A Lady's Mistake

by xXLadyErica99Xx

Rating: everyone
Tags: Spike, Rarity, Tragedy, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Dark, Sad, Romance
Length: 5882

Rarity notices her Spikey-Wikey's every move... His smile whenever he's around her, his mood lights up whenever he sees her. She knows what he feels towards her. But does she know how she feels towards him...?

At her boutique, a dragon was always there, assisting all he can. She sees how hard he tries. She notices these little things that the gentledrake does. Ear-to-ear smile whenever he's around or near her, his mood seems to light up whenever she looks at him. Over the years, they've become stronger, happening more often. These are all very clear to her and she knows how he feels about her. The only question is... Does she feel the same?

© My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic belongs to Lauren Faust, as well as Hasbro.

Published 2013-05-21 07:50:02 UTC
Last updated 2013-11-23 01:29:13 UTC

A visit is all she needs

As she prepares for a certain dragon to arrive at her boutique, she tries to fix the saddlebags filled with a variety of gems stones as they were overflowing with the large amount. Charging up her horn, a few gems that fell out of the bags floated their way back into the them. Suddenly, someone rang her doorbell. She rushed downstairs, preparing to turn the knob with her magic, only to remember the reason why he was visiting. Running back upstairs, she quickly gathered what she came to take and galloped back downstairs and finally answered the door.

"Hi, Rarity!" Getting greeted by a teenage dragon, she smiles at his presence.
"Good evening, darling! I suppose you'll be wanting these now..." She trailed off, now showing the gentledrake the bags filled with the treasures she dug and polished on her own. This caused the lilac and emerald colored dragon to slightly drool. That caused Rarity to chuckle silently, putting a hoof to her mouth. Snapping back to reality, the dragon quickly wiped off his saliva and opened his mouth.
"Thanks, Rarity... I... I don't know what to say... I'm sorry for drooling, though... It was rude of me..." The dragon apologized, standing up straight and scratching his neck.
"You are very welcome, Spikey-Wikey! Oh, by the way, these were collected at Rocky Hills, so I do hope you appreciate the taste..." Rarity responded, causing her cheeks to light a faint crimson. Spike just smiled at the beauty he got to witness and nodded.
"Understood! I love these! They're perfect! And I think I'll save some for their natural beauty... You picked them so well, not even a scratch noticeable! Usually, when ponies dig around Rocky Hills, the treasure they came for either gets ruined, or just plain crack, ruining the quality..." He finished, feeling proud as if he just gave the unicorn in front of him the fact of the day, or night, in this case...
Rarity let out a small laugh and surrounded a randomly picked gem with her blue aura. "They are pretty amazing, if I do say so myself. I'm really glad you enjoy them..."
"Yeah... Um... Thanks... I'm really glad you... Uh... Picked 'em..." The teenager said, unknowing what to say next. Silence filled the room, as the two both stood there. The dragon in the doorway, while the pony in the building.
After a few more minutes, the pony broke the silence by clearing her throat.
"Um... Would you like to stay for dinner? I haven't prepared anything yet, and you have to wait a little while..." She said, nervously laughing at the end.
"Oh! Uh... Sure! I don't mind waiting..." Spike said, clearing his throat as well.

The white unicorn invited him to enter, as he accepts. He walks directly to the displaying area, seeing himself in the three mirrors surrounding the middle. As for the unicorn, she makes her way to the kitchen, humming a tune to herself. Spike sits on a stool nearby, the humming filling his ears, causing him to smile softly. He looks around to pass the time. He sees a collection of clothing on a rack, some he recognized. For example, the dresses Rarity made for her fashion show. The memories filled his head. He remembered how he thought Rarity's career would go off the charts if he tells someone about her show! Seeing the famous fashion critic, Hoity Toity, around Ponyville, he decided to tell him! He was a fashion critic, after all, telling somepony how their taste in fashion was. Though... It didn't end very well for the mare of his dreams. He gave out a sigh in reality, the memories now getting stored back into the storage cabinet in his brain, locked up and safe for another time he remembers it. His nose suddenly gets filled with the delicious aroma of mashed potatoes and grilled steak. It made him drool all over again. After he cleaned up his Saliva on the floor and around his mouth, he made his way to the kitchen.

