"Spiiiike, there you are you little rascal! I've been looking all over for you!"

"Twilight stop! Don't you dare! For the last time, just because it’s green doesn’t mean it’s Spike!" Rarity yelled out, pulling on Twilight with all her might, but to no avail as Twilight Sparkle, one of the leading heads of the country, managed to break free from Rarity and dive headfirst into a nearby bush for the fourth time that evening while laughing like a maniac.

“Oh my, I hope no one saw that.” said a white unicorn, who sounded like she was on her last nerve. Twilight on the other hoof, was massaging the bush, the sticks poking her body not bothering her apparently.

"I love you so much little guy, *sniff* sooo much." she said, beginning to cry uncontrollably. Meanwhile, Rarity was growing more frustrated by the second, and began to voice just how much she wasn't fond of the current situation before attempting to free the alicorn.

"No Rarity, that's your 9th glass of wine. No Rainbow Dash, you've had enough hard ciders for ten ponies. Pinkie, stop with the shots before you hurt yourself, or the buildings." Rarity mocked aloud. "All of those night's spent lecturing us on the dangers of drinking, then you go out and do something like this." she added, straining herself trying to get a grip on Twilight, who was not helping with how much she was thrashing around.

Every now and then she would use her magic to help hold Twilight still, but she was far too exhausted to actually pick her up and carry her with it. Carrying her on her back was out of the question, unless she wanted a misaligned spine or something from Twilight’s constant wriggling.

After managing to pull her head out of the bush, as well as some twigs and leaves out of her hair, she leaned Twilights body on hers as they continued through a hopefully mostly sleeping town towards the castle. Twilight seemed to immediately stop the waterworks once she was freed from the bush's headlock.

"Oh hey Rarity, you beautiful, handsome thing you." Twilight giggled, as Rarity rolled her eyes in annoyance.

Rarity thanked Celestia that it was so late actually. She wasn’t too keen on reading a newspaper article dedicated to Twilight’s drunken waltz through the town, not to mention her “Rainbow Dash encouraged” shenanigans at the party.

“Honestly Twilight, you of all ponies giving into peer pressure like that, and letting Rainbow Dash of all ponies be the reason!” Rarity said, looking over to give her a disapproving stare. "I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes."

Meanwhile, Twilight was humming a song that Rarity didn’t really care to listen to, as she was more interested in getting whatever brain cells were left in Twilight’s head to focus and pay attention to her.

“Not to mention just how much you drank. Pinkie’s drinks are not to be taken lightly, and I was positively sure you knew that, especially after the... runaway railcar incident.” she said, followed by a slight shudder. “I’ll never understand what Ms. Pie was thinking that day.” she finished, as Twilight, who’s head was somewhat held low, suddenly threw her cranium upwards, almost hitting Rarity square in the chin, causing her yelp slightly.

“But, but Rarity, she said I was a stick in the mud, and that I didn’t know how to have fun. I sure showed her, that I did Rari-Rati-Ratity. I showed her a two or thing. Take that Rainbow Dash!” she yelled, pointing at nothing in front of her. “And you’re not a bigger Durring Doe fan than me! I’m the biggest Do….Dooo…..”

Twilight kept trying to somewhat repeat the words that she had just spoke less than 3 seconds ago, as Rarity rolled her eyes in annoyance and decided to help the poor thing.

“Daring Do darling.”

“That’s right! I’m the biggest Do Do Daring fan, to ever live!” she exclaimed to the heavens.

Rarity was going to forgive Twilight for calling her “Ratity” earlier, since she was so drunk that she couldn’t trot more than three steps on her own without falling over. She let that thought fade away as she let out a groan.

“Yeah, you sure showed her how to pour a whole bottle on the ground while thinking it was going in your mouth. I swear on my reputation as a fashion designer, Rainbow is no longer allowed within 30 feet of you when she’s drunk herself.”

