand to grab the plates for clean-up, but Sweetie Belle grabbed the dirty dishes with her magic before she could.

“I’ll do it.” Sweetie said as she moved to the sink.

“Sweetie, you made this wonderful breakfast, I believe I should handle the clean-up.”

“No, no, it’s okay. You have to go and help Twilight, right? I think you’re running late for that.”

“Oh my.” Rarity looked at the hour on the microwave. “You are right.” She walked to Sweetie, placing a gentle peck on her cheek. “Thank you again. Good bye.”

“Bye Sis! Have a nice day. I’ll have lunch ready for when you return.” Sweetie replied cheerfully.

Rarity left the boutique with a smile and headed straight for Twilight’s castle. It was located at the other side of the town. She didn’t run, but she walked faster than usual, after all she didn’t really want to get to there all sweaty.

As Rarity walked through the streets, she noticed that heads turned to look in her direction. Rarity smiled, it was good to know that even if she was currently wearing plain clothes, she still had enough charm to get the attention of the stallions… and a few mares, by what she saw.

It took Rarity five more minutes to reach the castle. Twilight was most likely already working on rearranging the library, and without Spike, there wouldn’t be anyone answering the door if she called, so she decided to just let herself in. With her magic, Rarity opened the doors, revealing a large hallway. Ponies would normally gawk in awe to the impressive interior of the castle, but Rarity didn’t, as she was already used to it.

She closed the doors and walked to the stairway at the end of the hall, moving up to the second floor, where the library as located. On the second floor, Rarity could hear the distinct voice of Twilight Sparkle coming from an open door to her right.

“Talking to yourself again, dear?” Rarity said as she entered the library. She found the alicorn sitting on the middle of the room, on the floor, flipping through the pages of a book. Several other books were lying on piles around the unicorn.

“Hmm? Sure, tea would be nice.” Twilight answered, not bothering to look up from the book.

Rarity pursed her lips. Twilight was lost to this world. She walked over, placing a hand on Twilight’s shoulder and gently shook it. “Twilight.”

“Huh?” Twilight looked up to Rarity. “Oh, hey, Rarity. When did you get here?”

“Actually, I just arrived. I see that you have been busy,” Rarity said, looking at the books scattered around.

Twilight smiled sheepishly. “I was in the middle of rearranging the books, I wanted to get a head start before you arrived, but I didn’t do much. I got distracted with this one,” Twilight said, lifting the book she had been reading for Rarity to see. “It’s really fascinating. it mentions about a thousand spells that ponies stopped using for one reason or another. The most ancient spell the book has is from about two thousands years ago. It was a spell that helped ponies ignite objects. Unicorns stopped using it because they found a more efficient spell to do so. It also has-”

“Twilight, dear,” Rarity interrupted Twilight’s rambling. “I would definitely love to hear more about that book, but I think the best would be to first organize this place.”

“Oh, right, right. It’s just that I found that book so fascinating, but you’re right.”

Rarity nodded, her horn sparkled as she began to cast a levitation spell.

“No, Rarity, stop!”

Rarity stopped her spell and looked at Twilight. “What’s wrong, Twilight?”

“Please, don’t use your magic. A lot of these books are too old, getting in contact with magic could damage the pages.”

“Oh, I’m sorry darling, I had no idea.” She said, looking apologetic.

“It’s no problem, at least I warned you before anything happened.”

“Yes, I wouldn’t want to damage any of your books.” Rarity picked a few of the books from the ground. “Without magic this will take us longer than I expected.”

“That’s precisely why I asked for your help. Could you imagine how much time it would take me to organize this place by myself?”

“Honestly, I think you would never finish. You would get distracted with a different book every fifteen minutes.”

“Hey!” Twilight laughed. “You are probably right.”

It had taken them about an hour and a half to finish rearranging the library. They moved to the third floor where Rarity sat on a table as she waited for Twilight.

“Here.” Twilight said as she offered Rarity a cup of tea. “Thank you for helping me sort the library.”

