Love Attempts

Rarity woke up the following day to find herself cuddled up next to you. The events of the previous day came to mind as she let you hold her. Although she didn't mind.

"Glad to see you awake Rarebear." You said getting up with her falling down to her own sleeping bag.

Attempt 28

  To prepare for the sleepover yesterday she brought the best sleeping bag she had. The one that was most comfortable, soft,  warm, she felt none of those things as she lay on the sleeping essential.

Letting out a groan of dissatisfaction Rarity tried to get comfortable like she did on days she actually used the sleeping bag. Finding no luck in this she got up and went in the bathroom to get ready for her day.

"She's going to be there for about two hours or so, what should we plan until then?"

"I can handle the party decorations, all you girls and guy have to do his distract her until her party begins!"

"So we're going to wait for her? Two hours of nothing?"

"Yep!" You groaned out loud.

"Alright girls I'm done!" Rarity chirped exiting the bathroom to see everyone else sleeping. There was person in particular that she looked for.

You weren't there.

In panic Rarity woke up everyone. "Where is he!" She shrieked into their ears.

"Rarity calm down." Sunset tried to calm down Rarity.

"Calm down!? Today's my birthday and I want him to be here!" The others smiled knowing that Rarity is starting to warm up to you quickly. "This is no smiling matter we must find him!"

As Rarity headed through the door Pinkie Pie stopped her. "Don't worry Rarity I know where he is but it's a secret!"

"A secret? I do love a guy who's mysterious..." Realizing what she said Rarity attempted to correct herself. ".....from my novels obviously."

"Riiighttt." Pinkie Pie said sarcastically. "Anyways you should go with the others to your shopping spree."

"But I want him to come too!" Rarity whined ticking Pinkie's nerves.

"Well as requested by you." Pinkie showed her the paper. "You told me not to invite him to any of birthday festivities this year. He'll only be by for a minute to drop off your gift. Hope you don't mind!"

"Don't mind!? I do mind!"

"We can't have the birthday girl mad!" Rarity nodded. "I'll shorten it down to 30 seconds." Rarity snatched the paper away from Pinkie Pie and ripped it in half. "Alright we'll have him not show up at all, geez!"

"I demand that he will be here at once!"

Pinkie pondered about this for a moment. If she can get Rarity to hate you then you'll be hers to keep. Brilliant!

"Oh uh...yeah I was just lying to you! Heh heh, always a classic! He's actually going to meet at the mall when you get there. If he's not there then wait for a minute." **Or forever.**

"Yes!" Rarity shouted before looking at all the eyes staring at her. "Because of the shopping spree of course. Now let's go shall we?"

You walked along the sidewalk trying to think about what would be the perfect present for Rarity? The mall had to be avoided because Rarity and the others will be there.

You told Pinkie Pie that you would be arriving late in case you had trouble like now. What a good friend she is!

Lately you noticed people heading left. Maybe there was something you missed. You stopped and turned the other way. A few minutes of walking you started to say see the market place come into the view.

You facepalmed for not thinking of this sooner. But then again this place only opens on the weekends which you speneded inside the Pit.

"Gather around folks and listen here! We have the best deals you could every imagine!" You looked at the direction of the voice and it was none other than Flim alongside his brother Flam. Back when you hung out with Applejack she told you about these two guys who tried to buy her family's farm with their dirty tricks.

"Fake!" You yelled out as you passed their stand. You could feel the brothers cold stare before they went back to advertising for who knows what?

It took thrity minutes of looking around the market place before you found what you were looking for. There sitting on a table was a diamond necklace. You stared at it in awe at suck a magnificent piece of art.

"Beautiful ain't it?" You looked up to see a man with a spiffy blue tuxedo accompanied by a golden belt. Damn! "Name's Filthy Rich, pleasure to meet your acquaintance." You shook his hand and told him how much was the diamond necklace.

"The diamond necklace? That costs 7 thousand dollars." Your face dropped as you heard the price. Seven grand? Well it is made up diamond after all.

"Oh..." You muttered until an idea popped in your mind. "...oh! I know where I can get money! I'll be back later Mr. Rich!" You ran as fast as you could wasting enough time already.

