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Brush your Rarity. Clean your Rarity. Celebrate your Rarity. It's Rarity day.
Go read Rarity fanfics below. Thanks to Whisper Key for digging them up! For older fanfics, go here.
Slice of Life
The Morning After by JWR [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
After a wild bender with her friends, Sweetie Belle learns the downside of consuming alcohol the hard way.
Fortunately, Rarity is there to help her recover and offer her sister advice.
Both characters are adults as this takes place some time between "The End of the End" and "The Last Problem."
The Sister Sidestep: Apple Bloom by Impossible Numbers [10k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Apple Bloom never thought of herself as a "s'phisticated" pony. She lives on a farm, she eats what's put in front of her, she follows the advice of her kin without question or doubt. That's all there is to it.
Rarity, on the other hoof, is so "s'phisticated" she can actually spell it. Probably too "s'phisticated" for her own good. The life of an artist - even one who actually makes money - is never a simple one.
But truth, like life, is like the gleam off a sun-caught apple. Turn it around, and though it was once dull and uninteresting, the flash of light may well catch your eye in a way that sparks something new and exciting. As if you'd found your cutie mark all over again. A life-changing moment of pure inspiration.
Maybe these two socially sensitive ponies have more in common than they'd ever thought possible...
Hearth's Warming on a Stranded Train by SockPuppet [2k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
After a Friendship Map mission runs long, Rarity and Twilight find themselves stranded on a train in a blizzard far from their homes and families.
Something to be Weathered by Carabas [2k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Try as she might, the weather's just not Rarity's medium.
Set during the events of Magical Mystery Cure.
Comedy
Crime Of Fashion by Estee [8k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Oh, autumn. The season which has the Weather Bureau arrange for the temperature to fall below freezing overnight, followed by what almost seems to be random shifts of wind and climate during the day until you reach the point of perfect comfort -- which lasts for about three seconds. It's the sort of weather which a mare of dignity and taste can't possibly dress for without dragging a complete wardrobe behind her in a cart, along with optional changing booth. And Rarity's just a little fed up with this. Really, the eye twitches are hardly noticeable. And what's her solution?
Adjust the official schedule. After breaking into Rainbow's office.
Well, of course Twilight will help! What are friends for?
The Head by Estee [20k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
The presentation of a creation can be just as important as the creation itself. It's not enough for Rarity to just make dresses: the lighting in the Boutique has to be suitable for display, nothing can clash, and the fabric drape across the wooden 'ponikin' dressmaker forms must be perfect. But sales equipment does wear out and with the secondary school's Fall Formal coming up, ordering a new set of that last item seemed to be appropriate. Except that one of the new ponikins is very much unlike the others.
Well... she might as well put it to use until the exchange piece comes in. It doesn't work well with the rest of -- everything -- but it's all she has. And really, how much harm could it do?
Rarity was born and raised in Ponyville. You'd think that at some point, she'd remember she lives there.
Sad/Dark
Diamond in the Rough by Lucky Seven [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
It's been thirty years to the day since their wedding, and Rarity pays a somber visit to the love of her life.
The Cat Is Dead. by shortskirtsandexplosions [4k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Rarity enjoys a burgeoning fashion career.
And How Would It Be With Our Souls? by QS [24k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Confined to a hospice bed, Fluttershy has very little to do except remember. Prompted by a poster from more than fifty years ago, she begins reminiscing about Rarity, and the circumstances that led to her romantic feelings for the unicorn being never reciprocated the way she would have wanted them to be. Her remembrances slowly lead her to confrontation with a question that has lingered in her head since Rarity died--what becomes of a pony after death?
The City Must Survive by The 24th Pegasus [8k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Beneath the blistering blizzard and the freezing frost that swallowed the world, a group of ponies cling desperately to existence. They are the last of ponykind, and the future of their species, if one even remains, rests solely on their shoulders. Hidden in a crater from the worst of the wind, Rarity and the other ponies who managed to find shelter struggle to eke out an existence in a life governed by one rule, and one rule only:
The City Must Survive.
The Wrong Mare by Eltirions [2k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
In the halls of the Crystal Palace, Rarity has a dinner and a conversation with her young ward about several things. It ends up changing a lot of things between them.
Nothing to Forgive by Monochromatic [2k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
No matter what it may seem, or what is presented, or what you may read, please know this is a happy story.
Rarity hopes you'll remember that.
She'll try to remember, too.
Shipping
Mare-Go-Round by Baal Bunny [7k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Somepony in a Mare-Do-Well suit has taken to visiting Rarity's bedroom at night. Rarity loves every moment of it, but despite her paramour asking her not to investigate, she just can't help wondering...