"Smells delicious..." He says, interrupting the unicorns humming.
"Oh! Spike! You're just in time! I have just arranged a meal for two, like promised! Give me a few more minutes to get things organized... Why don't you take a seat, hmm?" She said, turning back to the counter top and returned to her stirring. As asked, Spike takes a seat and watched the mare put the meal together. She plops two of the steaks onto the two plates she pulled out of the cupboards earlier. Mashed potatoes came next, as they were perfectly placed beside the two meat. Adding some peas on the side, she tops it all off with creamy gravy on the potatoes. Her magic took over at the moment, levitating and sending the plates filled with the delicious edibles onto the table. The dragon, still watching the unicorn, sees her pull out a wine bottle and two wine glasses. As usual, her magic got the items to the table safely.
"One last piece..." Rarity whispers to herself. From an old, dusty cupboard, she gathered a white candle and a gold candle holder and placed them together fitting perfectly. Placing them on the table as well, she made her way there. As the candle made a perfect centrepiece, a spark of light triggered a ball of flame to appear on the wick. She levitates the bottle of wine, and it looked like Red wine to the dragon. Tilting the bottle, the liquid started to fill the wine glasses. She now lowers the bottle and used her magic on her glass and gave the wine inside a quick swirl. She tries a little sip and smiles.
The dragon couldn't believe his eyes. He's served dinner like this to her older sister, Twilight Sparkle, back at the library. Potatoes and everything! But it wasn't as classy as what Rarity was serving him... Fresh peas, potatoes steaming hot... Gravy covering half of the steak, the steak itself was juicy and tender! And the wine's aroma? Oh, it was all too much for him! All he could do was sit there, wide eyed as Rarity started her meal.
"Aren't you going to eat now?" She asked, successfully getting Spike's attention.
"Uh... Yeah! I was totally going to do that!" He chuckled nervously, making the pony across from him smile.
"Well, bon appetit!" She says cheerfully.

Then there was a knock on the door.

Author's Note

DUN! DUN! DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN!
Kidding... First chapter of a whole new story! Hope you enjoyed it!
Please do tell me if I messed up on anything... Grammar, spelling! I NEED TO KNOW!

~Erica

UPDATE! (May 21st, 13)
I changed and added a few things. I fixed a few things, I'm sure it didn't make a difference... But, I fixed a few things! Thank you for the people who helped me! :)
{There was only one person, but still... THANK YOU! :D}

A Misunderstanding and a Miracle

Rarity looked at Spike and gave him a smile, standing up and trotting towards the door. As she opened the door, a dark hued unicorn in a business outfit emerged into her doorway.

"May I help you on this fine evening, good sir?" The fashionista greeted the serious looking colt in front of her. He lifted a hoof and cleared his throat.
"Ma'am, may I ask a simple question that I'm sure a fair maiden such as yourself will speak the truth?" He said, now levitating a piece of paper and setting it aside of his face. Rarity stood there, now regretting the door to be open. She simply nodded as the business pony continued.
"I understand that you went gem hunting in Rocky Hills about 3 days ago?"
"Y-Yes..."
"Hm... Very well... I must give you this note for further information you might want to know about..." He gave her the slip of paper, as Rarity read it. The pony disappeared in a cloud of magic, leaving the unicorn stunned in her boutique. The dragon, now became curious of Rarity still not coming back. He stood up, and made his way to the entrance. He sees his friend standing in front of a closed door, levitating a slip of paper, with a stunned look on her face.
"Rarity? What happened?" The dragon asked, poking her shoulder. Rarity managed to hide the slip of paper with the same magic the business pony used on himself and made the object disappear.
"No-Nothing!! Let's continue our meal, shall we?" That was all she could manage to say, noticing her stuttering at the beginning. Spike just nodded and went back to the kitchen, being followed by Rarity. Still, he did not shake things off... Something was definitely wrong, and he was about to find out... No matter what...