"Can we go now Rarity? We've been waiting for an hour now!" Rainbow Dash protested.

"Pinkie Pie said he'll be here so we're going to wait until then." Rarity countered back not caring how much time she was going to have to wait.

"Oh I don't mind if we wait a little longer. Isn't that right Mr. Duck?" Fluttershy asked to the duck in the fountain.

"Quack!"

"Password?" You were back here again for a reason. To fulfill the heart of Rarity.

"Deireadh an Domhain."

The door slided open allowing you to go in. To prevent the incident that happened yesterday you put on a paper bag on your face to be unrecognizable.

"And the winner is Rrrrrrreeeeeddddd Aarrrrooowwwww!" Guess Red Arrow won the match last time you came. You jumped over the head that blew your cover last time and made your way to the bosses office.

"If you want to join No Mans Land then you'll have to sign this paper....paper bag guy." The boss said as you stood there waiting for him to finish.

"Actually sir it's me." You admitted lifting the bag over your head.

"Death! You're back or should I say bag already? It's like you never left heh heh." The boss chuckled. His puns are way better than yours! Strange.

"I came here to ask about something sir." The boss raised an eyebrow. "You see today's my friends birthday and I want to be her a gift. The thing is it's too expensive. Does my matches and the paperwork I did yesterday gain me any money."

"Of course it does!" The boss pulled out his wallet. "How much does this gift cost?"

"Seven Thousand dollars." The boss flinched. He looked at you to see if you were joking.

"You serious?" You nodded. "I'm sorry but the only way I can give that kind of money is if you compete in another match." Your eyes shot wide opened. "If you're up for it and survive then I'll be happy to give you the

"Anything for my Rarebear." You muttered under your breath. "I'll do it sir!"

"Great! You'll be going up in a while. I suggest you prepare until then." You thanked him before going out the door and in the training room.

"Rarity let's go already! He's not coming, if he was then he would've been here five hours ago." Time escalated fast for Rarity as she waited for you.

"Five hours!? It's been that long already?"

"Rarity look at me." Rainbow Dash commanded. "If we wait for another few hours then the mall will close. Let's just go and if he doesn't show up then he'll most likely be at the pa-"

Sunset Shimmer cleared her throat not wanting Dash to ruin the surprise.

"Oh yeah I forgot." Rainbow Dash rubbed the back of her neck sheepishly.

"Well I supose you're right Rainbow Dash. Oh alright let's go do some shopping!"

"Ladies and Gentlemen for one night only we're bringing back a fighter we'll know you'll enjoy!" You waited behind the pit for your name to be announced.

"Our first fighter, the only one to ever beat Gravestone...." The cheers grew louder knowing it the secret fighter was. "The teen called Ddddeeeeeeaaaaatttthhhhhh!" You walked in the pit getting a great reaction from the crowd.

"His opponent, weighing in 189 pounds Llllaaannnnccceee Mmmmoootttoddddaaaa!" Walking in the pit was a guy wearing tights with red designs over them? Boots? Tape on his wrists? Elbow pads? He must be at the wrong place this is real fighting.

Fight!

In a blink of an eye Lance Motoda jumped up and hit you in the eye.

"Fuck!" You howled in pain feeling your eye swell up in pain. Not giving you a chance to recover Lance kicked you repeatedly on the chest. Guess boots do come in handy.

Having grown bored of kicking you Lance picked you up and slamed you hard on the ground inflicting more damage to the chest. Lance grabbed the collar of your shirt and threw you across like a ragdoll. Groaning in pain you attempted to stand up only for Motoda to stomp on your head dropping you back down.

"This is the end of you Death. The Glove!" The glove dropped to the ground as the crowd desperately wanted you to get back up. This was it. Your luck had finally run out. Lance turned to you with a demonic smile plastered on his lips.

"Can't let my Rarebear down!" Adrenaline flowed through your veins causing you to get back up and start fighting again. Not wanting a face full of knives im his face Motoda dropped the glove and ran straight towards you.