A Complete Lack of Jealousy From All Involved by MrNumbers [9k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
It's an interesting situation - it's not every day that you get to see the outcome of the road not taken, what might have been. As the married Applejack and Rainbow Dash talk to the dating Applejack and Rarity, they get a bit competitive over who made the better choice.
The other Rainbow Dash and Rarity think it was obviously them.
Interdisciplinary Collaboration by Undome Tinwe [2k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
On the eve of an industry-defining speech, Twilight Sparkle has a question to ask Rarity.
Liar, Liar, Apples on Fire by Monochromatic [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Rarity isn't mad, she swears, just very confused. Did Applejack actually break into her house? And for some inane, frankly incomprehensible reason?
Purely Fantastical by AFanaticRabbit [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
One lazy night, not unlike many others, Rarity reads and comes to a stark realisation.
Never The Right Time by Undome Tinwe [7k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Rarity and Sunset Shimmer love each other. Really, they do. It's just not a good time for them to be in a relationship right now.
Simple Dreams by BlazzingInferno [11k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Just being a friend is simple and safe, according Spike. He’s not cut out to be anything more than that: he isn’t the dashing hero that an amazing pony like Rarity expects and deserves. When a random act seemingly breaks their friendship, and when he’s given a chance to relive that moment in hopes of finding a way to fix it, he’ll discover just how complicated, and also how simple, his and Rarity’s relationship is.
What Was, What Is, and What Will Be by Cynewulf [14k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Rarity returns home at a strange and disjointed time in her life, hot off the heels of a divorce and the crumbling of her once carefully plotted (and carefully conventional) life path. It's an ideal time to reconnect with Twilight Sparkle, the woman who was, and is, and maybe will be the most important person in her life.
Drama
And the Caterpillars Had Their Season by Heavy Mole [81k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Rarity has lived in Manehattan for several years. She has started pulling her hair from stress and comes out to Ponyville for her own wellbeing and to support Sweetie Belle in a touring adolescent theater group. Sweetie Belle, whose mental health has deteriorated since her sister's departure, eagerly anticipates the premiere of her company's experimental performance with Rarity in the audience--but a series of missteps reveals that the sisters have begun to grow apart.
Late Night Woes by Wrangle Wolfe [4k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
It's late night at the Carousel Boutique, and though Rainbow Dash isn't fond of matters of the heart, she's exactly what Rarity needs; somepony who will just speak her mind and be there for her, lifting her up in the process. After all, messy breakups are the worst to heal through.
Physician, Heal Thyself by Pascoite [1k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Applejack has a rather troubling question for Rarity. But Rarity refuses to answer until she understands the reason for it.
Sweet and Proper by Undome Tinwe [2k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Rarity imparts on Rainbow Dash the most important lesson of Nightmare Moon's rule.
The Construct by Caligari87 [6k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
For months now, Twilight Sparkle has been working on an esoteric magical construct. Out of ideas, she asks Rarity for help testing it, but the consequences of tampering with new magic changes more than just their own lives.
Scifi
In the Latent Space by AltruistArtist [4k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Through scientific invention, Twilight shielded her eyes from witnessing the inevitable deaths of her friends.
And her wife.
It worked.
For a while.
In the latent space, Twilight searches for an image of Rarity she can still see.
The Architect's Wings by mushroompone [25k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Rarity leaves a career in fashion behind to learn about designing new planets as ponykind spreads to the stars.
Adventure
Platinum Moonlight on Snow by Pascoite [11k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
Rarity never thought she’d be asked to reprise her role as Princess Platinum, especially not this way, and especially not involving her sister as well. But she understands the importance to Equestria and Unicornia.
Even if it might mean that she can’t be Rarity ever again.
Soldier of the Moon by Zontan [7k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
In the dreary city of Canterlot, all that remains of a once-mighty Equestria, Rarity is restless. She's a skilled machinist, owner of her own repair shop, but the work is dull and lifeless. She longs to feel like she's important, like she's making a difference, like she could be somepony.
And with the griffon army continually threatening Equestria's security, there's no better way to contribute than to join the Royal Canterlot Army. They're always on the lookout for skilled engineers, and with her talent, it's not like they'd make her actually fight anypony... right?
Piece by Piece by Eltirions [100k words]
https://www.fimfiction.net/
The world is aflame and broken. In the Crystal Empire, Rarity tries to ensure her part of the world is less broken than the world outside it, starting with finally taking proper care of the little filly that's supposed to rule it one day. But between the Empress Nightmare Moon's plans for Equus, the damage of Sombra's short but brutal second reign, the danger of the Changeling Hegemony on the western border, and her own personal problems, it's going to be a lot of things, but not easy.