“I wasn’t much, darling. You know you can ask for my help whenever you need it,” Rarity said before taking sip of her tea. “Mmm, darling, this tea is fantastic.”

“It’s the only thing I know how to make. I would have offered you cookies to accompany it, but I don’t think you would like the taste of coal.”

Rarity laughed. “Oh, darling. How ever do you manage to feed yourself without Spike here?”

Twilight blushed. “He kind of left all of my meals in the fridge. I only have to heat them.”

“Oh Celestia!” Rarity laughed quite unladylike, causing Twilight’s blush to deepen. “Darling, I’m so sorry, but it’s just... *Haha* Oh Celestia, if Rainbow Dash found out about this-”

“That’s why you won’t tell anyone!” Twilight said as she fixed a glare on Rarity.

Rarity’s laugh died out immediately. “Of course, Twilight. I won’t say a word.”

Twilight kept her glare on Rarity for a few seconds before sighing. “Sorry. I over reacted.”

“No, darling, it’s okay. I shouldn’t have laughed like that. It’s just that.... If you drop information like that on me…”

“Yes, I know. But still, I’m sorry.”

“It’s alright, darling, let’s just move on to another topic… What about Spike? How has he fared in his journey? Has he send you any letters recently?”

“Oh, yes.” Twilight started, a smile popping on her face. “I received a letter from him yesterday. The places he talks about, it’s amazing where he has been. I hope he brings me books from those places when he returns home next week.”

“Oh! Is Spiky returning next week?”

“Yes. After a month of being away he is finally returning home.” Twilight’s smile grew bigger. “Just one week more and I will eat fresh food again.”

“That’s fantastic dear.” Rarity said, taking another sip from her tea. Looking around, Rarity noticed that Twilight had a book right next to her. “Is that the one you were reading earlier?”

“Oh, yes, I still haven’t finishing reading it so I brought it with me.”

“Hmmm. So, darling, what kind of spells are in there?”

“All kind of spells!” Twilight exclaimed excitedly. “Most of them are spells that got replaced by others more efficient, but it’s really exciting to read about those.”

Rarity arched her brow. “It is? Why?”

“Well, it’s like a window to the way unicorns thought. By reading the steps to cast a spell, and what it is supposed to do, one can understand why they would come up to do it that way. But some of them also make me laugh. There is a spell that helps that says you have to jump three times and scream Princess Celestia’s name before casting an illumination spell.”

“And it works?”

“Sure it does. I tried it myself. I was casting a few of the spells in here before you arrived.”

“I would have loved to see that.” Rarity said with a laugh. “Any other spells, or it only has the ones that are outdated?”

“No, no. Most of them are outdated, but this also contains spells that have been banned. Some were banned because of negative side effects, but there are also others that were banned because they were extremely dangerous.”

“Oh, my. Is it safe for a book like that to exist? What if some dangerous pony gets its hands in a copy.”

“No, that couldn’t happen. This is the only copy there is, it belongs to Princess Celestia, but she lent it to me. I will keep it under a protection spell. And besides, it would be very hard for just any pony to read it. It isn’t written in Equestrian, it is written in Neightin.” Twilight handed the book for Rarity to see.

Twilight was right, there were a few words that she could probably figure the meaning as they sounded familiar to others in the Equestrian vocabulary, but most of it was gibberish to her. As she flipped through the pages, one of the spells caught her attention.

‘Verus Amor.’ Rarity read. If she was right, ‘amor’ meant love, but she had no idea what verus meant.

“Twilight, what is this spell?” Rarity asked, pointing at the name at the top of the page.

“Verus Amor. That means True Love. It’s a spell to find a ponies true love, their soul mate.”

Rarity’s eyes widened. ‘Find true love?’ Could this spell help her find her special somepony? Help her find her prince charming? But this was a spell that had been banned. Maybe it had some dangerous side effect.

“So what problem does this spell have?”

