Richard held a bag of frozen peas to the side of his head as he laid down on the couch in the living room. Rarity already removed her costume and fake teeth. She and Twilight were in the kitchen talking about everything that has happened since she has been gone. Spike glanced over at Richard and grumbled before turning his attention back to Rarity.

“So my sister moved back with mom and dad,” Rarity said, her horn glowed as she served cups with apple juice.

“Yes and Fluttershy has been looking after your house,” Twilight said and her horn glowed as she lifted her cup to drink from it.

A cup floated in front of Spike, who tried to grab it only to see it float into living room landing next to Richard. Just as Spike was about to complain another cup landed in his claws.

“I am sorry for all the inconvenience,” Rarity apologized.

“No, it’s my fault, I should have been more careful with my magic,” Twilight said shaking her head.

“Now that the mirror is working we can go home right now,” Spike said getting ready to stand.

“Spike, please give her some time,” Twilight said scolding him.

“What if, I don’t want her to go?” Richard asked, walking into the kitchen and put the bag of peas back into the freezer.

“Richard,” Rarity said and looked down at the table.

“I thank you for looking after my dear friend all this time, But Equestria is her home and she has a duty as one of the elements of harmony,” Twilight said look up at him.

“Her home is also here with me and why can’t you find someone else to take her place?” He said standing near Rarity.

“She is not yours!” Spike yelled out, standing up as he started to grow larger.

“Spike!” Twilight yelled out and stood back as the table got pushed.

The dragon right claws grabbed Richard by his shirt and lifted him off the floor. Spike's head was now pushing against the ceiling and his body was looking more reptilian.

“Spike, please put him down,” Rarity said, holding onto the dragon’s right leg to get his attention.

“Alright,” Spike said in a deeper voice and let go of him as he shrunk back to normal size.

“I want you to apologize to Richard!” She said, standing on her hind legs with her front legs crossed.

“Sorry,” The young dragon apologized and walked out of the kitchen still angry.

Rarity walked up to Richard, who looked like he was in shock and hugged him.

“So that’s a dragon,” He said in a shaky voice.

“Richard, my home is in Equestria, we talked about this before,” Rarity said trying to not to cry.

“But this is also your home,” Richard said, holding her close.

“Twilight?” Rarity asked, looking at her sniffing.

“Rarity, the portal will only stay open for another hour,” Twilight said, looking at them both feeling terrible.

Spike was in the living room clutching his chest feeling conflicted. He was so jealous, but also didn’t want to see Rarity crying.

"There are a few things I need to finish," Rarity said and cleared her throat.

"I can cancel the orders, you don't have to worry about this," Richard said watching her.

"Nonsense, I'll be done in no time," She said and headed to the basement.

Rarity went downstairs and looked over her projects. Most of the orders were ready to go, but there was still some last minute jobs that needed to be finished. She rubbed her wet nose and concentrated. Clothing started floating to be sewn and stitched together.

“There she goes again,” Richard said with a sigh.

“Rarity always finishes her jobs on time, even if it means staying up all night,” Twilight said standing next to him.

Within half an hour she folded the last piece of clothing. She walked up to them breathing heavily, feeling magically exhausted and leaned against Richard.

“Finished, now you can mail them tomorrow,” Rarity said, looking up at him.

"You didn't have to," Richard said.

He reached down and rubbed his fingers along the side of her muzzle and around her ears. She made a soft mmm noise, feeling his gentle touch. Twilight grinned at her, which caused Rarity to blush in embarrassment.

“Can you rub me also? I want to know what it feels like,” Twilight asked him.

He reached over and rubbed along Twilight’s muzzle and around her ears. She seemed to like that and closed her eyes enjoying. Spike sneaked over standing next to Rarity and started rubbing his claws in her fur. She noticed the difference and looked over at him.

“I thought if everyone was doing it,” Spike said.

Rarity started laughing and then Twilight. Richard only smiled and rubbed his hands over both Rarity and Twilight’s head.

“Come on, Spike, let's get go,” Twilight said, nudging him with her nose.

“Alight, alright, I’m going,” Spike protested and hugged Rarity quickly before hopping into the mirror.

“Thank you again for looking after Rarity, If you ever get stuck in Equestria, I will make sure you have a place to stay, see you on the other side Rarity,” Twilight waved and then jumped into the mirror disappearing in a flash.

Rarity lower lip quivered as she tried not to cry. Richard bent down on one knee so he was eye level with her, his right thumb rubbed along her lips and then rubbing along the side of her muzzle. She reached up with her right hoof and rubbed his cheek with her leg.

“I wish, I could hold you the same way,” Rarity said and rubbed her muzzle against his face.

“That doesn’t matter to me,” Richard grabbed her hoof in his hand,

“I will always remember you,” She said and kissed his cheek.

“Please don’t say goodbye,” He said as his voice cracked.

“Then perhaps, until we meet again,” The white unicorn's forehead was leaning against his.

“I love you,” Richard said, feeling his tears on his cheeks.

Rarity couldn’t hold back anymore and pushed her lips against his, they held each other close as they kissed. A few minutes later, Twilight’s head popped out of the mirror to check on Rarity and gasped covering her mouth, before going back into the mirror.

She slowly walked away from Richard still feeling his kiss on her lips and stopped at the mirror to look one more time at Richard.

“Richard, I love you too,” She said and hopped into the mirror disappearing.

And just as fast as she came into his life, she was now gone...

Author's Note

Another chapter finished.
It's a bit shorter than I wanted, but the story is not done yet.

Thanks