"A Private Conversation"
Equestria Noir
Side Story
“A Private Conversation”
By Jacoboby1
Rarity happily trotted along down the street on a crisp late summer day. She levitated the package next to her which contained a coat that Twilight requested. Rarity would’ve sent the package via mail for anypony else. But Rarity was always willing to make exceptions when it came to matters of her friends. Six gala dresses was proof of that.
She came to Twilight’s house and smiled. “Oh she’s going to love what I’ve done with the coat.” She opened the package to see the violet star marked coat, autumn would settle in soon so Twilight requested a coat for when the colder seasons came. Twilight requested something fashionable but practical…Rarity might’ve gone a little to the former on this one.
Rarity smiled at herself “You’ve really outdid yourself this time Rarity” She closed the package to knock on the door. “Twilight darling, I have your order!”
Silence greeted her…something was wrong and Rarity could feel it in her bones. The door was unlocked so she gently pushed it open.
Rarity’s blue eyes scanned the room. Books and scrolls were strewn all over the floor left and right. Rarity frowned…it wasn't like Twilight to leave the place in such a state. Rarity set the package on the center table and looked around. She began absent mindedly levitating books back onto the shelves.
Rarity called out into the room “Darling? Twilight are you home?”
A groan escaped a small lavender blob slumped over the table. Rarity started walking towards it and found that the blob was her friend Twilight. She was sound asleep on top of a book.
Rarity prodded the sleeping unicorn with her hoof “Darling? Are you alright?”
Twilight let out a groan and slowly opened her violet eyes. She turned to look at Rarity, the lavender unicorn tried to smile. “Hey Rarity…I wasn’t expecting you to wake me up…”
Rarity looked her friend over “Darling what happened? You’re an absolute mess”
Twilight looked at herself; indeed she did look like a mess. Her violet mane was in absolute disarray and her eyes we’re baggy from lack of sleep. She shook her head and rubbed her eyes to try and get herself awake. “I was…up late”
Rarity gestured to the absolute mess the library was right now. “What could be so important that you would tear the library apart like this?”
Twilight looked around at the library and her horn glowed. Books started moving themselves back to their proper places. “Like I said…I was up late…”
Rarity wouldn’t take that for an answer “Darling you lie worse than Applejack” She gently put a hoof on her friend’s shoulder. “What exactly happened Twilight? You know you can tell me”
Twilight stopped putting books back on shelves and looked at Rarity. Twilight was debating in her mind whether to tell the beautiful white unicorn her problems. Twilight knew that if she didn’t somepony would find out eventually. She sighed and sat down on the floor. “You…remember Private right?”
Rarity suddenly got excited “That handsome stallion you were working with?!” She smiled “How could I not remember him? He did save my sister’s life after all” She looked at Twilight’s sorrow laced eyes and Rarity understood “Did something…happen?”
Twilight’s eyes turned from sorrow to blind rage. She stood up and started pacing. “Oh something happened alright! That stubborn idiot spent half the case accusing my brother of being a murderer without proof! Then when I tried to defend my brother from his wild accusations he outright fires me! ME! Princess Celestia’s student and the assistant she provided for him! Fires me for trying to protect my brother! My BROTHER Rarity! I can’t believe he could be so cold and stubborn and foolish!”
Rarity simply stared at the young unicorn. She hadn’t seen Twilight break down like this since the whole friendship letter incident. Rarity looked at her with eyes of sympathy.
“Darling I’m so sorry…” She said gently rubbing Twilight’s back.
Twilight looked at her friend her eyes on the verge of tears. “And you know what’s worse?!” She wiped her eyes “I don’t hate him! I miss him!”
Rarity raised one of her eyebrows at this new information “What do you mean Darling?”
Twilight shook her head “It just doesn’t make any sense…I should be hating his guts for what he did to me…but…” She shook her head violently “I just…I miss his company…”
The gears inside Rarity’s brain (polished and glimmering with gemstones I might add) we’re starting to turn. Rarity started working her own detective magic on this “Twilight, were you up all night because of that?”
