Rarity looked at herself in the mirror, smiling happily at what she saw. Magnificent, that’s how she looked, wearing her deep V neck white blouse that allowed just the appropriate amount of her bust to show and a pair of tight black jeans that helped her accentuate her derriere’s shape. Her mane was as perfect as always, now the only thing left to do was to apply her makeup and she would be ready to go to the party.

Was this the right thing to do? Wasn’t this unfair to Spike? Getting all dolled up to impress him? In a different circumstance, it wouldn't be a problem, but today, she was doing it for the wrong reason. She was taking advantage of the feelings the drake had for her, and it was just so she could get her mind off her sister.

She would try to replace the recipient of her feelings to someone who wasn’t considered wrong to feel this way, but start a relationship with someone whom she just saw as a friend and nothing else for that? Well, most of the relationships started as friends, blossoming into something more with some time and effort.

‘I mean, Spike is such a gentledrake.’ Rarity thought as she applied her lipstick. ‘He is smart, honest and hardworking. He would make happy any mare. I know that if I just give him a chance, we could become something.’ She thought, ignoring that tugging in her heart that was screaming that Spike wasn’t the one she wanted. She wanted Swee-

“Perfect!” Rarity exclaimed, looking more than pleased with her image.

She stood from her vanity desk, organizing her makeup products with a quick spell. She left her room and head for the first floor. A quick glance to the clock on the wall informed her that it was a little over four o’clock. Like always, It had taken her a long time to get ready, and now she was running fashionably late. ‘Well, Spike’s train arrives at half past four, so I still have time.’

One last look at herself in one of the boutique’s mirrors before leaving for the party.

Rarity was halfway to the castle when she heard a faint but familiar raspy voice calling her name. Knowing what was about to happen, Rarity used her magic to generate a small magic barrier in front of her. Right after the the spell was in place, a strong wind current blew in her direction as a cyan pegasus landed extremely close from the unicorn.

“Hey, Rares.” Rainbow Dash greeted, pushing her flight goggles to the top of her head. “Looking good.” Rainbow said, taking a good look at her friend.

Rarity chuckled, cutting the magic supply on the barrier, making it disappear. “Thank you, Rainbow. You look… “awesome”.” Rarity complimented back, examining Rainbow’s clothing. She was wearing her Wonderbolts Jacket over a white top and brown baggy pants.

“I know.” She answered cheekily. “How have you been?”

“I have been… fine.” Rarity said with hesitation.

Rainbow looked at Rarity with a lifted brow. “Fine? Is something wrong?”

Rarity shook her head, flashing one of her best fake smiles at the pegasus. “Not at all, darling. I have just been having a few tiresome days with some big orders, the usual.” Rarity lied, resuming her walk to the castle with Rainbow right along her side.

“Well, congratulations.” Rainbow said, prompting the unicorn to look at her companion with a confused look. “Big orders mean that your clothes are as awesome as ever.”

Rarity nodded. “Thank you, Rainbow Dash.” She looked forward, the castle’s door just a few meters away from them. Reaching the entrance, Rarity knocked on the door before looking at her friend. “And what about you? Has something exciting happened lately with the Wonderbolts?”

“Nah, the same as always. Training most of the time, with some new routines practice mixed in it.” Rainbow paused for a second, looking up to the sky. “Spitfire did say recently that she would be giving us some news next week.”

“I hope they are good news.” Rarity managed to say just before the door was opened. Before either could react, a pair of hands popped out from inside and quickly dragged both mares into the castle.

“Rarity! Rainbow!” Pinkie Pie exclaimed while holding both mares in a tight hug. The Pink pony was wearing a two piece pink dress.

“H-hey, Pin-Pinkie.” Both mares answered with difficulty due to the strength the pink mare was applying to the hug.

“I’m so glad you two are here early!” Pinkie said before releasing her friends from the hug. “There are still a few things I need to finish for the party and I could use a bit of help.” She said as she jumped merrily up the hall.

“Sure.” Rainbow breathed deeply before moving after the pink pony, the unicorn following shortly after. “So we are the first ones here?”

“Yep! Well, besides me, obviously.”

“And where are Twilight and Starlight?” Rainbow asked.

“Twilight left not too long ago to wait for Spike at the train station. And Starlight has been in the human world for a few weeks now.” Pinkie turned around, looking at her friends with a mischievous smile. “She keeps saying that she finds the human world very interesting, but I think she’s more interested in somepony.”

Rainbow mirrored Pinkie’s smile. “Really?”

