My Little Pony Friendship is Magic: Sweet and Elite

A/N: Hey, everyone, I am back and I am over the worst of my cold. Good news, is that the fires - yes, there's actually two fires on Mt. Nebo, are finally being contained, and there is less smoke around here. Any hoo, time for another MLP adventure!

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Disclaimer: I don't own anything from My Little Pony: Magic is Friendship. I just own any and all characters that I just happen create.

CHAPTER ONE: VISITING CANTERLOT

It was another lovely day and Rarity was barely able to contain her excitement of spending the week in Canterlot, especially since she was staying in a room at the palace, and Princess Celestia was personally escorting her to a suite at the top of one of the towers.

"Here?" Rarity asked with amazement when they entered the spacious room. "I get to stay here?"

"Twilight Sparkle and Sunrise Blossom both said you were coming to Canterlot for a visit, and asked if I might accommodate you," Princess Celestia confirmed while Opalescence settled on the bed and began purring.

Rarity turned to the Princess, touched by the generosity and the splendor. "Thank you so much, Princess," she said gratefully.

Princess Celestia smiled. "You're very welcome."

"No, really," the grey unicorn insisted. "This is so nice of you."

"It's nothing, really," Princess Celestia assured her.

"Oh, but it isn't nothing, it's everything!" Rarity insisted. "I, I just don't know what to say but thank you, thank you!" And she began kissing the Princess' hooves. "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you, thank you, thank you!"

Princess Celestia was beginning to feel awkward and was relieved when the grey unicorn finally stopped kissing her hooves. "You are very we-" she began.

"Thank you!"

Just then, the Bags Valet arrived, panting from having to carry the large pile of luggage up the stairs. "Your luggage, mademoiselle?"

Grateful for the interruption, Princess Celestia left. "I'll leave you to get settled."

"Your highness," the Bags Valet gasped while entering the room.

"Enjoy your stay," Princess Celestia added before descending the stairs.

Rarity ran outside. "Thank you!" she called out before going back into the room to get settled.

"Where would you like me to put these?" the Bags Valet asked, straining under the weight, and then his legs gave out so he got buried.

Rarity watched as one of her hat boxes rolled up and landed near her hooves. "That's perfect," she informed him and he groaned.

After getting settled in, Rarity put on one of her latest hat creations and went out to explore the city. Before long, she and Opalescence were seated at a table, and they were having tea. Well, the grey unicorn was having tea while her cat was having a bowl of milk.

"Opal, do you know what I love about Canterlot?" Rarity asked while sipping her tea and Opalescence lap up her milk. "Ahh. Everything! I may have been born in Ponyville, but I am a Canterlot pony at heart." She sipped her tea again. "Now, I know that we are here to pick up some fabrics for the shop, but Twilight and Sunrise were both such dears to get me that suite at the castle, I simply must make them something to express my gratitude." She looked around at the ponies walking past, most with their noses in the air, and she saw an elegant light purple gown with stars on the cape. "Hmm… ooh! Outfits for their birthday party this weekend! Perfect! Don't you just love it here, Opalescence?"

The grey unicorn was siping her tea again when two ponies walked up and she paused, quickly wiping cream off her upper lip.

"Please excuse our interruption," said Jet Set in an aloof tone. "I'm Jet Set, and this is my wife Upper Crust. We saw you from across the cafe and just had to find out…"

"…Where did you get that simply marvelous chapeau?" Upper Crust asked, interrupting her husband and nodded to the pink sunhat.

"Oh, this old thing?" Rarity asked, gesturing to her sunhat. "Oh, it's just something I-"

"Rarity!" a voice exclaimed and they looked up to see a yellow gangly pony trying to wash one of the café's windows when the rope to his harness broke and he crashed to the ground. "Hey, Rarity!" he said cheerfully, getting up and hugged her, much to the horror of the grey unicorn. "Whoo! It's me, Hayseed Turnip Truck! We met at the big hoedown in Ponyville last month?"

Rarity's face went power ranger red, recalling seeing him. "Oh, yes, of course… how are you?" she asked politely.

