Author's Note

The next chapter begins with rarity in her dream. It will be lewd so be warned. Also, Ponygirls is just a rename for Skullgirls. I couldn't think of another creative name.

The Garden talk

As nighttime descended in Canterlot, a small party was being held inside the royal Dinning hall. Pinkie thought it was a good idea to throw one as always. All inside the castle were welcome to attend. After the party, however, is when the real fun began.

"Thank you so much for the dinner Princess Celestia". Rarity said wiping her mouth with a napkin.

"I can honestly say that was The best dinner I've ever had. And I should know, I use to see a cook." Rarity quoted making spike roll his eyes in annoyance.

"Use to, what happened?" Fluttershy asked.

"He only ever wanted to meet up at his place. Whenever "I" wanted to go somewhere, he would try to talk me into heading to his house. At first, I found it cute that he was so eager to be with me. But, you'd think they'd get the hint the first time around. I'm a Lady, not some "thing" he can just sweet talk into bed."

"Sounds like you made the right sugar. He sounds like a rotten apple. And those never taste good." AJ said finishing the rest of her dessert.

"A-men to that" Rainbow said aloud. Now a little drunk from the SS Grade Heidsieck Celestia had ordered out. THat'S WHy Women ARe tHe BEtter ChoiCe." She said now spilling her drink.

"Rainbow your drunk."

"And YOUR SEXY."

Applejack stood up and took away her glass. Hey, Give IT BACk. (Hic) "OK, I'm gonna take her to bed. I am so sorry Princess."

"No need to apologize. She's, by far the tamest Drunkie I've seen at any party.

"I told her to watch how much she drinks," Fluttershy said placing her cup down.

"Yeah, honestly you think-Wait, How much did you drink Fluttershy?" Twilight asked.

"Around 7-8 Glasses. This stuff 'no offense' Is kind of weak. It takes something a lot stronger to get me there; She said pointing to Rainbow getting carried over AJ's shoulder.

Celestia's mouth was agape at what she just heard.

"Well, at least when you drink you get confident and speak up more. Whenever I do, I find myself repulsive and disturbing to look at." Rarity said pushing her glass away.

She continued her surprisingly small rant while the remaining girls and Celestia chucked at her over-dramatic talking, while Spike sat there in annoyance that Rarity was talking about herself in such a dishonoring way.

He siped at his Apple cider.

"I don't think I'll ever find my "Prince Charming." Rarity looked at her now nearly empty glass. "I'm...I'm just a dumb mare who lives in a fantasy world. I guess even Cadance can't help me in the love department. I'm-I'm hopeless." She whimpered.

"NO YOUR NOT!" Spike Shouted finally having enough of her be-little herself

All eyes focused on spike who grew a small blush, with Celestia chuckling at the sudden outburst. Quickly gathering himself, he faced rarity.

"Rarity... you're an amazing person, and I'm not saying that just because you're the Element of Generosity, I truly do mean that." Spike now standing up walked towards rarity. With a sudden boost of confidence, he locked eyes with her.

"And, if it's any help Rarity, I find you to be one of the most beautiful mares in Equestria. You are smart, passionate, creative, and lovable. I'm not the only one who thinks so. Any pony or griffin or anything with a pulse for that matter should realize that as soon as they see you. In short, anyone who doesn't value you like the lady you are is a damn fool."

All eyes focused on rarity after hearing what can only be recognized as a heartfelt confession.
"Oh, Spikey thank you for saying such nice things. I think I needed to hear that. You truly are a good friend."

Those words echoed into his head and stabbed themselves into spike many times. You think that after hearing them so much, he would go numb, but they still hurt. He wore a fake smile at her.

"Yeah, a good friend,-one who needs some sleep. See you guys in the morning," he said, walking off.

Celestia seeing right through his poker face felt saddened for her son. Then an idea came into mind, but she waited until spike was out of the room to do so.

"Well, I think we should all turn in for the night. But, Rarity could I have a small word with you first pls. And Twilight, We need to speak later as well. I would love to hear how your lessons are going.

"O'course Princess Celestia." They said in joyous unison.

As they proceeded into their rooms, Rarity and Celestia walked to the garden.

"Um, not that I'm questioning your judgment princess Celestia but, why are we here again? I thought you would have wanted to talk about a dress order or something?"

They approached the pond that she landed in earlier and Celestia crouched near it.

"I want you to take a look at this pond. What do you see?"

Feeling a little awkward standing over someone who's basically a god, she leaned down next to her and stared at the pond.

"Is there something specific I'm looking for? Wait, we didn't break anything when we landed right? " She asked.

"You didn't break anything. I just want you to look at the pond and tell me what you see. No riddle or deep meaning. After all, the pond is shallow." She stated.

"I see...the water, algae, some beautiful flowers floating on the surface and...the mud that ruined my hair."

"And that's all you see," Celestia asked.

"I'm afraid so Princess." She responded.

"I see a mare, who has worked hard for her entire life. Who take pride in their appearance and are willing to help anybody in need, solely because they believe it's the right thing to do. That's what I see."

Rarity looked at the water and saw her reflection. Now realizing the meaning of Celestia's words, Rarity began to tear up as she looked at the water. She wiped her eyes and looked at Celestia.

"Thank you, Princess. That was very kind of you." She said.

"I'm Not the one who said it. Well, at least not at first." Celestia replied.

"I-I don't follow." She said in confusion.

