Rarity sat at her desk, her violet hair splayed across the surface. The slightest trace of sobbing was audible in the room.

She raised her head, her eyes red and her cheeks wet.

"Why...I helped the others avoid this...yet, why am I the one crying?" She said through her sobs. "Why, Sky Liner...why did you have to break my heart?" She asked no one, the silence being her reply.

***

"Oh...hi Rarity..." Pinkie said in a dead tone. Rarity had just entered the Sugarcube Corner, just after hearing Epee tell her about his confession.

"Hi dear, I need to tell you something."

"Mhm..." She replied.

The door opened as Twilight and Rainbow Dash entered the Sugarcube Corner.

"Hey Pinkie, how are you doi..." Twilight stopped as she saw Pinkie's dead look. "Is...everything alright?"

Rarity, seeing this convenience, took advantage of the situation.

"Girls, I need to tell you all something," She said, putting on a serious tone.

"Uh...ok?" Dash said, confused.

"We...all know that Fluttershy has a humongous crush on Epee, right?" Rarity asked to all of them. Dash and Twilight looked as if they had an idea what she was going to tell them, but Pinkie was oblivious.

"Yeah..." Pinkie sighed.

Rarity couldn't hold it in any longer. The secret was eating away at her. "Epee confessed his love to Fluttershy, and they're now a couple!" Rarity shouted.

Pinkie stared at Rarity in disbelief. "W...what? He...doesn't...love me?" She asked, her voice cracking. A sound, like a balloon deflating, filled the room. Pinkie's hair deflated, blasting out in all directions, and it fell down straight. A single tear broke ranks from its ducts, streaking down her cheek.

Rarity rushed forward and pulled Pinkie into a hug. Twilight and Dash just stared ahead, shocked.

"Pinkie, no!" Rarity yelled. "Don't say that...Epee...he loves all of us. He would want the best for all of us, he would do anything for us. He loves us all. But, his love for Fluttershy is...special. It's hard to describe, but it's more of an intimate love. But please, don't think that he doesn't love you, because he does." Rarity looked back at Dash and Twilight. "The same goes for you as well. He loves you all more than life. He would want the best for all of us. Do you understand?"

Twilight sighed. "Yeah...I'm glad he told Fluttershy how he felt, and that they're together, I'm just upset because..."

"Because it wasn't you?" Dash finished.

"Yeah..."

"Pinkie, look at me," Rarity said, bringing Pinkie's tearful face up. "Everyone has their one. And Epee's is Fluttershy. Soon enough, you'll find someone who will love you as much as you do them."

"R-really?" She hiccupped.

"Yes, dear..." She soothed.

Pinkie sniffed and pulled away from the hug. Her straight hair reflated, returning to its curly, poofy state.

"Thanks Rarity. I...guess I was being selfish," She said sheepishly.

"Nah, s'fine. We all felt that way," Dash reassured her.

"Yes, we all do..." Rarity said softly.

***

Rarity remembered the day before yesterday all too well. She had helped resolve her friends' love for Epee. Or at least, made them realize the truth. Yet, Rarity herself was feeling the most alone. No one to love her...Epee was in love with someone else...her heart was left crushed once more.

***

You were walking around town, headed to Rarity's Carousel Boutique. Fluttershy had asked you to stop by to ask Rarity to fix a tear in one of Fluttershy's sweaters after work while she went to shop for groceries. The memories of the prior night lingered in your mind. You had lost your virginity, and you could never felt worse. You had taken away the one thing in Fluttershy that made up her entire being. Her innocence. She was still shy and naive, and basically Fluttershy, but, she had just experienced sex. The innocence ruining action. You remembered what had led to the intercourse. During some kissing, hands traveled places, and one thing led to another, and then, the next thing you knew, you were making love. You had never meant to do it, but fate had another plan. Your love had not wavered at all after that night; if anything, it grew. The only thing that kept you sane was the fact that the action's purpose is to express intense love.

You would have continued to dwell on it, but your head slammed into the wall of a building. You yelped in pain as you rubbed your forehead. You weren't paying attention to where you were walking. Upon further inspection, you realized that it was Carousel Boutique. You regained your senses, and you knocked on the door.

Moments later, someone answered the door.

"Hi Rarity, I needed to...ask...you..." You slowed to a halt as you saw the state of Rarity. Her eyes were read, and her cheeks were wet, as if she had been crying.

"Rarity, are you alright?" You asked, concerned. Rarity rubbed her eyes quickly.

"Oh, yes, yes, I am fine..." She muttered.

"No, you're not," You protested. You walked in to inspect Rarity. "You've been crying. Why?"

Rarity said nothing for a long while, but then, she spoke.

"I love you, Epee." came the shocking words. "Oh please, don't act so surprised."

You took a few moments to calm down. I knew this was coming...I sound evil and moral-less, but I saw this coming. "I know I shouldn't be, but..."

"You have your love. All the others have resolved themselves, soon to find their love. But me? I sit here, crushed, just like when Sky Liner left me. All alone, always destined to end up heartbroken." Fresh tears surfaced and rolled down her cheeks. All you could do was stand there in disbelief and guilt.

"Rarity..." You started, seeing the need to choose your words carefully. "If it's something I did, I'm sorry. But, I can't lie to my feelings. Lying to others is easy, but lying to yourself is hard. I love Fluttershy, and I love all of you. I would do anything to keep you all safe."

Rarity nodded, tears still streaming down her cheeks.

"And, if you're upset about Sky Liner, let me say this. If he hadn't left you, where would we be now? We wouldn't be having this conversation right now. You would still be wrapped in his lies. He didn't love you, and he made that clear. He didn't lie and pretend to love you, he told you the truth. Now look at you. You just helped three girls resolve their love for someone they couldn't be with. You say you're destined to be heartbroken? Just because love didn't work out on a few occasions

doesn't mean that you're destined to be alone for the rest of your life."

Rarity was silent the entire time. She seemed to think over those words until she spoke.

"Why are you such a sweet talker..." She sighed. "No wonder you have us all swooning over you."

"Uh...eheh...I, uh, guess?" You stammered, unsure of what to say.

Rarity took a deep breath. "Thank you, Epee. That meant a lot. Now, what was it you wanted?" She asked as she wiped her eyes.

"Uh...Oh, yeah," You said under your breath. You pulled a sweater out of a bag and presented it to Rarity.

"There was a tear in the side when Fluttershy found it, and she was wondering if you could fix it."

"Oh, yes of course, this'll only take a second!" Rarity chirped as she levitated the sweater with her magic. She flattened out the sweater in midair, and she focused her magic. In a matter of seconds, the rip closed, the seam repairing itself, the threads loosening, then tightening again to recreate the bond.

"All set," She said as she handed you back the sweater. "Now, go back to Fluttershy." She instructed, pushing you out the door. "If I keep you here any longer, I just might not let you go," She teased. You chuckled assuming, and desparatly hoping, that it was a joke.

The worries that plagued you days before seemed to cease, all your fears about Broad and Marvalia out of your head