"Good! Real good!" Hayseed Turnip Truck replied proudly.

Jet Set and Upper Crust eyed them both with identical disapproving looks that hinted that they considered Ponyville to be hick town. "Hmm…"

"You're from… Ponyville?" Jet Set asked, his voice dripping with disapproval.

"Well, yeah, yes, but-" the grey unicorn began, trying to save face.

"She sure is!" Hayseed Turnip Truck interrupted with a big grin. "She's a real big-time fancy pants dressmaker there! Probably made that real purty thing she's got on her head!" And he noogied the hat.

Upper Crust's expression was full of disgust. "I thought it looked a little country."

"I told you it wasn't something you could get here in Canterlot, dear," Jet Set added and they both walked away with their noses up in the air. "Hmph!"

Hayseed Turnip Truck waved after them, still smiling and oblivious to what had happen. "Well, they seemed real nice."

Rarity, however, let out a disappointed sigh, and said goodbye to him before magically gathering up Opalescence, and left the café.

Returning to the suite, Rarity had shifted from disappointed to alright angry. ""Looked a little country"," she repeated, magically putting her hat on the bed. ""Not something you can get in Canterlot"." She magically set up two mannequins and put on her glasses while going to her desk to start sketching. "I'll show you something worthy of Canterlot!"

Funneling her anger into her work, the grey unicorn soon drew up two elegant dresses and headpieces that she knew would work perfectly for her twin friends, and they would be the perfect birthday presents, too.

Sometime later, Rarity had done her shopping and she was now running down the street and back toward the castle while magically carrying a large cache of bags filled with all kinds of fabric and other items, and she was panting. "I have to get started right away," she told Opalescence, who was in her carrier that was strapped to her owner's side. "This new design is very ambitious, and I've already written to Twilight and Sunrise to let them know they'll have something beyond fabulous to wear to their party." She then crashed into a couple, and she gasped, recognizing the male unicorn stallion after his wife removed the bag from his head. "Fancy Pants!"

"I say, that's one way to make an introduction," Fancy Pants commented while magically retrieving his monocle.

"Oh, goodness, I am so sorry," Rarity apologized, quickly retrieving her purchases. "I didn't see you there. I've just got so many bags and I was trying to get back to my suite at the castle and-"

"You're staying at the castle?" Fancy Pants inquired and even his wife, Fleur de Lis, looked interested.

The grey unicorn nodded. "Wh– The Princess invited me to stay in one of the suites."

Now Fancy Pants was really interested. "You know the Princess?" he questioned, and Rarity nodded, flushing a little.

"Hmm, a pony with expensive tastes, I see," Fleur de Lis complimented, magically handing over a bag full of colorful feathers.

"Oh, it's for an ensemble I'm making for my friends," Rarity explained. "Their birthdays are in a few days. Again, I am really sorry I bumped into you," she repeated while stuffing her cat into one of the bags since she couldn't find the carrier.

"I'm not!" Fancy Pants declared and the grey unicorn looked at him questioningly. "Heheh, you are obviously somepony worth bumping into! Listen, I have a VIP box reserved at the Wonderbolts Derby this afternoon. Would you, would you be so kind as to join me and a few of my companions there?" he offered.

Rarity blinked, taken aback by the invitation. "Me?"

Fancy Pants nodded. "But of course, my dear."

"Well, I'm, uh, ah- no- sure," the grey unicorn stammered, surprised that she was getting such a wonderful offer, and it was something that would make Rainbow Dash jealous since it involved the Wonderbolts.

"We'd love to see you there, uh…?" Fancy Pants trailed off, since he didn't know her name.

"Rarity," Rarity repeated.

Fancy Pants beamed. "Rarity." He and his wife then left, while the grey unicorn stared after them and Opalescence poked her head out of the bag.

'An invite from Fancy Pants himself!' Rarity thought, a dazed expression on her face as she resumed heading back to the castle, but she wasn't rushing like before.

A/N: Well, things are getting interesting for Rarity, and she has some choices to make. R&R everyone!