“But, Rarity, it was sho good.” Twilight slurred. “Like, really good, and you had some too, and you liked it, you liiiiiked it. I know you did, and you know you did do it did you.” Twilight drunkenly said while putting her hoof on Rarity’s chest, which Rarity quickly pushed back towards the ground. Twilight needed all her limbs just to keep from falling face first.

“Twilight, please keep your words short darling. My head hurts too much to try and decipher that enigma of a sentence you just spoke. As for the drinking, I just had one glass Twilight, because that’s how much of that stuff a normal pony can handle, and you drank seven bottles of it. Seven! That would have been enough alcohol to turn Discord into the lord of order or something. What were you thinking?" she questioned, but Twilight was nowhere to be find. Mentally of course.

"First, I have a question for you Rwaruty." Twilight slurred. Twilight had one more time to butcher her beautiful name before Rarity hit her.

"What?" she sighed annoyingly.

“What’s a Discord?” Twilight asked. Rarity deadpanned for a second while continuing to walk.

“I’m surprised you’re not dead, alicorn or not.”

“Huh....but Rarity...” Twilight put her hoof out in front of her face before using it to repeatedly touch her cheek and chest. “I’m not dead. Could a dead pony do this?" Twilight asked before poking Rarity in the eye.

"Ow! Twilight, what is the matter with you?" Rarity would normally not be so irritated to help a friend home, but goodness gracious her if Twilight wasn't making this journey as difficult as possible. She's never seen someone so wasted, nor has she ever been this wasted her herself. Twilight already had low alcohol tolerance, so this shouldn't have been too much of a surprise.

"Hey! Don't you yell at me! You said I was dead, and I had to prove you right! I-I mean wrong!"

“No, I said you’re-ugh, forget it.” she started, but realized it was fruitless arguing with Twilight in her current state. “You’re going to wish you were dead in the morning with how much you’ve had to drink.” she said to herself, once again putting Twilights hoof down.

“I was drinking?” Twilight asked, causing Rarity to roll her eyes. "Ooooooooh wait, I remember now. What kind of drink was it? Whatever it was, it was really really good Rarity, and I want more, I neeedeed moooore I need iiiiiiit pleeease.”

“More of that biohazard is the last thing you need.” said Rarity.

“Do you have some more on you?” Twilight asked in a slightly high-pitched voice, as she began touching Rarity all over, and then eventually touching her-

“T-Twilight, stop that!” the flustered unicorn yelled, a blush on her face spreading as she slapped Twilights hoof away, nearly tumbling to the ground while doing so. “Friends don't touch each other like that, my word!” she yelled, making Twilight laugh.

“Whoops, I guess you caught me!” Twilight admitted while laughing loudly once more. Rarity groaned once again while her blush remained as she thought back on what led to their current situation.

Twilight tends to settle for a single glass of wine, or something else minor, even on special and grand occasions given her low tolerance to alcohol, so hearing that Twilight was on her seventh bottle of something that could knock out a hundred yaks? First off, alicorn tolerance was on a whole other level. Secondly, what in the world would make her do such a thing? Her actions tonight were beyond out of character, drunk or not. As Rarity was talking to herself, Twilight was fruitlessly trying to blow her bangs away from her forehead, only to have the thin strands of her mane fall back in front of her, making her pout in dissatisfaction. Then she gasped suddenly.

"RARITY!" Twilight yelled, making Rarity jump in terror.

"W-WHAT?!" she asked, as if in fear for her life.

"......What was I drinking?" she almost whispered, threatening a vein to pop up on Rarity's forehead.

"Twilight, don't you dare scream like that again, I almost had a heart attack!" she scolded Twilight as her heartrate slowed back down. " As for what you were drinking, I don't know if it had a name. All I know is that she presents it to you while asking, "Wanna have a real good time?"

“Did I have a good time?” she asked.

"You tell me Twilight! You ripped the chandelier off the ceiling and slammed it into the ground!"

“Woah, I never drink thaaat much. I really messed up huh, hahahaha!”