Using all your strength you threw Lance Motoda high in the air and hit him jaw first with your elbow ending the brawl.

"The winner is......Ddddeeeeeeeaaaaattthhhhhh!" The pain from the fight hit you like a train making you fall down to your knees. The boss rushed up to you and asked if you were okay.

"Buy.....diamond....necklace....at..the..market....place...." You fell face first to the ground unconscious.

The five friends were walking back to Sugarcube Corner with shopping bags in their hands. The shopping spree had took them all day but it was worth it. For everyone except Rarity who felt empty for some reason.

"You okay there Rarity?" Applejack commented.

"Oh yes I am it's nothing really. Let's just go to the surprise party and have some fun." Rarity suggested shocking the rest.

"You just had to tell her didn't you Rainbow Dash."

"Hey it wasn't me!"

"Why if I come over there an-"

"Girls it wasn't you. I kinda knew already due to the fact that you threw me one each year."

"Oh."

'Well can you at least act surprise? Pinkie went through a lot to make it for ya." Applejack pointed out.

"Already planned on it." Rarity replied opening the door when:

"Surprise!!!"

"Oh a surprise party for me?" Rarity leaned against the wall. "I am in total shock!"The girls rolled their eyes knowing Pinkie would be the only one to fall for it.

But as Rarity scanned the room she didn't see you anywhere.

You woke up to find yourself on one of the hospital beds. The beating you took was pretty rough but you won it.

"Glad too see you awake." The bosses voice was heard. Looking to your left you saw him holding a small box. "Here's the thing ya asked for before you passed out." The boss tossed the small box to you. Catching it like a boss you opened it to see the same diamond necklace from before.

"Oh thank you sir you don't know how much this means to me!" You cried out. "Wait how long was I out for?"

"For about four hours in counting." The boss answered not aware of your situation.

"Four hours!? I'm going to miss Rarity's birthday!" You jumped off the bed and kicked the door open revealing the hallways of CanterlotMed. That's really far from here. Not wasting time you headed for the stairs and went down them in a breeze.

Ignoring the check out center you burst through the doors and ran to the direction of town that you were most familiar with.

"Please don't let me be late!"

Meanwhile at Sugarcube Corner

Rarity has waited for another 3 hours for your arrival. She just watched the door for countless minutes hoping you would walk through them.

You never did.

Feeling tears come down her eyes Rarity cursed herself for spending her whole birthday waiting for you. She could've been there having fun but nooo, she waited for a guy who never even showed up.

"I'm here! I'm here!" You yelled out catching your breath from running two miles nonstop.  Seeing Rarity byherself on the couch you headed her direction with the gift behind your hands.

"Hey Rarity guess what I got you." She crossed her arms and looked the other way. "Is there something the matter Rarity?" You asked not knowing that was her breaking point.

"What's the matter with me!" She screamed causing you to take a few steps back. She got up and stared at you with furious eyes. "You're what's the matter! Abandoning me and you're just showing up now!?"

"But I brought you a present." You protested in defense revealing the small box to her. She stared at it for a few seconds before slapping the gift to the right.

"That's it!? You made me miss out on my birthday waiting for you to show up at the mall for five hours and here for three just for that small box!"

You looked at Pinkie who along with everyone else was watching on. "B-but Pinkie Pie was supposed to tell you that I w-"

"Pinkie Pie has nothing to do with this!" Rarity was in tears now shouting at you for a reason that you don't even understand. "Don't be blaming on others for your short comings. This is all your fault! You have ruined by birthday party!"

You watched as Rarity was gasping for air after screaming at you for a minute. Hanging your head done in shame. You took out your sketchbook.

Attempt 28 Fai-

You felt your sketchbook slip out of your hands as Rarity slapped it out of your hands in the same manner as her gift. "Don't go on writing in that book when I'm talking to you! I am trying to tea......." Your mind tuned Rarity out while you watched your sketchbook land on the campfire.

The sketchbook you spent years on drawing was gone just like that. More importantly that one drawing. You slowly walked to the fire and grabbed the sketchbook not caring how hot it is. You turned to the page where your parents were and found it ruined.

That's the moment you finally snapped.