“Really.” Pinkie then turned around and continued jumping. “I’ll tell you more later. Right now I should really finish decorating everything.”

Rainbow helped Pinkie decorating, placing streamers and balloons in high places that the party pony couldn’t reach while Rarity used her magic to move a giant cake from the kitchen to the room where the party would be held.

Shortly after, a knock was heard from the entrance.

“I’ll get it.” Rarity said, quickly leaving the room and down the hall.

“Howdy, Rarity!” Greeted Applejack with a big smile, carrying two barrels of what the unicorn suspected was cider on her shoulders. She was wearing her usual stetson, a worn out jacket over a checkered red shirt and tight jeans.

“Hello, Applejack. It’s good to see the party will have some top quality beverage.”

“Yup, Ah brought the best Apple and hard cider we had in stock.”

“Good to hear that. Do you need help carrying those inside?”

“Nah, Ah can with this. But could ya help Fluttershy back there?”

Rarity leaned to the side to look past the earth pony. Behind the country mare was a yellow pegasus who was breathing heavily, sitting on the ground and leaning her body against a third barrel. The mare looked beautiful in her green summer dress.

“Of course.” The unicorn stepped aside, allowing entrance to the country pony before stepping outside to help the caretaker.

Fluttershy squeaked in surprise as she felt the barrel next to her move. She looked at it, the barrel was now floating a few centimeters over the ground, surrounded by blue aura.

“Wow, this is heavy. I can’t believe Applejack was carrying those two like nothing.” Rarity said as she extended a hand to help Fluttershy up.

“T-thank you.” Fluttershy said, accepting Rarity’s hand with a smile.

The unicorn then walked inside, the barrel floating next to her and Fluttershy walking behind, making their way to where the others were. Reaching the party room, Rarity lowered the barrel next to the other two while Fluttershy greeted the other ponies inside.

Shortly after, Applejack showed up next to the yellow pegasus, offering her a glass of water. “Is this good or would you prefer some cider?”

Fluttershy smiled, shaking her head. “Water is fine.” She said, taking the glass.

Applejack took Fluttershy’s hand and guided her to the chairs located on the back of the room. She sat down, pulling fluttershy down to sit on her lap. “Thank you again for the help. As promised, here is your reward.” Applejack whispered before kissing Fluttershy’s cheek.

Fluttershy smiled, her cheeks turning pink. “That wasn’t the reward I wanted.”

“It wasn’t?”

Fluttershy shook her head. “Nope.” She said before moving her face closer to Applejack’s, capturing her lips with her own. A moment later, Fluttershy pulled back, a huge grin on her face. “That is the reward I wanted.”

“And is it enough? Mah strong girl did such a good work that Ah could give her one more reward.”

Fluttershy hummed. “I would like that.”

From the side, Rarity had looked the whole exchange, a small smile on her face, happy for her two friend who had been together for almost three years now. As she looked at them, she couldn’t help but imagining sharing small moments like that with Sweetie Bel–

Rarity shook her head, dispelling those absurd images from her mind. ‘You can’t think like that! Stop thinking about her!’ She thought angrily. ‘Just… just stick to the plan. Spike is the better option here. If everything goes perfectly, then you won’t have to–’

“Everypony get ready!” Pinkie shouted from the center of the room, her hand lifted up to the roof, pointing at a little green light that floated in circles over the room. “That’s Twilight’s signal! She will be here soon with Spike!”

They all moved closer to the doors of the room. Rarity stood behind Rainbow and Pinkie, fidgeting in place as she couldn’t help but feel really nervous, or worried, or both, or whatever this weird mix of emotions in her chest was. She ignored it.

Everypony was quiet for a moment, waiting until the handle of the door was covered by a purple glow. The doors shot wide open, and five voices shouted “Surprise!” at the same time.

Spike stood at the door with wide eyes, completely surprised. Next to him, to his right, stood Twilight, looking at the dragon with a warm smile. To his left stood a cyan dragon that Rarity could swear she had seen before.

“Whoaa!!! Spike exclaimed, looking around the room in amazement. “This is amazing! Thank you everypony!” Spike said, walking around to properly greet each of the girls.

“It’s good to see you again, Spike.” Rainbow sai, moving closer to the dragon. She whistled as she looked him from head to toes. “Damn, you have grown a lot since I last saw you. You are a head taller than me!” She said, extending her arms to give him a hug.

Spike shrugged before accepting the hug. “I’m still small compared to the other dragons out there.”

Rainbow pulled back, looking behind Spike. “Speaking of other dragons, who’s your friend?”