“Then you teleported all of the alcohol from behind the counter for the other patrons to take, just because the bartender refused to serve you another drink, which he every right to do by the way, so saying you "messed up" might be a little bit of an understatement. Luckily for you, I tempered his rage by taking responsibility and agreeing to compensate him for all the damage you caused."

“What?! He was upset over that?”

“Yes Twilight, I’m afraid he was.” she said with an exasperated sigh. “You cleaned out his entire bar in seconds without paying.”

“Well let's go back then! I’ll pay him back alright. He'll never forget what I have in store for him.” said Twilight, with a slight chuckle, causing Rarity to raise a suspicious eyebrow.

“And what pray tell, do you mean by that Twilight?” she asked, but would soon regret asking that question.

“Well, I was just gonna take him around back and-” Rarity had a good idea of what was about to come out of Twilight’s mouth and hastily cut her off.

“You most certainly will not, Twilight Sparkle!" Rarity yelled.

"What? You didn't let me finish! I was just gonna repay him with s-"

"I know what you were going to say Twilight! Have you lost your mi-” Rarity yelled, but was cut off by Twilights laughter.

“Oh...right." she sighed defeatedly. "I’m starting to think pushing you to read more romance novels was a bad idea.” she said.

She groaned again and would have rubbed her temples as well if she wasn’t busy keeping Twilight from falling face first into the ground. Again. Alicorn or not, doing that over and over was likely to cause some sort of bruising.

“You're a mare of great talents dear. Don’t you know a spell that can get you sober, or something?” Rarity asked. Twilight put a hoof to her chin in deep thought, then raised it again, seemingly with a solution in mind.

“Oh yeah, I’m pretty sure I do. Let me just...” Twilight trailed off as she started charging her horn to a sizable glow that began to alarm Rarity.

“Um, Twilight, I don't think that much magic is needed for a -” Before she could finish her sentence, Twilight had fired a magic blast so wide and powerful that Rarity was almost positive that the citizens in Saddle Arabia could see it. Rarity was knocked to the ground and trembling while she watched the beam, that was thankfully aimed for the sky, dissipate. Once she got her bearings back, she scrambled over to cover Twilights horn while the town that was temporarily bathed in a ray of purple, returned to its earlier dark state.

“Okay, no more magic tonight for you.” Rarity said, shaking her hoof in slight pain at Twilights still hot horn.

“Wow, that was, gnarly Rarity." Twilight uttered. Dear Celestia, she was even starting to sound like Rainbow Dash. "Did you see that?” she said with a chuckle.

“Did I see you almost blow half the town away?! Yes Twilight, I was your number one supporter!" she sarcastically remarked. "Now get up, I'm getting you home.” said Rarity, leaning into a sitting Twilight and standing up as the alicorn thankfully followed her lead and stood up as well, using Rarity’s body for support. Maybe they could get away before someone saw where the blast came from.

“Home? Why home? Home is boring. Boring boring boring boring boring-” Twilight continued to repeat that word until an irritated Rarity cut her off.

“Because Twilight, I refuse to let you become the laughingstock of the entire world, and I believe you’ve had enough fun for one night. I’m tired, and you’re not exactly the lightest pony in town you know.” said Rarity, earning a shocked gasp from Twilight.

“How dare you Rarity, are you calling me fat?!” Twilight asked, drawing out the millionth groan from the unicorn that night.

“No Twilight, I’m not calling you fat, but you are too heavy to be moving around like you are while I’m trying to get you home.”

“Well then! If that’s how you feel, then maybe I’ll just “try” to move myself somewhere else! Matter of fact, I’ve got two wings, and I’m gonna use these two bad girls!” Twilight said, flaring her wings.

“Twilight, please don-” Rarity began to plead, but it was too late. The alicorn quickly pushed herself off Rarity, despite the unicorn's best efforts to hold her still, and was soon airborne.

For about three seconds.

