Chapter 2: Spiked

"We were given two hands to hold, two legs to walk, two eyes to see, and two ears to listen. But why only one heart? Because the other was given for someone else to find." -Unknown

Fluttershy smiled as Spike walked away, her eyes drifting to his rear. As soon as realized what she was doing, Fluttershy looked away, red in the face. But even if a little red, Fluttershy smiled as a part of her hair came down and hid her 'embarrassment'.

Going back to her cottage, her home in the opposite direction, Fluttershy smiled all the way with the basket clutched close to her heart.

"Look, Buffy!!" Grimsilver barked at the buff bearded man. "If you want your ass safe, sell those fucking carrots at a moderate price!!"

"Okay, okay!" Buffy said, cowering down as Grimsilver stopped yelling. "Just stop your yelling! It makes me scared!!"

Grimsilver smirked as Buffy was shaking with fear.

"Alright, Buffy." Grimsilver said, walking towards him, not yelling at all. "I want you to shave your beard."

"What? Why?" Buffy asked. "I like it!!"

"It makes you look like a fucking pedophile!" Grimsilver snapped. "Now shave it off!!"

"B-b-but..."

"But what?!"

"I don't know how to shave, Grimsilver..." Buffy said. "I'll need help."

Grimsilver groaned in pure frustration and anger as he face palmed in Buffy's stupidity. He was strong, but not the brightest at all.

Fluttershy closed in to her cottage with a soft bright smile. All the things that happened to her previously disappeared like that. Every single time, she would always smile afterwards after always meeting Spike. Fluttershy didn't really know what her heart was telling her.

All it would do was quicken it's pace and her mind would start feeling fuzzy. It was an odd, but right feeling. She couldn't look at him straight in the eyes anymore. When he was smaller, when he was just a kid, it was much easier.

But now... Everything changed.

Fluttershy's shy nature just couldn't take the idea of asking out Spike. And she knew it. She would just crack under pressure.

She may never confess her feelings for him...

Spike lightly brushed off the small crash he had with Fluttershy and continued to walk through the town of Ponyville. As he neared towards Noteworthy's shop, a pair of hands covered his eyes.

"Guess who, Spikey?" a feminine and flirty voice asked her small hands seem to drop Spike down from his height.

Spike smiled as he placed his hands over the female's and answered.

"Hey there, Honey Rose." Spike replied.

"Oh, wow, Spike, you're good!!" Honey Rose exclaimed.

Spike turned around as the girl who covered his eyes pecked a kiss on Spike's cheek.

"Why are you up so early?" she asked as Spike returned one.

"I need to get a few supplies for Twilight, Honey Rose." Spike said. "You know how fast she drains quills and paper."

Honey Rose had the body that was kissed by the sun, giving her a beautiful honey color. Her hair was almost identical with her skin, but little bits of red, red like the rose were sprinkled in with her long hair.

"Oh, again?" Honey Rose asked she she leaned into Spike's muscular body.

Spike nodded.

"Yeah. And also, I'll meet you at 7 at-"

Honey Rose then placed her lips with Spike as she went into a deep kiss. Spike did not see that coming and widened his eyes his shock as Honey Rose stopped.

"Sorry to tell you this, but it's over." she said, touching Spike's cheek. "You take it too slow... And I think it's for the best if we use other people, Spike."

Without a chance to say something, Honey Rose was gone, leaving Spike dumbfounded near the entrance of Noteworthy's shop. Spike soon sighed and looked to the ground.

She wasn't the one...

Spike put his hair back a bit as he remembered the joyous moments with Honey Rose. The laughter, the wonderful times they had... Gone.

Honey Rose was a very sweet girl, but Spike now knew she wasn't for him. It seemed that she didn't want to break up as she wasn't her very cheery self when the moment came she told him the news.

Spike sighed again as he remembered all the other girls he dated - Sunshine Blue sticking out the most. She was a very loud, but lovable person and wasn't the most stable when Spike himself broke up with her.

Aside from a bruised eye and a sprained arm from that breakup, Spike was fine. He couldn't bear to hit a girl and saw all of them - individually beautiful. His eyes caught a couple sitting at a cafe, not far from where he was standing. They were looking into each other's eyes and talking. Smiles were on their faces as they got a bit closer. The boyfriend whispered something into his girlfriend's ear, in which the girl blushed and smiled.

Spike hoped that someday a lady for him would come by fall for him. Fall for him so that he could catch her. It was cheesy, but that's what Spike always thought.

One day, a lady will come by for him.

But all he could was wait.

As he walked inside Noteworthy's shop, the couple snuggled as they brought their noses close and smiled.

Their relationship had begun - while Spike's ended.