Spike looked back with a goofy smile. “Everypony, let me introduce you to someone special!” Spike walked to the other dragon, grabbing her hand and gently guiding her to the center of the group. “This is my girlfriend, Ember.”

The girls happily greeted the dragoness, asking her all kind of questions. From where she was from to how she had gotten together with Spike.

As the group chatted, there was one pony that stood away from the others.

The hours had passed quickly for everyone as they enjoyed the party. It had started with Spike telling them all about his trip, then moving to play some games that Pinkie had brought for the occasion. They all laughed like crazy as they played ‘Cards against Ponykind’. They had then moved to break a piñata that nopony had noticed earlier.

The party had quieted a bit in the last hour. The two dragons were currently the only ones dancing to the slow music that was filling the room. Two pegasus and a pink earth pony were standing near the snack table, chatting merrily between them. The orange earth pony was sitting on the other side of the room, talking quietly with the lavender alicorn.

The Applejack had made a pause in her talk, taking a long look at Fluttershy on the other side before pulling a little black box out from her worn out jacket. She opened it, causing Twilight to gasp.

“Ah have been thinking a lot about this for some time now,” Applejack said, looking down at the ring inside the box.

“Y-you are going to propose to Fluttershy?” Twilight asked, doing little, excited jumps on her seat.

Applejack nodded with a smile. “That’s the plan, but not today. Ah’m still trying to find the right moment to ask her. Ah just...” Her smile banished as she closed the box.

Twilight looked worriedly at her friend. “What’s wrong, Applejack?” She asked, placing a hand on the mare’s shoulder.

“Ah'm… Ah'm a bit scared of asking her. This is… this is big, really big. Ah want to spend the rest of mah life with her. She makes me really happy.” Applejack rubbed her neck. “Do you… do you think Ah’m good enough fer her?”

“Applejack,” Twilight started, waiting for her friend to look at her before continuing. “I’m sorry for saying this but maybe...” She paused again, examining her friends face as it gained a dejected expression. “That’s the stupidest question you have ever asked.”

Applejack’s face turned into a frown. “What?”

“Applejack, you’re more than good enough for her. You’re perfect, just like she’s for you.”

“But Ah…”

“Applejack, seriously, you are worried about nothing.”

“But Ah…”

“No buts! Now, get out there and ask Fluttershy if she wants to dance.”

“But Ah…” Applejack was silenced by a purple magic covering her mouth, then moving to her back and pushing out of her seat and to the middle of the room. Applejack looked back at Twilight, who was waving her away. The earth pony smiled, mumbling a ‘thank you’ and placing the box back in her pocket before walking towards the snack table.

“Would the pretty mare like to have a dance with me?” Applejack said as she got close to her three friends, extending a hand to her marefriend.

Fluttershy smiled warmly, the answer at the tip of her tongue. “I–”

“I would love to!” Pinkie shouted, grabbing Applejack’s arm and dragging her to the dance floor.

“What? Pinkie, Ah was– Whoa Nelly!” Applejack shouted as Pinkie started spinning her around.

Twilight looked happily at the scene. Applejack trying to keep up with Pinkie’s energy, Rainbow and Fluttershy laughing and cheering the other two, while Spike and Ember seemed to be completely oblivious to the new pair in the dance floor, as they continued with their dance.

Twilight brows knitted into a frown as she looked around. There was one pony missing, and now that she thought about it, it had been some time since she had last seen her.

Twilight stood up and left the room quietly to search for her missing friend. It didn’t took long for the alicorn, using her magic to cast a scanning spell over the whole castle. The spell informed her of eight entities in the castle. Six of them were in the room she had just left, one was Twilight who stood outside the room. The remaining one was one floor above, on the balcony.

Twilight was quick on the move, dashing up the stairs, reaching the doors of the balcony shortly after. She opened them slowly, taking a moment to look at her friend, who had her back towards her.

“Rarity?” Twilight called, walking closer. “Is everything alright?”

The mare didn’t answer, but the twitch of her ears indicated that she had heard her.

Twilight stood next to her, looking out over the roofs of Ponyville, then up to the starry sky, before looking at the white unicorn.

“Rari–”

“D-do you know why I dress-dressed like this today?” Rarity said, stammering a little, still not looking at Twilight. The alicorn looked down at Rarity’s hands. She was holding a glass that was most likely filled with hard cider.

“Uhmm, because you like looking your best?”

“Of course, but today I wa-wanted to look my best for someone in spa-specific.”