Celestia looked at rarity dumbfounded. She was thinking that the mare was either blind or forgetful cause of the wine to spikes earlier confession. fixing her expression she leaned towards rarity and hugged her catching the mare off guard. She spoke in a soft/gentle yet humbling voice.

"For far too long have you searched for the one who you can call your "Prince Charming". But......have you ever considered that they were also searching for you. That---maybe they were simply standing next to you. Have you ever considered that they-"

Rarity suddenly felt hot and pushed Celestia off of her, her face is as bright as the very sun She lifts.

"Look Princess Celestia, I'm truly flatter by what you said, but I'm not really into-" Celestia realizing her mistake, stopped rarity from speaking with her magic.

"My bad! That was somewhat my fault. (sigh) Look rarity, what I'm getting at is...Maybe the person you're after isn't someone you have to search for, but someone you have to stop searching for and simply take notice of. Who knows, Maybe they aren't even Pony. They could be a Yak, uh-a griffon, or even a dragon." she said.

Rarity's eyes briefly widened at that last statement.

"You need to take notice of the current people in your life in order to truly see, how much they mean to you." Celestia undid the binding around Rarity's lips.

"I-I see. Thank you, Princess." Rarity said as she stood up and bowed to Celestia.

As she walked back to her room rarity thought to herself.

(Maybe she's right. I've always ever thought about 3 things in my entire life. My career, the people close to me, and finding my Prince. It's time I stop searching for some nappy, pappy, "Prince Charming" and open my eyes to someone who actually notices me and doesn't care only for my looks and title. Who loves me-not the facade of the high-shelf lady I try to be but.)

Rarity thought back to what Celestia said.
(Maybe I should have noticed some dragon who loves me. He cares about me even for my faults."

Suddenly, she felt her heart racing and her blood rushing to her cheeks and ears. The mere thought of a certain dragon bearing a goofy smile being the one she yearned after made her feel dizzy. She mentally slapped herself.

"What's wrong with me!?! I Can't just suddenly fantasize about Spike like that."

"You can't what now?" A strange voice said in the dark.

Rarity spoke now a little scared "Who's there."

"Behind you." Rarity jump at the notion and turned around to find Twilight holding a stack of papers in her hands.

"How could you hear what I was thinking?" Rarity questioned.

"Well, you were thinking out loud. That's a start" Rarity backed off realizing that she basically shouted earlier.

"And, How much did you hear exactly?" She said sounding worried.

"Enough." She bluntly said.

"Enough as in?" She asked again nervously.

"Enough to know that you just fantasized about someone who I can basically call my little brother," Twilight said in a dead tone.

Rarity wanted to avoid talking for once and looked for a way out of this conversation.

"Look, why don't we talk about this in the morning. I KNOW that I can't just pretend that THIS, (she said making an air circle with her hand) didn't happen, but I also know that YOU can't keep Celestia waiting right now," saying that last statement with a little bit of sass.

Twilight entered panic mode realizing that Rarity is sadly right. She quickly agreed to talk tomorrow as she ran off to find Celestia and Rarity walked back to her room.

......Meanwhile, Back in Spike's room......

Spike stared at a picture of him and Rarity on his phone, weeping to himself. While he stared into space looking at the picture, Celestia made her way to spikes room.

(Knocking sounds)

"Who?" he asked.

"May I come in my son? " Celestia replied.

"Come in." He said clapping his hands, cutting on the lights in his room. Celestia opened the door and walked over to spikes bed.

"Shouldn't you be speaking to Twilight and Rarity?" He asked.

"I already did, I tried to rush a little with Twilight a bit, so I could speak with you though." She said.

"How are you? You didn't seem to be good at dinner." She asked.

"I'm fine. Just my pride and hope were injured." He said sarcastically.

"Why do you hurt yourself?"

He looked up at her confused.

"I can't bear the thought of my own son hurting himself." She stated.

"What are you on about? I'm not hurting myself." He said.

"Yes, you are! You continue to keep your feelings bottled up and compressed in your heart. Your real feeling. Those words at dinner only scratched the surface and I can tell. I know it's not my business to poke at your personal life but...the way you looked when she called you a-"

"Pls, mom. Stop talking." He said cutting her off. A moment of silence passed between them.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you. I just...don't want you to relive the past."

"I won't mother. I had you to talk to back then," he said.

"You didn't speak with twilight before me?" She said.

"No. None of the girls even know we were together. Not even Twilight. They can't find out. Especially Rarity." Spike said now trying his best not to cry.

Celestia placed a hand on her son staring at him.

"Your heart still calls out to her. Huh, my child."

He nodded, slightly blushing.

"Well, while I may not be Cadance, I can clearly see that you're following what your heart is telling you. She'll come around soon enough." She said letting go of his arm.

"How do you know?" He asked.

"As much as I would love to play the I'm a god and I know everything card, I'm really just like everyone else. I know loss and love. Laughter and sadness. Peace and war. But for you, my dear sweet child, Call it "mother's intuition". But, if and when Rarity finds out about the feelings you harbor, that is for you to determine how to show and express them."

Looking back at her, spike wiped his eyes and shared a tender hug for a few moments in silence, before Celestia spoke again.

"Are you planning to retire now?" Spike broke the hug and nodded no.

"Good. That means that you're ready to get your ass handed to you in "Ponygirls".

Spiked grin and got up from his bed.

"It's good to see that Auntie Luna's been giving you hopeful dreams mother."

He said looking back at her. He tossed a controller to her and they sat down and played the game, enjoying the night they have.