Equestria, a country inhabited by ponies. Two princesses ruled the land with kindness and were beloved by all of their subjects. Princess Celestia, the eldest of the two, raised the sun for the ponies to play and work for the daylight hours. Princess Luna, the youngest, raised the moon at the day's end to allow the ponies to slumber and rest for the oncoming day. Different cities populated the gentle land of Equestria, such as Manehattan, Fillydelphia, Canterlot. However, our story takes place in the tranquil village of Ponyville. It is a rather small compared to the other larger cities in Equestria's borders. The village borders on the edge of Everfree Forest, which is also home to a zebra by the name of Zecora. The village was started by a group of earth ponies, but its land is shared with the unicorns and the pegasuses.
One of the resident unicorns goes by the name of Rarity. She possessed a coat of hair that was as white as the fresh fallen snow after a blizzard. A small white horn protruded from her forehead and was not covered by her long purple mane that was curled at both ends. Her tail was of equal color and was curled as well. The cutie mark on her flank, which matched her special talent of discovering gems, was represented by three lozenge diamonds.
Rarity ran a boutique in Ponyville. She designed clothing, fixed tears, and other seamstress' work for the pony folk of Ponyville to the wealthy ponies of Canterlot. If one were to walk into her boutique, they would have to check out the door to make sure they were still in Ponyville. Her shop seemed to be a tribute to the shops of Canterlot. Different shades of purple adorned the interior and exterior of the building. The interior contained her studio on the first floor which supported the upper floor and the rest of the building with pillars that surrounded the room. Mannequins adorned different corners of the room, some displayed dresses and suits that were completed, some were in the works and others were bare. In the middle of the room was a circular stand surrounded by three mirrors. It was mainly used for when Rarity was sizing somepony up for measurements or for trying on her outfits she designed for herself or others.
The boutique contained two floors. The studio was on the first floor while her living quarters made up the bulk of the second floor. It contained her bedroom, bathroom, a kitchen and a guest room. Her bedroom was also her drawing board room, in which she designed her work. Fabric and discarded designs littered the floor of her room and around the desk where she worked. A blue aura surrounded her horn and pencil as she drew out her designs on the sheet of paper that was placed in front of her.
If one were to look upon this mess, in which she called 'organized chaos', they would assume she was too busy with her work to bother cleaning. This was only half true. The beautiful Rarity was too wrapped up in her work to clean up the 'organized chaos'; but only to fill an empty void in her life, one that should be filled by what most would call 'love'.
Rarity sighed as she stopped drawing for a second and looked over her work. Flipping her mane out of her face, she resumed looking over her artwork.
"It's missing something…" she muttered to herself. Rarity looked over the drawing a few times before she glanced up at the clock and did a double take to make sure she read the time right.
"Oh dear! I'm going to be late for my spa date with Fluttershy!" Rarity exclaimed, the blue aura around her horn vanished and the pencil fell to the table. With a whirl, she faced the direction of the door and charged at it. She stopped at the stairs and walked down them as if she weren't in any sort of hurry at all.
"I'm a lady. I shouldn't be running at all." She mumbled to herself as she reached the end of the stairs, trotting quickly to the door and opening it. Nose held high to the sky, she went to take a step outside when a nearby falcon let out a loud cry, making Rarity freeze in her tracks, which in turn, caused her to notice a rather large mud puddle that had appeared in front of her house. A shriek of disgust erupted from the mare's mouth.
"Mud? How revolting! This simply cannot do!" she complained. Letting out a frustrated sigh, she looked at the puddle. It was too large to find a way around it or to jump over it…without getting herself all dirty that is.
"Ooohh! I'm going to have to miss my spa appointment with Fluttershy!" Rarity complained once more, stamping her hoof down in frustration as she gazed at the mud puddle in a futile effort to find a way across without getting muddy.
Rarity was just about to give up when a voice spoke up.
"Need some help?"
Her eyes widened as she looked around, at eye level, for the source of the voice. It had sounded like that of a stallion.
"Up here!" the voice said once more.
Rarity looked up to the sky and saw a black Pegasus stallion hovering above the mud puddle. A long mane of red and black adorned his head while his tail mimicked the same coloring. His hooves matched the red portion of his mane and tail, while his cutie mark was that of a flaming lightning bolt and three white scars were on his belly. What stood out the most to Rarity were his eyes…they were a dark blue…sapphire-like to her. She was frozen in place, her azure eyes stared deeply into his. It was like discovering an entire cave full of gems and she felt her heart skip a beat.
The black Pegasus tilted his head and repeated his question. "Need some help?"
Rarity's trance was broken and she flipped her mane and blinked her eyes a couple of times.
"Why, yes, I do. You see, some pony made it rain in front of my house and they left this…rather large mud puddle that I cannot possibly get across without" she cleared her throat "getting my beautiful hooves all muddy." She stuck her nose up towards the sky at the very thought of it.
The black Pegasus chuckled a bit. "I can carry you across the puddle if you wish, ma'am." He lowered himself until he was eye level with her and he flew towards her and hovered there. Rarity could feel herself start to blush as her azure eyes met his sapphire ones once more.
"That would be delightful, darling!" she answered, flipping her mane once more.
The black Pegasus chuckled and floated behind her and placed his forelegs underneath hers, causing Rarity to blush a bit harder and utter an "Oh!" when the way the black Pegasus was positioned reminded her of something else.
"Ready?" he asked her and she nodded slowly.
The black Pegasus lifted up about 3 feet. Rarity looked down as he flew over the mud puddle and she could swear that she could feel his heart beat on her back. The ride was over quickly and she felt her hooves touch down on the grassy side on the opposite end of the puddle.
"I greatly appreciate this, darling." Rarity thanked him as he landed in front of her.
"It was no big deal and the least I could do right now…since I…was the pony who made it rain in front of your…home…"he nervously laughed and his ears flattened against his head.
Rarity stared at him for a second, not knowing how she should respond to this. Should she chastise him or not?
"Accidents happen, darling. Now…I don't mean to be rude…but I must get going. I have a previous engagement I need to attend to." Rarity said, she could feel the blush on her cheeks burn hotly as she brushed past him. Her nose turned to the air as she walked down the path to Ponyville.