Twilight frowned. She bit her lower lip for a second before speaking what was in her mind. “Are you talking about Sweet–”

“No…” Rarity quietly interrupted as she shaked her head. “No, no, I… This was act-actually for Spike.”

Twilight’s brow shot up in surprise. “For Spike?”

Rarity nodded, taking swig from her glass of cider before continuing. “I wan-wanted to give him a…” Rarity fell silent, her face scrunching up. “I was g-going to use him.”

Twilight’s eyes widened. “What? Rarity, what do you mean by that?” She asked, anger slowly building inside of her from what the other mare was saying.

“I was going to use him, Twilight!” Rarity shouted, still not looking at the alicorn. “Take advantage of his feelings for me so that I could get her out of my mind!”

Twilight’s anger disappeared, turning into worry. “G-get her out of…” She trailed off.

“Dress provocatively, start a talk with him, laugh at his jokes of whatever. That was the plan.” Rarity drank more cider. “Do you know what I felt when he said that Ember was his girlfriend?” Rarity could see Twilight shaking her head from the corner of her eye. “I felt relief.”

“What?”

“I… I was forcing myself to go through with this, but when I saw Spike together with Ember… I felt happy for him. He found someone that truly returns his feelings… And I was also relieved because…” Rarity frowned, lifting her glass to her mouth once again, but Twilight stopped her. Rarity finally looked at Twilight.

“Why did you felt relieved...”

Rarity looked down, her body shaking slightly. “I realised something. I didn’t want Spike, or any other pony… There’s only one pony I want... And that pony is my FUCKING SISTER!” Rarity moved one hand back, taking impulse before throwing her almost empty glass out into the night.

If Twilight hadn’t been too stunned by Rarity’s confession, she would have used her magic to grab the glass.

“Whenever I saw Applejack and Fluttershy together, or Spike and Ember, I couldn’t help but Imagine myself being all lovey dovey with Sweetie!” Rarity continued, kneeling down and hugging her legs. “I can’t stop thinking about her. I even dream about her. You know what I did yesterday?” Rarity asked, looking up at Twilight. “I masturbated while fantasizing about having sex with Sweetie, and I had the best orgasm of my life!”

Rarity looked back over the town’s rooftops, not seeing how Twilight’s face became as red as Big Mac’s coat.

“Do you…” Rarity mumbled, ears folded back. “Do you think Sweetie Belle would be interested?”

“W-what?!”

Rarity tightened her hold on her legs. “Do you think Sweetie Belle would like to be in a relationship with me?”

“Rarity… You can’t… You can’t seriously even be considering that!”

Rarity scowled at Twilight. “And why not?” She stood, getting in front of the princess. “Have you forgotten that I have a spell inside of me that pointed her as my perfect match? My true love!”

Twilight stepped back. “Rarity, you can’t let a stupid spell dictate who you should be with!”

“But don’t you understand? I’m not letting anything tell me anything… I really want Sweetie. I… I feel this love for her inside me. The spell merely pointed me in the right direction… My love for her has always been a little stronger than the normal.”

Twilight shook her head. “Rarity, you obviously have had way too much cider. If you weren’t this drunk, you wouldn’t say this things.”

“But these feelings would still be there, just like they have always been! You just… you just don’t understand.” Rarity then walked to the door, wobbling a little. “Why am I even talking to you about this? The only opinion I want is Sweetie’s… I’m going home.”

Twilight rushed after her friend. “Wait, wait, Rarity! You can’t do that!” She said, grabbing her friend’s wrist.

Rarity pulled away from the other mare. “I’m going home! I’m tired of ignoring what I feel! I’m going to tell her everything!” Rarity said, moving a little faster down the hall.

Twilight groaned. She couldn’t let her friend run back home drunk. Rarity would ruin her relationship with Sweetie forever.

Twilight breathed deeply, making a quick decision that she was sure Rarity would thank her for. She hit Rarity on the back with a flash of magic, causing the ivory mare to fall forward. Twilight was quick enough to catch her before she hit the floor. The slumber spell had done it’s job, Rarity would be asleep for at least ten hours.

Twilight would help her friend get home, but she wouldn’t risk Rarity talking to Sweetie Belle like this. If the mare really wanted to… act according to those feelings, then she could do it after she had woken up and was no longer drunk.

With as much care as she could, Twilight lifted Rarity with her magic. She couldn’t Teleport them to Rarity’s house. It could be dangerous to teleport an unconscious pony, so she would have to carry her all the way to her home.

Twilight hummed as she walked the empty streets of Ponyville. She had excused herself with the others before leaving the castle. A quick little lie of why she was carrying an unconscious Rarity was enough for her friends as they continued to enjoy the party.