As the two sat at their spots, the room was filled with silence for a good few minutes. Until Spike cleared his throat and started to cut a portion of his steak.
"So... Rarity, what's the truth?" He said, seeing the pony across from him flinch from the sentence.
"Uh... I-um... Nothing bizarre, no! Not that! I-I just..." The pony gave out a heavy sigh and calmed down. "It's very complicated, darling... You wouldn't understand..."
"Of course I would! I'm older now, not that baby dragon you used to know!" Spike said, narrowing his eyes. Rarity sighed once again, levitating her fork and knife and started to cut a piece of steak off of it's base.
"Sweetie... I know you're older, but it's still quite complicated... I'm so sorry..." She said, dropping the fork on the side of her plate, causing a clinking noise.
"You don't understand! I know something's bothering you, and I intend to find out!" The dragon stood up, banging the table and shouting the words. "I want to help you... I want to see that beautiful smiling face that I strongly adore and love... Not the sad, bummed out unicorn who just wants to ignore every single problem she comes across..." He said, now sitting down and as well as calming down. Rarity put one of her forelegs on the table and rested her head on the hoof.
"Very well... Gem hunting in Rocky Hills is illegal... And I'm going to speak to the judge next week on why I was gem hunting there..."
"Ra...Rarity, I'm so sorry... I didn't mean to get you in so much trou-!"
"No it's fine!" She teleported in front of him and held a hoof against his mouth, covering it up. Blushing a light crimson, she took away her hoof opened her mouth to continue. "I did it because I wanted to get you special gems... Not those simple and cliche gems that you see almost everywhere nowadays..."
"Rarity..." The dragon whispered. Now realizing how close they were, both were blushing as one got closer to the other's face.
"I knew it was illegal, but I couldn't see you suffer with such... Simple gems surrounding you and I... I wanted you to have something special... Like the fire ruby you gave me years ago... I still have it, and I was admiring it one night... It was hard not to think of the dragon who gave it to me... I got inspired to do such a generous thing back to him, but I just didn't know what was the right gift... So I went to Rocky Hills the next day, even though I knew the consequences, and started gem hunting..." Tears were starting to form in the corners of the unicorns sapphire eyes. She rested a foreleg on the top rail of Spike's chair then continued.
"After I was done the deed, I made up excuses of where I was that day, telling ponies that I was on a trip to Canterlot for a few days... I wasn't ready to give it to that special someone just yet... I waited 3 days, until I invited a dragon who's admired me from afar... I meant this to be a simple give-the-gift-to-him night, and everything will be perfect... But I see now that the night will change after this..." The pony finished with as sigh, as the dragon felt the warm, faint breeze surround his neck. Rarity turned around but was then stopped by dragon claws surrounding her hoof. He turned her to face him, their faces inches away from each others.
"You did all of that... For me?" He asked her, as she nodded, her face flushed. Spike leaned in closer as Rarity did the same. Their lips merged, as Rarity wrapped her forelegs around her beloved. Spike was blushing like crazy, not realizing what's happening. Pulling apart, Rarity immediately looked away, her cheeks reddening even more. The dragon, overwhelmed at what just happened, finally became aware of the position the unicorn was in.
"I...I'm... I just..." Not knowing of what to say, she stood there, hiding her face in abashment with her forelegs that before were around the dragon in front of him. He, however, chuckled at his love's reaction. Spike moves her hooves from her face, revealing a blushing, white unicorn in front of him, eyes tightly closed. He loves her even more when she looks shy about what she just did. Whether it was this, or bursting out things but regretting it at the end.
"Is it over?" She managed to whimper. Spike hugged her in response as Rarity slightly calmed down.
"I dunno... I kinda wanna do it again..." He said, chuckling as he felt Rarity's lips curve up, giving him a sign that she's smiling.
"I fink we fshould cear fings up a fit" She muttered, her hoof covering her mouth. Spike released their hug and planted a confused face on his head. Rarity, who now was fully calmed down, repeated her sentence once again.
"I said, I think we should clear things up first." Laughing while saying that, it caused the dragon to laugh with her.
"I don't know... I pretty much know where this is going..." He said, giving her a smirk. That made Rarity's heart melt and caused her cheeks to redden again. She thought to herself... Maybe this night did go perfectly... And some things changed...