As much effort as she gave it, the poor mare just couldn’t get her wings to flap in tandem, and Rarity watched in horror as Twilight quickly went spiraling towards the ground. She would have fallen on her face for the seventh time that night had Rarity not caught her in her magic right before she hit the ground.

“Yeeaaah!! Hahahahaha! That was fun! You’re such a good catch Rarity! A really good catch actually. Come around here often hot stuff?” Twilight said, once again falling into a fit of giggles after attempting to wink, but it came out as her just blinking both eyes really hard. Meanwhile, Rarity was struggling to lower her without dropping her.

Her constant wriggling was too much for Rarity’s magic in her exhausted state, so she steadily...*thud*. Whoops, not so steadily set her down. Rarity gasped as she ran over to check on her.

“Oh my goodness, Twilight I’m so sorry dear! Are you okay?” she asked worriedly. She sort of knew that dropping Twilight from two feet wouldn’t really hurt her, but she still didn’t mean to do it, her magic just gave out from exhaustion. She became more worried when Twilight didn’t answer her. She fell with her body facing away from Rarity, so it was hard to tell if she was truly alright.

“Twilight?” Rarity called. She listened... and for a second, she could’ve sworn she heard Twilight snoring. She put her ear to Twilight’s face to confirm her suspicions when...

“Gotcha!”

With no time to react, Rarity was soon wrapped up in a giggling bundle of purple that refused to let go, no matter how much the unicorn tried to pry her off. Not that Twilight wasn’t a comfortable pony to cuddle with, Rarity just really didn’t think now was an appropriate time or place.

“Twilight, let go of me this instant!” Rarity yelled, trying to get Twilight off without hurting herself or her friend. Or rolling around on the ground too much. Growing up as a white haired unicorn who cared greatly for their appearance seemingly at all times, it felt like second nature to try and keep herself clean.

“Neveeer! Ahahahaha! You are now a prisoner within Twilights winged fortress of doom, from which there is no escape you fool!” she yelled as the two struggled in the middle of a quiet Ponyville.

“Twilight...that's.....enough!” she said during the struggle. “I said get off!” She had finally managed to squeeze her forelegs between her and Twilight and push her to the ground. Twilight fell on her back and continued to laugh without a care in the world. Meanwhile, Rarity was getting up and brushing herself free of some dirt, while staring at the drunken mess of purple before her.

The sight would have been somewhat adorable had Rarity not been so exhausted and annoyed. She was as ready to get home and sleep as much as she was to get Twilight behind closed doors before anyone else saw their princess acting like, well, someone who was as far away from sober as possible.

She gave a quick glance left and right to see if anyone could see them. When she determined the coast was clear, she turned her attention back to Twilight while sighing for the billionth time that night. Honestly, with all of the things that the townsfolk have seen them do over the years, being seen drunk didn't seem like too much of a big deal, but the night was still young, so Rarity wasn't going to wait around for Twilight to perform an even bigger spectacle.

“Twilight, I know you're having the time of your life right now, and you've probably never felt like this before, so I'm trying to be patient and understanding...somewhat, but we've spent far too long playing in the street. The ground is no place for a princess, or someone with white fur, so can you please help me help you get home?” Rarity pleaded, but Twilight was in a state of pure joy that would make Pinkie Pie jealous.

“As far as I’m concerned, this is my new home.” she said, sitting up and drawing her cutie mark into the dirt. Or what Rarity thought was her cutie mark based off what Twilight said next. It looked more like a circle with spikes protruding from it.

“I claim this land in the name of the one and only, Twilight Starkle!” she declared, throwing both hooves in the air and falling backwards onto the ground with a foreleg over her eyes and one on her stomach. She wished that death juice that Pinkie considered an acceptable beverage would have knocked out Twilight just long enough to drag her back home. Anything was better than this.

“Twilight Sparkle is your name, and you will stop rolling around on the ground, getting your coat filthy, and join me up here immediately!” she demanded, but Twilight ignored her, deciding that the ground was more enjoyable than her greatly peeved friend.

