The Rainbows Of Spike

Spike tried to follow suit, sprinting after the air-borne rainbow mare. Just as he felt he had enough momentum, he leaped into the air, gliding through the breeze. That is, for a couple of seconds, till he came crashing down to the ground, eating a mouth full of dirt as he slid across the ground.

Rainbow Dash quickly took notice to the now fallen drake, suppressing her laughter at the sight. Albeit her best efforts, some giggles still got out. She landed next to the now fallen drake, watching him spit out some dirt and leaves.

“How's the dirt taste?” Rainbow asked, still giggling at the fallen and embarrassed drake.

“Splendid,” Spike said, trying to get one of the leaves out of his teeth.

“Here" -Rainbow extended a hoof toward her fallen comrade- “Let me help you out.”

Spike looked up at Rainbow. From his view, the sun shined perfectly over her, her rainbow mane looking more beautiful than ever before. He could see each individual strand of mane and tail.

I've never seen her like this before...

Spike kept on staring, noticing each detail about her. How her cutie mark's vibrant colors danced off her coat, how her mane was loose and fell across her back, and even how her eyes shone in the light.

He was so etherized with her, so much that he hasn't realized he has been staring this whole time, causing her to clear her throat and look away.

“Uh, you okay big guy?”

Shaking his head, he grabbed her hoof, pulling him up to his clawedfeet.

“Thanks,” Spike said, dusting himself off.

“No problem,” Rainbow said, still confused about what was so interesting to him. She looked behind her, thinking that he had seen something of interest, but was only met with a blank sky.

“What was that about?" She said as she turned around to Spike, till trying to get all of the foul tasting dirt out of his mouth.

“Well, banging your head against the ground causes you to become a little disoriented.”

Rainbow smiled sheepishly, as she rubbed a hoof along the back side of her neck. She should have guessed that was what all his staring was about.

“Yeah... sorry about that, I guess you have no wing experience at all. My bad.”

“Yes, I told you that I grew them today.”

“Well, there's still no saying that your Spike", she said, an edge of suspicion in her voice.

Spike faced clawed, letting out a sigh. he decided that rather than argue with her, it was just best to continue on with training.

“Alright fine, so can you help me train then?” Spike asked, expanded his wings once more.

“I already told you that I would!" She snapped.

Spike faced clawed again, as anger was slowly consuming his thinking. Slowly, but surely.

“Then thank you. Now then, may we proceed?” Spike asked, just wanting to learn on how to fly.

Looking at the drake one more time, Rainbow noticed that his scales did match with Spike's, and not just the color, which was obvious, but even the placement. Looking even closer, she could see that even some of his scales looked exactly the same as before.

Is that really you Spike?

While looking at the drake though, she couldn't help but notice his features. The way the light shone off his scales, making them seem brighter and more vibrant than before. The muscles that showed through even his tough scales.

“Equestria to Dash” Spike said, waving a claw in front of her face.

“Huh?” Rainbow said, a claw now blocking her view.

“I said, can we get to training?”

Rainbow had to look away, for fear that this dragon- Er, Spike, wouldn't seeing her getting all mushy and all that. She hadn't realized that she, too, had been staring.

“Right, uh sure.”

Spike thrust a claw in the air, shouting out a. “Yes!”

“Give me twenty five push ups,” Rainbow instructed, leaving Spike a little confused.

“Alright then,” Spike said, dropping down to his claws, only to be yelled at by Rainbow.

“Not that kind of push ups! I mean wings push ups!”

Spike let out a breath of anger. “You didn't specify!”

Rainbow Dash was not happy with his tone of voice.

“I shouldn't have to, if we are training with wings, then almost everything should be based on that.”

Like last time, Spike decided it was best to let it slide. “Fine, you have a point. Now how do you do a wing push up?”

Rainbow Dash faced hoofed, answering his question while rubbing her temple. “You do push ups with your wings...”

Spike claws once again met his forehead, as they soon gripped his eyes.

Do they all think I'm really all the dumb?

“I know what it is Rainbow, I'm just asking you to show me on how to properly get it done. I don't want to hurt myself by screwing up like last time", he said. This mare was really starting to get on his nerves.

“Ok Hotshot, you do em like this", she said as she moved her forehooves from the ground in front of her.

"Your Primary and Primary Coverts are what makes contact with the ground. Nothing else should. I don't know what you should do, since your wings seem more... Dragony. Just try to use the ends of your wings."

“Your Marginal Coverts and Secondaries, these parts right here", she said, showing him the parts of the wings she was referring to,"are the parts that you push up with. Your Secondary Coverts aren't used all that much in this exercise. And make sure to keep your Scapulas straight, or else you'll hurt yourself."

Spike just looked at her, dumbfounded. He never took Rainbow for being ignorant or stupid, but he never knew that she actually had a bit of book smart in her after all.

“Close your mouth, you're starting to creep me out", she said, a playful smile across her muzzle.

"Right, sorry. Just... never thought you were an "egghead" like Twilight is all." Spike turned toward the ground, getting ready for his wing push ups.

"What did you call me", she deadpanned.

Spike could feel his scales go on edge. He couldn't tell if she was mad, sad, or sarcastic. Maybe a bit of all of them. He decided to approach the situation in the only way he could.

Humor.

"What? Sorry, I don't remember", he teased.

"Oh, that's ok. I thought that you had just called me an egghead is all."

"Oh please Rainbow, I would never dream of it." He knew he was pushing her buttons now.

"Oh. Well that's great to hear. You wanna know what else I like to hear? You, and 25 more wing ups", she said. She had a some point grow a smirk across her face.

"He/She has  no idea what they're in for" they thought to themselves in perfect unison.