Author's Note

HOW WAS THAT?!?! Huh? I got Dashie on my screen sleeping on a cloud right now... Anyway... I hope that wasn't a bad chapter... I was planning on doing something else for the ending... In fact, I didn't even plan for that to be the ending... But I hope you all like it!
Tell me what to change or make some things better, and I'll do it! No questions asked, because I want my writing skill to improve! :D So, please do tell me what I need to change or add some things here and there... Yeah... Thanks for reading and have a wonderful, amazing rest of the day! <3

~EricaG

Hardworkers deserve a reward

Rarity awoke from her slumber, as she feels arms surrounding her. Without hesitation, she quickly stood up, causing the source of the arms that surrounded her wake up as well. She took a moment for her eyes to get a clear vision, and as soon as she did, she saw a green and purple dragon tiredly sitting up from her bed. Thoughts suddenly started bouncing in her head, if they did it last night or if it was only cuddling until one falls asleep. The dragon saw the surprise unicorn in front of him, following with a smile and opening his mouth.

"Good morning, my lovely sunshine..." He said, a fatigued tone to his voice. He stretched as Rarity just stood there, staring at him even though she knew it's improper to stare at a gentlecolt, or in this case, a gentledrake.

"Why so quiet? It something wrong?" Spike continued, now grabbing the mare's attention fully. Rarity blushed a very dark red and quickly turned away, her back facing Spike. She heard him chuckle and a familiar feeling from earlier reached her again. The arms surrounding her from a few minutes ago were once again there, and an addition to it, a soft kiss on her cheek. She didn't know blushing this much was even possible!

"Spike, darling... What happened last night?" She asked the dragon behind her, as he moves down to her neck and earning a soft moan from the mare.

"What do you mean?" He asked, moving away from the soft fur, then suddenly realizing what she meant. "We didn't do it, if you were wondering... I mean, I wish we did, but still... We only cuddled, until you fell asleep, which cause me to fall asleep as well..." He finished, and continued to kiss Rarity's soft neck. As for her, she was glad that she's gotten that cleared up... Though, she had to agree with Spike... She secretly wished they did it last night, but thankfully it was just cuddling... Spike's warm breath caused her thoughts to fade away and realize what was happening NOW!

"Uh, Spikey-Wikey...? Do you mind if I get ready for today...? Maybe we can do something like this again later in the day..." She said, feeling a little bit awkward but still liking the tone of her voice when she said it... She feels the lips curve as a sign of a smirk and they pull away from her neck and up to her ear...

"Promise?" The voice whispered seductively, as Rarity began to blush even more. She slowly nodded and lidded her eyes. She turns around to face the dragon and gave him a soft, special kiss on the lips. When they pulled away, Spike looked love struck as Rarity leans into Spike's ear and whispers...

"Promise..."

Rarity wraps a towel around her and plugs in her hair dryer into the plug sockets. She levitates her bedazzled brush up to her deep plum colored mane and starts to brush it, turning on the hair dryer as well. Rarity took longer than usual today, and she didn't know why. Some ponies would say that she's doing it for a very special somepony, but they were wrong about one part. As Rarity opened her bathroom door, a fragrance entered her nostrils. She took in the smell with a deep inhale, and realized it was pancakes. Someone was cooking downstairs, and Rarity already knew who it was. She began to trot down the stairs, following the scent that became stronger and stronger with every step she took. She finally reached the entrance of her kitchen within a few more hoofsteps, and slightly hearing faint humming from inside. She entered quietly and took a seat on the dining table. Spike turned around, hearing the sound of one of the chairs moving, and smiling when he saw who it was.

"And how was your... Shower, mademoiselle?" He asked, setting a plate filled with pancakes in front of the mare and following with maple syrup in a fancy, transparent, small pitcher beside them.

"It was very fine, thank you!" Rarity said cheerfully, seeing the wonderfully made pastry in front of her. She felt like she was in an elegant restaurant, a handsome waiter serving her breakfast. And this waiter is handsome, indeed...

"You know... You took longer than usual today..." Spike continued, grabbing Rarity's attention again. He grabs the pitcher and pours some syrup on the stacked pancakes, letting the sticky liquid drip naturally.

"Oh, well! I want to look my best, and you can't rush perfection, now can you?" Rarity said, sitting up properly in her seat.

"You were already perfect before you got ready... I liked your mane a little messy sometimes..." Spike says, using a claw to stop the excess syrup dripping from the spout. With that said, Rarity's cheeks felt a familiar sensation again.

"Oh, stop! I loathe disorganization... Especially if it's moi we're talking about!" She says, cutting a portion of her pancakes and levitating it towards her mouth.