As Twilight walked, she couldn’t help but think about her unconscious friend and the situation she was currently into. Would Rarity really pursue a relationship with Sweetie?

Twilight was worried about that. How would Sweetie Belle react to that. The most likely scenario, Sweetie Belle would be completely weirded out by her older sister, and their relationship would be severely damaged forever.

But… Rarity’s perfect match, according to the spell, was Sweetie… So that meant that Sweetie’s perfect match was Rarity. Was there a possibility of Sweetie returning Rarity’s feelings?

Twilight had been against such a thing a moment ago, when talking with Rarity. But now that she had listened to Rarity, how earnest she had sounded about the whole thing, and having thought a bit more about it, she was… hopeful for Rarity? This could make both of them really happy. They BOTH could make each other happy, just like the couples who had found their perfect match hundreds of years ago.

One more thing was that they both were females. No risk of procuring offsprings with genetic anomalies, so it was okay if they started a relationship together… maybe?

But them being together was something that wouldn’t happen if Sweetie didn’t return Rarity’s feelings, something she found hard to be possible.

Well, whatever happened, she would be there for Rarity, either to help her in a bad time or celebrate a good one.

It didn’t take much longer for Twilight to reach the boutique. The lights were shining through the windows, meaning that Sweetie Belle was home. Twilight knocked on the door and waited.

“Just a moment!” Came the voice of Sweetie Belle. About twenty seconds later, hoofsteps could be heard nearing the entrance.

The door opened, revealing a smiling Sweetie Belle. The smile banished when she saw her unconscious sister.

“Oh, Celestia! What happened to Rarity.” Sweetie asked, moving closer to her sister.

“Don’t worry, Sweetie Belle.” Twilight said, placing a hand on Sweetie’s shoulder and flashing her a smile. “Rarity had a little drink contest with Rainbow Dash. She fell asleep after that, so I decided to bring her home.”

Sweetie sighed in relief. “Oh, thank Celestia.” She said, moving closer to grab her sister.

“Oh, I can carry her up to her room.”

“There’s no need for that, Twilight. I can get her there by myself.” Sweetie said, wrapping her sister with her own magic, and helping herself with both hands as she wasn’t as strong with magic as Twilight. “You left the party to bring her, right? You should hurry back and spend time with Spike. You haven’t seen him in a long time.”

“Well… if you insist.” Twilight let Sweetie Take the full weight of her sister. “Okay, there you go. Uhmm, good night.” Twilight said, looking a bit worriedly at Rarity.

“Don’t worry, I’ll take her to her bed right away.”

Twilight nodded, slowly turning around and walking away. ‘I hope you don’t regret whatever decision you take tomorrow.’ She thought before igniting her horn and teleporting back to the castle.

Sweetie closed the door and proceeded to carry her sister up the stairs. She hurried her pace as she felt the spell holding her sister slowly starting to weaken. She needed to practice her magic more. With care of not bumping her sister’s head against a wall, Sweetie finally reached the bed, flopping on the bed, with Rarity under her.

She took a moment to catch her breath. She really needed to practice her magic more, Rarity would have easily carried her if she had been the one drunk.

Placing her hands at each side of her sister, Sweetie pushed herself up. She took her time, staying on top of her sister as she looked her from her horn to her hooves.

“More beautiful than Celestia.” Whispered Sweetie, lifting a hand and brushing her sister’s mane away from her face. Her eyes focused on those pink lips, causing her to lick her own. Her body moved on its own, closing her eyes as her face got closer to her sister’s. Her heartbeat quickened as she felt Rarity’s breath caress her lips. She would finally fulfil one of her dreams, just a little more and she would know how those lips felt against her own.

She made contact, electricity running down her spine. She remained there, enjoying the moment as much as she could. There would more likely never be another opportunity like this in the future.

She didn’t want to, but she forced herself to pull away from the kiss. There were so much more things she wanted to do, but she wouldn’t. She wasn’t going to take advantage of her sister in her current state. Feeling those lips had been more than enough.

She caressed Rarity’s cheek for a moment, ignoring her urge to go for one more kiss. She pulled away in one quick motion and left the room.

“If only I could tell you how much I love you…”

Author's Note

After a year, I finally decided to write this chapter.

Hope it's good, kind of rushed things and didn't proofread it.

Don't know when next chapter will come out, Maybe another year, hopefully less. I kind of want to finish this and write some one shots, or maybe write some oneshots before next chapter.