“Let me see.” Twilight grabbed the book back and began reading. “Apparently none, it works perfectly and without side effects.”

Rarity cocked her head. “If it works perfectly, then why was it banned?”

Twilight rubbed her chin. “Well, it seems that the spell perse is perfectly fine, but it caused some problems.”

“How can a spell that helps you find your true love cause problems?” ‘I just can’t see how it could cause problems. She just said that it works perfectly.’

“Well, it seems that it didn’t cause problems to the ponies that found their perfect match, but to the ones that didn’t.”

“What? But isn’t that spell supposed to find one's true love?”

Twilight shook her head. “Sorry, that was a bit of a mistake from my part. This spell doesn’t tell you where your true love is. It works more like a detector.” Twilight read a bit more of what the spell notes said. “About twelve centuries ago, a unicorn developed this spell. He had this thought. Throughout life, a pony crosses paths with many others, one of those ponies might be your true love, but you won’t know it, and your paths may never cross again.” Twilight paused and read a bit more of the notes.

“This spell seems to work way too perfectly. It will identify the pony that is a hundred percent perfect match for the one using this spell. But the thing is that that pony could be anywhere around the world. It seems that the ratio of ponies that were capable of finding their true love was approximately of one every one hundred sixty eight ponies.

“The ones that found their true love lived happily together. Some of the ponies that didn’t find their true love forgot about the spell and married other ponies.” Twilight stopped and furrowed her brow. “But a lot of the ponies that couldn’t find their soul mates suffered of severe depression, thinking that there was true love for them, they didn’t even try to find somepony else. There are also cases where an already married pony would abandon his current family after finding his true love.”

Rarity covered her mouth. “Oh my.”

“For those reasons, this spell was banned nine centuries ago.”

Rarity remained silent for a while, her eyes focused on her empty cup of tea. She looked up. “Twilight, could you cast that spell on me?”

“What? Didn’t you hear what I just read? Ponies suffered severe depression.”

“I heard perfectly, darling, but I also heard that a few ponies found their true love and lived happily. I… look, Twilight, I won’t let that spell control my life. I will keep going as if that spell doesn’t even exist. Not all the ponies that didn’t found their love suffered of depression. You said it yourself, they moved on. And, if for some reason I don’t find my true love, I will have my friends there to cheer me up, right?”

“Of course we will, but… Are you sure?”

“I’m sure,” Rarity said with confidence. “This spell can find the perfect match, but that doesn’t mean that I won’t find happiness with other ponies. Whoever I choose to live the rest of my life with will turn to be my true love, even if the spell doesn’t agree.”

Twilight looked unsure for a second before nodding. “Very well, Rarity. I will cast the spell, but promise me that you will do what you say, that you won’t let the spell control your life.”

Rarity stood from her place, walked over to Twilight and took her hands between her own. “I promise you, Twilight Sparkle, that I won’t let that happen.” She said as she looked into Twilight’s eyes.

“Good. Then let’s do this. Take a few steps back.” Rarity did as she was told, feeling excited. Twilight’s horn brightened, she said something that Rarity didn’t understood before losing her gathered magic.

Rarity could feel the magic surrounded her, how it danced across her skin, how it… disappeared?

Rarity opened her eyes and looked down at herself. She couldn’t feel anything different in her.

“Did… Did it work?”

“Of course… I guess. I cast it just as the notes specified.” Twilight looked back at the book. "Here, it says it's a dormant spell, so it won't react unless you meet your true love."

“Alright, then how will I know when I find my true love?”

“This here will tell you.” Twilight said booping Rarity on the nose.

“My nose?”

“Yes. The spell is supposed to react once you lay your eyes on your true love. The spell will send a signal to your brain, making you capable of only perceiving one kind of odor.”

“And what would it be?”

“It varies from pony to pony, but it always is something that is pleasant to the one with the spell. It could smell like honey, or it could smell like a rainy day.” Twilight lifted a brow as she read the book. “One pony could smell dried fish when he was with his loved one.”