"Huh... Welp... I just thought you wanted to hear that... Because you do look adorable with whatever you do, really..." Spike says, now stacking a few pancakes for himself at the counter.

Rarity continues to eat the delightful breakfast she's been given as Spike makes his way back to the table and takes a seat across from the mare. Rarity savors the taste of the delicacy in her mouth, perfectly made and still warm. The dragon looks at her with delight... The look of the pony's face, a pink blush on her cheeks, tightly closed eyes and smiling lips. It was as adorable as her blushing-like-crazy face last night... He gave a quiet sigh as his thoughts circled his head with memories of last night. Rarity opens her eyes after she swallows the pancake and notices the dragon across from her staring into space. The look on his face caused her to give a small chuckle.

"What's on your mind, darling?" She asks, grabbing the dragon's attention.

"Oh, nothing... Heh..." He says nervously, earning a soft smile from Rarity and she continues to eat. He stares at her, and remembers the day he told her that she looks good when she was chewing... He meant it, as silly as it sounded, now looking back at it... He was little then... And he couldn't help but look at her trying his badly baked apple pie... He didn't realize it was badly baked until a few days later... In reality, he shakes his head and laughs at his behavior from when he was a baby dragon. The important thing was... He meant what he told her...

"PINCUSHION!!!!!" Rarity shouted across the room as Spike appeared on all fours and pins on his scaly back. Rarity hovered a few off of Spike and inserted them on a dress that was worn by a mannequin. It was the afternoon already, and Spike found out that Rarity and her overslept this morning.
"Oh... This darn hem is not how I want it to look... Nothing just seems to work!" The unicorn shouts the ending, causing Spike to flinch and step away from the raging mare.
"Well, why don't you iron it? I see that it's not straight, but if we're patient, you can stitch the hem and iron it after the dress is done..." Spike said, calming the seamstress for a while before hearing a thud. He sees Rarity, a hoof on her face. Huh, never saw her do one of those in a while... Spike thought.
"Of course! Spike, my darling, you are a genius!" Rarity said, letting everything her blue aura surrounded go and glomps on the teenage dragon who was terrified of the figure depending on his strength to hold her up. When Rarity releases the hug, Spike rubs the back of his neck.
"It was nothing, really... Even you would figure it out... You're more experienced, after all."
"I suppose so... I was just stressed because this dress has been in waiting for almost a week now..." Rarity says, mumbling something at the end. "Well, now! Why don't we do what you suggested, my dear? After all, a dress doesn't stitch itself!" She finished as Spike nodded with a determined expression. With that, they spent the rest of the day working. It didn't even matter that the boutique windows didn't give enough light inside. They kept on working. Until the teenage dragon gave out a yawn in between Rarity's gossiping stories. The fashionista noticed that her beloved was tired and realized that, she too, was a bit fatigued from working all day. She cleared her throat as Spike started to droop like melting jelly in his chair.
"Spike, deary!" Rarity said, tapping the sleepy dragon on his shoulder, causing him to straighten up his spine.
"HUH! What? I'm awake, Twilight! I'll make you breakfast, do my morning chores and even do the laundry early this week!!" Spike said rapidly as Rarity let him finish and giggled when he did.
"Spikey-Wikey... You can go home now... I appreciate you helping me as always! I'm sure Twilight is worrying about how you didn't come home last night... Now go on, I can clean up our hard work here..." She said, starting to levitate the scissors and scraps of fabric on the floor.
"Can I at least help you clean some things up? I don't want to leave you unsatisfied..." Spike said tiredly, as he was picking up scraps of fabric, too. Rarity magically grabbed the scraps from his claws and continued to look for more.
"It's alright, darling... Hurry up back to the library, Twilight will be very, very upset! The sooner you go home, the sooner she'll... Well... Just go home, Spike! I can take care of our mess." Rarity said, smiling at her lack of knowledge of Twilight freaking our about her number one assistant gone.
"Alright..." The dragon said, defeated and fatigued. He made his way to the door, and reached for the handle. He stopped for a moment, thinking. He looked back at the seamstress who was using her magic to levitate everything they did all day. Her blue aura surrounds the objects perfectly as a smile appears on the dragon's face. He slowly made his way to the distracted mare, and wraps his arms around her. Rarity, shocked but laughing, lets go of everything she was cleaning up. A pair of lips connected with hers, giving her that familiar feeling again. Spike's lips were curved to a smile, feeling happy about this action. Rarity knew this was coming, knowing the dragon's mind. She accepted the kiss, which felt like forever, but she didn't mind because she wanted it to last forever. A few more seconds of embracing eachother, and they both pulled away, eyes slowly opening. Rarity's stayed lidded, as Spike's were completely wide open. The mare in his arms laughed and pushed him away, as well as levitating the objects she was cleaning up before the teenager's action.
"Goodbye to you, as well, Spikey-Wikey." Rarity said, chuckling a little as Spike smirked and started to make his way to the door. He shut the door behind him and leaned against it, and begins to slide down. On the other side of the door was a blushing unicorn, trying to collect her thoughts on what is happening in her life. She loved it, yet it felt wrong... Why must she think about these issues thoroughly? She was sure that even a normal pony would see what was happening to her and the gentledrake... But why couldn't she...?