“Twilight Sparkle, get up this instant! she said, raising her voice slightly.

“You’re gonna have to make me!” Twilight said, sitting up and blowing a raspberry at Rarity.

In response to this, Rarity used her magic to pick Twilight up, turn her upright, then set her down quite forcefully on the ground, but knew it wasn’t hard enough to actually hurt her. She was quite upset enough to the point where she almost didn’t mind slamming her down harder. If anything, it would probably knock some of the drunkenness out of her. Twilight had lifted her hoof up and was holding it to her chest with a fake pout.

“Ow Rarity, that hurt. You’re so aggressive. I don’t mind being your toy, but you don’t have to be so rough with me.” she asked with a smirk.

“My t-?” Rarity couldn't even bring herself to repeat what Twilight had just said. “Twilight, stop talking like that and get a move on!”

“Fine.....but only if you kiss it?” Twilight asked, while moving her hoof toward Rarity.

“What? What?!"

“Kiss my hoof to make it feel better. You did hurt me after all.”

"Twilight, I didn't even hit your hoof! What are you-?" Rarity started but sighed in defeat once more, as she took a step towards Twilight and sat down. She just wanted this to be over with.

“Twilight, if I do this, will you please, please just let me get you home without any more tomfoolery?” she asked in an exasperated manner.

“Yes mom, no more “tomfoolery.” Twilight mocked while gesturing her hooves to signal quotation marks. "Geez, you talk like an old lady.” Twilight mocked, earning a stern gaze from the unicorn.

“This "old" lady is about to hit you if you don't...forget it, forget it.” Rarity responded, deciding to ignore that comment if it meant getting home faster.

Rarity began leaning in slowly towards Twilight’s hoof... until Twilight decided to pull Rarity into another forceful hug.

“Haha, I gotchu again!” Twilight yelled. "Two points for the house of Sparkle!"

While Rarity managed to get out of this one quite easily, it didn’t keep her from tumbling towards the ground once free.

Alright, trying to be a good friend and not yell at the top her lungs was becoming harder and harder with each passing second, and the situation was only getting worse. She was the element of generosity, not patience, although she had been pretty generous with her patience so far, considering how she hasn’t slapped Twilight for all of her suggestive remarks, or other actions.

“Twilight, get up this instant! I’m tired of asking!” she said standing back up, but the laughing Twilight seemed to ignore her, which made her even more angry.

“Will you... STOP acting like a child for ONE SECOND?!” she finally yelled, almost loud enough for the whole town to hear. Twilight had driven her to the point where she almost didn't care who saw them at this point. Twilight was no longer laughing and was now upright, staring at Rarity.

“You are starting to make me regret this entire night! I am trying to get you home before you cause more of an incident, and you are making that extremely difficult! I am tired, I am dehydrated, and dealing with you on top of all of that is too much for me right now! For the next few minutes, can you please, just-!”

Rarity had temporarily closed her eyes at some point during her rant, only opening them when she heard what sounded like sniffling.

When she looked back up, she was met with tears steadily cascading down the pitiful looking mare's face, staining her fur and the ground below her as she sat on her haunches while her wings were drooped, and her ears pressed themselves against her skull. Seeing this made Rarity almost immediately regret yelling at her. She was a sucker for a sad face, she couldn't help it. Everything she had felt before, almost immediately vanishing.

“Twilight?” she called out softly, wondering if she had raised her voice too much. The last thing she wanted to resort to was yelling at her friend, but Twilight wasn’t exactly leaving her a lot of options. It’s not like she knew any spells that could help the situation. "Are you okay?" she asked, as if she didn't already know the answer to that.

“Are you....mad at me, Rarity?” Twilight asked, her voice shaking as she tried to somewhat contain herself long enough to hear Rarity’s answer.