“Thank Celestia I don’t find the smell of dried fish pleasant.”

“Yeah.” Twilight looked at Rarity. “You will only be able to smell that particular scent when you are looking at your true love. You could be standing in a pile of garbage and you wouldn’t notice.”

Rarity walked closer to Twilight and sniffed around. “Well, I still smell the scent of tea and dusty books in the air. I like tea, but books aren’t really my thing.”

Twilight feigned hurt. “I guess I’m not your true love.” Her expression changed as she laughed and hugged Rarity.

“Thank you, Twilight.”

“No problem, Rarity. Thank you for coming and helping me with the library.” She pulled away and looked at the hour. “It’s almost lunch hour. Would you like to stay and eat here?”

“As much as I would enjoy one of Spike’s frozen meals, I’ll have to say no. I believe Sweetie Belle already cooked something back home.” ‘And I’m anxious to taste it.’ Rarity thought, remembering breakfast.

“It’s your loss. Frozen hay burgers are amazing. Sure you don’t want at least to taste one?”

“I’m sure, darling.” She said hugging Twilight once more. “Now, if your Highness would excuse me, I have to go home.” Rarity vowed. “Good bye, princess.”

Twilight rolled her eyes. “Just get out of here already.”

Rarity looked in every direction as she walked back to her home. Each time she looked at a pony she sniffed the air, but there was never a change. The simple odor of the small town remained the same the whole trip back.

“Sweetie Belle, I’m back!” Rarity called as she opened the door to the boutique. She didn’t hear an answer so she moved to the kitchen. She found pot with warm tomato soup on the stove, but no traces of her sister. On the table, Rarity found a little note.

Hey, Sis.

I went out to help Apple Bloom at the farm. I will probably be back around 4 or 5 pm.
I already had lunch, but I left some for you. It’s your favorite! I also left some juice in the fridge.

Love, Sweetie.

Rarity smiled. She left the note there and walked to the stove she served herself some soup. Rarity was so happy to find that just like the breakfast, lunch was also delicious. She would make sure to praise Sweetie Belle's new skill when she returned.

After clean-up Rarity moved to her work room, she felt… inspired. She would work on some of her designs. As she worked, Rarity thought of the spell. Being able to find her true love. She would probably have to travel a lot to find it, but that wouldn’t be a problem. There were several beautiful places that she wanted to visit. Prance, if her true love happened to be there, it would be such a great scenary.

‘Remember, Rarity, there are plenty of ponies out there. If you meet a nice pony then you will give him a chance.’ She thought, but deep down, she was sure that she would meet her soulmate, she could feel it.

“Rarity, I’m back!” Rarity heard her sister’s voice coming from the first floor. She stopped her sewing machine, removed her red glasses and left the room.

“Sweetie Belle.” Rarity said as she reached the first floor, looking at her sister that had plopped on the couch. “How was your day?”

“Tiring.” Sweetie said as she stood from the couch to go hug her sister.

Rarity hugged back, and couldn’t help but detect the wonderful smell of the perfume Sweetie Belle was wearing. It was a fruity mix of, if she wasn’t wrong, raspberry with pineapple and a pinch of coconut. Quite splendid.

“Sweetie, wherever did you find that perfume? It smells divine!”

Sweetie Belle pulled away and looked up at Rarity. “What are you talking about? I’m not wearing perfume, and I…” Sweetie Belle took a sniff of herself. “Eww, I need a bath urgently. I’m all sweaty from helping Apple Bloom and Applejack.”

Sweetie Belle walked away, leaving a stunned Rarity behind. Her pupils contracted into little dots, her mouth felt dry, her hands trembled.

‘No… no no no.’

Author's Note

It's been some time since I last wrote a story, but I'm back with another F/F incest.

Updates to this story will be slow.

I appreciate any kind of comments/critics.

A lot of times I'm not sure if what I write in a chapter flows right or whatever, so if there is someone who could help me pre-reading and giving some ideas, then please PM me.