Change of plans

5 days have passed, as a unicorn and a dragon were standing in front of a tall building. Rarity dressed up for the occasion, wearing one of her buisness outfits. She had a simple black skirt, and a blue short scarf to complete the look, making her look as if she wasn't that serious about this.
"Are you sure you want to do this, Rare?" The dragon who was beside her asked, nervousness in his voice.
"Of course I do! I might as well face the consequences!" She said, surprisingly in a cheery tone. She adjusted her scarf, trying to make it look straight. Spike, meanwhile, was trying to think of a way to stop this from happening. He knows what she did was for him, that doesn't mean she has to face the consequences of possibly going to jail. What's so bad about hunting for gems at Rocky Hills anyway? He never even knew this before, and him and Rarity have been gem hunting for years now. But... Not at Rocky Hills. Hoofsteps interupted his thoughts and sudenly sees Rarity making her way into the building. Then it hit him...
"Rarity, wait!" Spike said, cathing up to the unicorn who peculiarly got that close to the entrance in a small amount of time. Rarity stopped in her tracks as the dragon got in her way. Panting, he continued. "I have an idea!"
"What is it, Spikey? Does my scarf not suit my outfit? Oh, I have to get back to the boutique!" She said, rapidly zooming with her words. Spike raised an eybrow.
"No, no... But, instead of going to the boutique... Come with me..." He said.
Rarity cocked her head. "Where, darling?"
"Let's..." Spike paused, thinking that she might not accept. "Let's run away together..."
As soon as he said it, Rarity's eyes widened. She didn't know what to say... She... She certainly cannot say she hasn't thought of it, but...
"Wha... What about our family, friends?" Was all Rarity could say. Spike rested a claw on the mare's shoulder.
"They will all be fine... Just please... Run away with me..."
"Buh..."
"Please..." Spike pleaded, now looking directly into Rarity's eyes. She saw sadness in the drake's eyes, telling her that he's serious about this...
"What are we running away from?" She asked, resting a hoof on the claw that is on her shoulder.
"This... We are running away from your consequences..." He said.
"But, it's never good to run away from your problems." She said back. The dragon sighed. She did have a point... Finally he said the real reason.
"I don't want you to leave me... I don't want to leave you... And the possiblities of you being sent to jail is just too much for me... Having the mare of my dreams locked up in a cell is unbearable... So, please... For me?"
Rarity gave out a heavy sigh and lowers her head. She felt wetness in the corner of her eyes, but prevents them from being noticable. Then, she gave in.
"Alright... For you... For us..." She said, putting a hoof on Spike's cheek. She pulled him into a passionate kiss, as he accepts. When they pulled away, they look admiringly into eachother's eyes.
"Thank you..." Spike whispered, making their forheads touch.
"One question, though, darling..." Rarity said. "Where are we going to run away to?"