Few things in life were more heartbreaking than a sad Twilight, especially when she cried, which she wasn't trying to make her do by the way. As relatively nice and peaceful Ponyville was to live in, reporters who didn't care about Twilight as much as they did a juicy story lived in almost every crevice of Equestrian society. There's no telling what kinds of headlines they would make from seeing Twilight in this state, regardless of what hour of the night it was. As if her actions at the party weren’t bad enough. Rarity sighed deeply before speaking again.

“Twilight...darling, listen to me, okay?" she asked in the politest tone she could manage. Twilight looked up and nodded softly, not wanting to upset the unicorn further. Seeing Rarity’s expression go from angry to sympathetic had helped Twilight compose herself a little, but her eyes remained wet as she continued to sniffle.

"I just want to get you home, without anymore incident, okay?" she asked, Twilight nodding softly again. "You're not exactly, eh, well right now, so we need you in a safe environment, and the middle of the street at night just isn't that place. You understand, don't you sweetheart?" she asked, Twilight nodding a third time before taking her turn to speak.

“I’m sorry Rarity, I didn’t mean make you so angry. I was having fun, s-so I thought you were too, but it's clur...clear that you weren't. I should’ve taken you seriously. I’m so sorry, please don’t hate me. Please, I’ll be a better friend.” she finished, the tears coming back in full force as she covered her face and began to weep.

“Twilight...” Rarity sighed tiredly. This was going be a long night, she thought to herself as she trotted over to Twilight and put a hoof to her cheek, while using the other hoof to wipe her tears away. Twilight looked up in response to the sudden contact.

Rarity knew better than to lose her cool like that. She knew that Twilight was just drunk, and she tried her best to remember that. Heck, she's been like this more than enough times to know what it’s like to be in her position, so she shouldn’t be too hard on her. She can barely handle her alcohol as it is, so she’s probably far more emotionally unstable than Rarity had ever been. Considering how many times the girls have put up with her drunken antics, it’s only fair that she get to deal with theirs in return honestly. Just because she’s a little, okay, maybe more than a little under the influence, didn't mean she should have screamed at her, even if it was the one thing that finally got her to take Rarity seriously.

“Please don’t cry Twilight.” she said in the most soothing voice she could muster. “I’m sorry I yelled at you. I’m just tired, and you’re not thinking clearly. I only wish to get us both in the safety of your abode so you can sleep this off.” Twilight’s tears began to cease falling as she stared back at Rarity while trying to contain her sniffles.

“Are you sure you don’t hate me? Are we still friends?” Twilight asked.

Hearing that question from Twilight, drunk or not, still hurt a part of her, while another part of her was slightly annoyed that she couldn’t help but feel bad for Twilight, but an intoxicated mess or not, Rarity didn’t want to just blatantly ignore Twilight’s feelings just because some alcohol had caused her to act out of character.

“No Twilight, I don't hate you, and you know that.” Rarity told her while caressing her cheek. "Look. I'm exhausted, and you're...far, far from sober. Once I get you home, you can do anything, but that can only happen once I get you home?” Rarity finished with a heartwarming and genuine smile that felt like it could melt the coldest of hearts. "Do you understand?"

For a few seconds, all Twilight could do was stare back at Rarity as she stroked the back of Twilight’s mane while still holding a hoof to her cheek. For Twilight in her current state, it was very pleasing, and borderline mesmerizing, to watch someone as beautiful as Rarity caress her slowly and softly, while saying sweet things in such a motherly way. Rarity was blessed in a sense when it came to her looks. Regardless of her unkempt appearance due to wrestling with Twilight earlier, she still managed to look better than most ponies out there.

She could still smell the faint traces of perfume that lingered from Rarity's slightly disheveled coat. It’s intoxicating scent danced around Twilight’s nostrils as a slight blush started to creep up her face. Her tears having completely stopped, she grabbed Rarity’s hoof in her own.

“O-okay. I understand Rarity. I can do that.” she said with one last sniffle.

“Wonderful dear.” Rarity said, giving her a genuine smile. She was glad that Twilight was finally listening to reason, but mostly glad that she had stopped crying. Her heart couldn’t have taken much more of it honestly. Using the hoof that Twilight was still holding, she started to pull her up.