Fluttershy set down a bowl by Angel, a bowl full of leafy greens and fresh vegetables that were just chopped.

"Here you go, Angel!" Fluttershy said as she placed the bowl gently down on the ground.

Angel sniffed it and began to chow down instantly.

"Angel, slow down, you don't want to choke, do you?"

Angel ignored Fluttershy's remark and took a tomato slice as he was still chewing. As he stuffed the tomato slice down his throat, he began to choke and sputter as Fluttershy grabbed the bunny.

With two fingers, she hit Angel's back, in which a bunch of chewed up greens and tomatoes landed on the ground.

Angel began to gasp for air as Flutteshy gently placed him down.

"Now I need to clean that up." Fluttershy said. "Now don't worry Angel bunny, just chew slower next time, okay?"

Fluttershy smiled as she got up to get a napkin to clean up Angel's mess. As she did, Angel eyed his food and grabbed a piece of a carrot. Taking a small bite, he nibbled it pretty quickly and swallowed it. About to take another bite, the door bursted open.

*CRACK*

"Get down on the ground!!" a very rough masculine voice roared as Fluttershy screamed.

She immediately got onto the ground and cowered in fear as the burly man approached. The man wore a handkerchief that covered his mouth and nose, and had eyes that were merciless.

Fluttershy went into a fetal position and started to cry.

What was happening?

What did the man want?

The birds around Fluttershy's living room saw what was happening and sang a tune. All the animals scurried out of their small homes as they saw the tall and large man approach Fluttershy.

The birds soon took off and started to scratch their sharp talons near the man's face.

"Ow!! Hey!! Quit it!!" the man yelled in pain as he tried to swat the birds out of the way.

Some birds were unlucky as the powerful hands swatted the birds down as if they were nothing. The talons of the birds continued to tear at the flesh near the man's eyes as the small critters of the forest joined in to help. They jumped onto the man's legs and started to bite.

"Shit!!" the man yelled as he swatted near his eyes and tried to kick off the critters by his feet.

Angel sprinted towards Fluttershy and poked her face. She was shuddering with tears running down her face. Angel poked her again as the birds started to circle farther away. The small critters were being shaken off of the man began to get freed.

Fluttershy opened her eyes and saw what her animal friends were going and took the opportunity to escape.

She ran as fast as she could out the back door and just ran straight out. The man noticed this and swept away the last of the animals that attacked him. As he got closer to the back door, Angel was the only one that was in his way.

As the burly man approached towards the door, Angel braced himself and hoped to at least delay the man. Instead of being crushed, the man jumped over and after Fluttershy.

Right into the Everfree Forest.

Fluttershy began to pant and run out of breath as the dirt tainted her clothes. The vegetation scratched Fluttershy's body as she struggled just to get away.

"Stop where you are!!" the man yelled as he brushed past the plants and trees.

Fluttershy couldn't stop now. Celestia knows what the man wanted from her. All she could do was run.

As she began to pant heavily, she lost her balance and tripped over a large tree root and landed face first. A painful crack from her leg was heard as her leg struck a hard rock that was hidden. Her shirt and pants were covered in dirt as blood was drawn from her leg.

Fluttershy's body suddenly couldn't take it anymore, it couldn't carry on. The man was also breathing heavily as he began to walk towards Fluttershy.

"Stay where you are..." he said, taking many breaths. "I'm not going to hurt you..."

Pain shot through Fluttershy's body as blood began to flow out of her leg.

"N-no..." Fluttershy whispered as her vision got hazy. "Pl-please... Stop..."

The buff tall man was a few feet away from Fluttershy before a solid punch made contact with the man's face.

*SMASH*

"Get away from her!!" a familiar voice roared.

"Cou-could it be?" Fluttershy thought as she struggled to look.

All she could see was a blurry figure with green hair approach the assailant. The buff ma seemed to growl as Fluttershy's hero made the first sudden move. The green haired man attacked the large man with a fury of punches and then a hard kick to the stomach.

The hard foot hit directly in the solar plexus, knocking the breath out of the large man.

"Oof!!" the buff man cried out in pain.

The green haired man then shot a punch at the man's eye. His fist made a direct hit at the buff man's eye before he bolted away. The buff man was whimpering, stumbling and tripping over a many things before he ran away from the fight.

"Sp-Spike..." Fluttershy asked out softly. "Is that you?..."

"Fluttershy!! Stay with me!!" the green haired man said, running towards her side.

Everything was so blurry for Fluttershy that she couldn't see Spike's face, but she felt his touch. That mattered to her before everything went black.

Author's Note

Sorry that this was short!!

I couldn't even edit the first chapter!!!

Buuuut, I hope I work on everything by chapter 3!!

Hang around and see you guys soon!!