"Where in Equestria is she?" Judge Azure Myth asked the colt next to him.
"I have no clue, sir." He said back, recalling the night he told a certain fashionista to come to Ponyville Confidential Court Industries.
"Did you tell our guest to come at this day, Mr. Shade?" Azure said, turning to him. Mr. Shade, or Midnight, nods, still thinking to double check.
"I am fairly certain, sir." He said, nodding again to say that he is completely positive about his answer. Azure sighs in frustration, massaging his temples with a hoof and closing his eyes.
"Well, I just don't get it... Perhaps there was a mix up in the dates, or she's just too busy?"
"Of course not, sir... I'm sure she wouldn't have anything planned for today... If she did, she'd cancel it." Midnight said.
"Alright... Another 5 or 10 minutes and we'll reschedule... If it comes to that, you know what to do, Mr. Shade." The defeated judge said, continuing to massage his temples.
"Of course, sir." Midnight responded, and with that... They waited for Rarity...

The two lovers laughed at eachother, sitting on a park bench and eating ice cream.
"You still got some on your lips, Spikey!" Rarity said in between giggles. Spike quickly looked at his lips which was covered in mint chocolate ice cream and he prepares to snicker, when Rarity stopped him.
"I'll get it, dear..." She said, and leaned in. When she reached the drake's lips, she made sure to get every last drop of the frozen treat, leaving a red-faced dragon. She giggled again, and licked her ube ice cream which was surrounded by her magical blue aura.
"Got it..." She said attractively, also licking some left over ice cream on her lips.
"Th-thanks..." Was all Spike could say. Then he tried to lick his ice cream to see if it would impress his lover if he did it as sexy as she did; only to find that it was all gone. He looked back at Rarity, who was trying to hold in a laugh. He shrugged and layed back on the bench, wrapping an arm around the mare.
"Nice day, isn't it?" He said, as Rarity sighs and then nods. "We could have been enjoying this! The moment we entered P.C.C.I, we wouldn't have seen the birds chirpping, flowers bloomin'..." He trails off.
"I suppose not... But I still think it's a bad idea..." Rarity responded, almost done with her purple ice cream.
"What? But you agreed, didn't you?" Spike said, confused.
"Well, just because we got ice cream, doesn't mean we're running away, now does it? And P.C.C.I is only 4 blocks away..." Rarity finished, pointing to the tall building behind a few other short ones. Spike scoffs and rolls his eyes.
"Still... C'mon Rare... We can still... Run away..." He said, suddenly saddened. "You said this was for us..."
"It is, Spike..." Rarity lifts Spike's head by the chin, making him face her. "I know this is hard for you... It's hard for m--"
Spike snickers, causing Rarity to steam up.
"Are you listening to me?!"
"It's kinda hard to listen when you have ice cream on your nose!" He said, as Rarity looks down on her muzzle. She suddenly turns bright red, as Spike made her face him.
"I'll get it..." He said, and gave Rarity's muzzle a quick kiss, quick enough to make the forzen treat dissapear. Rarity gave out a small, quiet laugh.
"Thank you..." She said, her cheeks still slightly red.
"No problem... And I know it's also hard for you... But Rarity..."
"Spike, darling... I love you with all my heart, and you know that! But this is just something we can't do..." She lowers her head. "Not like this."
"Then how? How? What do I have to do to make it alright so we can do it?" Spike said, his voice desperate.
Tears started to flow from Rarity's eyes, rolling down her cheeks. She instanly hugs the teenage dragon, as he hugs back, realizing that the mare is in need of one.
"Spike..." She said, sobbing and sputtering. "I... I'm scared... I'm so scared..."
"Is that the reason...?"
"Y-yes..."
"It's okay... Let it out..." Spike starts to caress the back of the mare's body, feeling the soft alabaster fur in between his fingers. Rarity's crying slowed down enough so that all you can hear was quick gasps. The two sat there, in eachother's arms. A few minutes passed, silence between them except for the world around. Then, Spike broke it.
"I'm scared, too, Rarity..." Her shaking became less noticable. "Really, really scared..."
"I'll be there..." She suddenly said. Spike pulled away.
"What?" He asked.
"I'll be there... Only if you be there with me..." She said, stroking Spike's scaly cheeks. He gave her a soft smile as she did the same.
"Pinkie Promise..." He said, his smile widening. Rarity, still has her lips to an arch, raised an eyebrow.
"Really?" She said.
"Really! Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye!" He finished by lightly placing a fist on his left eye.
"Alright..." Rarity said, lightly laughing at the promise's ways.
"Hey, Rare..."
"Hm?"
"Thank you..."