“Easy dear, just ease onto me.” Rarity said, slowly letting Twilight lean her body on hers and beginning to walk again.

“But Rarity, you said I was heavy.” said Twilight, a bit of solemness lingering in her tone. She wasn't too surprised that Twilight remembered that bit of dialogue. Rartiy knew she would be mortified to hear such a thing, but her anger kept her from taking into consideration how much that may have hurt Twilight's feelings.

“Oh, you’re not that heavy darling. I was just, a little distressed when I said that. I didn't mean it, honest." she tried to assure her, but Twilight was not buying it.

“Liar. You did mean it. I heard you clear as day, er, night I think.” Twilight said with a pout and glancing at the sky, making Rarity chuckle a bit.

“Well, it is indeed nighttime, and heavy or not, I’m a strong girl Twilight, and a strong girl like me is more than capable of helping one beautiful princess back to her castle.” Rarity said in an attempt to make her smile.

Twilight had planned to pout some more, but Rarity’s attempt was successful, as Twilight couldn’t hold in her giggle at Rarity’s remark for long.

“You called me beautiful.” she said, more giggles threatening to come rushing forth. Rarity continued, seeing how giggly that made Twilight.

“That’s right Twilight, I sure did. You’re my beautiful little princess, yes you are.” she said with a smirk. That being the last straw, Twilight erupted into another fit of giggles as a blush started to lightly coat her cheeks, and Rarity couldn’t help but smile at this. Rarity surprised herself a little by how much she was enjoying the new situation. Now that she wasn’t fighting Rarity every step of the way, she was quite adorable to watch.

She had seen Twilight drunk in the past, but not to the point where she couldn’t even walk straight without help. She still behaved like normal old Twilight, with the only difference being that she slurred a word or two. Rarity usually had the role of the drunk friend covered.

Seeing the familiar glow of the castle after walking a bit more caused her thoughts to cease, as she stopped to rest for a moment while exhaling heavily.

“Finally. We're close to putting this whole night behind us Twilight." Rarity stated while looking down to Twilight, but was met with the sight of Twilight steadily chewing on Rarity's mane. Normally, Rarity would be mortified to see someone doing such a thing to something she took such good care of, but she just didn’t have the energy to care at the moment, so her only response was a soft sigh.

“Twilight, please stop chewing on my mane.” she said while calmly pulling Twilights head up, causing her to drop her mane from her mouth and look up at her.

“Rarity, you smell like apples though. That means you gotta taste like apples. And I like apples. Don’t you like apples too?” she asked, looking up to Rarity with the curious look of a child.

“So you were just going to eat me, is that it?” she asked. She did indeed smell like apples, courtesy of a special perfume that Apple Jack and Apple Bloom got her for her last birthday. With Applebloom being interested in potions, she dabbled in perfume making from time to time, and a great job she did, if Rarity had to give her honest opinion.

“Well, if you wanted me to.” Twilight casually replied, and Rarity wasn't exactly sure what Twilight meant by that.

"Oookay Twilight, let's go." she said, almost wanting to laugh at Twilight's odd response. “Come on, we’re almost there.”

Rarity exhaled before continuing to help the drunken mare down the path that led to her front door. There was a long silence between the two before Twilight broke it.

“Rarity?”

“Yes Twilight?”

“Are you related to Apple Jack?”

“Are you asking me that because I smell like apples?”

“What?! N-no!”

“Are you suuure?” Rarity asked with a grin.

“...Noo...” Twilight admitted, looking back downwards. Rarity snorted a bit as she tried to contain her laugh.

Rarity snorted after hearing that response, finding it somewhat adorable.

“Hey, what's so funny?” Twilight asked with a slight pout.

“Oh, oh nothing dear.” she responded as they approached the first step of the castle.

Author's Note

Any feedback, negative or positive, is greatly appreciated. I have to improve somehow.