Twilight slowly nodded “Yeah…I couldn’t sleep so I started researching what was wrong with me”
Rarity made a sidelong glance at the still messy library “Well that explains the mess…”
Twilight hung her head “All night and I’ve gotten nowhere…no book I have can explain what’s going on…why I miss him so much when I should be wanting to impale him with my horn”
Rarity slowly smiled at her friend. She knew exactly what was going on.
Twilight looked over at the white unicorn, her violet eyes looking worried “Rarity? Why are you smiling?”
Rarity suddenly burst out giggling like a school filly “Darling I can’t believe I didn’t see it before! Now it seems so obvious!”
Twilight sprung to her hooves and looked at Rarity “You know what’s wrong with me!?”
Rarity shook her head “There’s nothing wrong with you at all Twilight…”
Twilight raised an eyebrow “Come again…?”
Rarity put a hoof on her lavender friend’s shoulder and sounded out the words.
You. Are. In. Love.
Twilight’s cheeks suddenly turned bright red and she suddenly felt warm. She shook her head and looked down to try and hide her blush. “No! I can’t be fawning over him!” She began pacing back and forth “But now that I think about it…he is kinda good looking I guess…he does have an admirable sense of justice and he’s very funny but…” Her cheeks turned an even deeper shade of scarlet. “No it just doesn’t make sense! I've looked in every book I've had and none of them ever mentioned this!”
Rarity watched her friend pace back and forth trying to convince herself this isn’t logical at all. Rarity frowned “Darling, I hate to use that old cliché but you really are making a path in the ground…”
Twilight stopped in her tracks and looked down…sure enough she was making a dent in the floor. She stepped out of it and plopped herself down on the floor. She looked down at the floor her face a deep shade of scarlet.
Rarity walked to her friend smiling happily “Darling…what are you so worked up about? This should be a happy thing”
Twilight looked up at Rarity with eyes of confusion “But he…after all he said…I should hate him. But now I can’t stop thinking about him!” She turned and smacked her head onto her table in frustration. She kept her head there as Rarity walked to her side.
Rarity looked at her friend with eyes of understanding “Darling…I think you are trying too hard to put all this to logic…”
Twilight lifted her head and turned to Rarity “But, all my life I’ve gotten by on my brains and logic…something like this…
it just defies all logic I can think of. It’s like the Pinkie Sense but on a much larger scale…”
Rarity smiled “Love is supposed to defy all logic and reasoning Twilight…”
Twilight looked at her friend her eyes searching for some kind of answer “But what do I do about it?”
Rarity tapped Twilight on the head “For starters you can stop trying to approach this problem with that…” She then lowered her hoof to where Twilight’s heart was “And start using this…what does this want?” She pushed her hoof into Twilight’s chest to drive home the point.
Twilight closed her eyes…then slowly spoke “It…wants him…I need to apologize to him…say I’m sorry for trying to manipulate the case like that…”
Rarity simply nodded “There you go”
Twilight looked at Rarity like she was nuts “What?! That’s it!?”
Rarity nodded again “Yes darling”
Twilight facehoofed “My head hurts…”
Rarity smiled “What did I say darling?”
Twilight slowly nodded “I get it…I guess I need to go find him huh?”
Rarity nodded and watched as Twilight turned to leave. Rarity suddenly felt something…something hot. Why did Twilight get to have such a dashing and heroic stallion? Why did she get to have him and not somepony as beautiful as Miss Rarity?
Rarity shook her head from such thoughts. She can’t be jealous of Twilight…but still, did she even know what to do with Private? What to do with the newfound love she’s developed for him?
Rarity watched as Twilight walked out the door and looked around. Where had that voice come from? The hot feeling was gone…why did she suddenly feel jealous of Twilight just now?
Rarity dismissed it…She should be happy for Twilight now. If her friend was happy then she was happy. Right?
Author's Note
Link to next case: http://www.fimfiction.net/story/45117/equestria-noir-case-5-bonds-of-madness
