Rarity gets captured by a gang of old enemies. Spike is of the first to discover that Rarity has gone missing, and has little time to save her from her captors. Due to the urgency of the matter, Spike quickly sets out on his quest to save Lady Rarity on his own, despite Twilight's plan at act as a group. Throughout his rough journey, Spike faces several struggles and humiliating failures.

This story is my take on the scenario established within the long discontinued story titled "Rescuing Rarity", written by the user "Crosis", linked below.

https://www.fimfiction.net/story/149230/rescuing-rarity

This story's cover art was illustrated by me (I am not an artist).

Spike takes on his greatest endeavor yet in winning the heart of his beloved Rarity. However, things inevitably don't go as he had planned. In the face of such personal and emotional hardship, both Spike and Rarity end up learning what a happy relationship truly is.

This story takes place after Twilight is crowned Princess of Equestria, and alludes to the events that occurred in the season 9 episode, "Dragon Dropped". This work has been influenced by the numerous different pieces of amazing Spike x Rarity content that I had the honor of witnessing.

More than ten years after Princess Twilight had been coronated as Princess Equestria, Rainbow Dash thinks of a scheme for a devious, late April Fool's Day, prank. Spike, while a lot older, larger, and wiser, will be the susceptible victim of Rainbow Dash's plan. Antics ensue once Rainbow Dash gets her other friends in on her scheme.

This story has been revised since it was first uploaded. Revisions have been made to fix grammatical mistakes, to adjust some of the character dialogue, and to include additional details. Otherwise, the plot and themes of the story have remained the same.