Chapters I
SPIKE
It has been five years since her Royal Highness, Princess Celestia, deemed worthy my very close friend, Twilight Sparkle, as a princess. Twilight and I continued to live the the library of PonyVille.
I've known Twilight ever since the beginning. She was the first pony I saw when I hatched from my purple and green dragon egg. I have been her assistant for the thirteen years of my life and I still remain her assistant, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. When Twilight moved from Canterlot to PonyVille, she made five new friends, among them was the love of my life, Rarity.
I have had a crush on Rarity ever since the day Twilight and I moved the PonyVille eight years ago. Rarity was a unicorn unlike any other. Her talent; fashion. Her snow white coat was always groomed beautifully, and her curled, purple mane went nicely with her sky blue eyes and sapphire cutie mark. I'm just a purple and green scaled dragon that has grown wings over the years. I'm nothing special. Though I can breathe fire...
I have debated on asking out my childhood crush many times before by sending her love letters. Though right before I sent them, Twilight was doing spring cleaning, and found my letters. She read aloud to herself and laughed as hard as she could. So...yeah, That's when plan B has to come in. Though I still haven't exactly made plan B yet. My original idea is to confront Rarity in person and ask her out, but I'm too afraid I'll get rejected. And of course asking Twilight or anypony else for advise will be a huge embarrassment.
Most of this love tornado not only started the first day I met the beautiful, white unicorn (but it was love at first sight), but I have given her a delicious looking ruby gemstone in the shape of a heart, which Rarity made into a necklace. Whenever she wears that necklace, I remember that satisfying (since I made my crush happy) and unsatisfying day (because I was hungry the rest of the day).
"Hey, Twilight?" I ask.
"A little busy right now with this freaking princess stuff!" Twilight shouts in response from downstairs.
"Oh. Well, I was just wondering if I could borrow a quill and some paper."
"There's some on my desk upstairs." she informs me.
"Thanks." I say and head for Twilight's room.
Sure enough, she has a stack of paper and a jar of quills and ink all laid out neatly on her desk. I grab a piece of parchment, a quill and ink jar and head into my room.
I have no idea how to start the letter so I simply wrote what came to my head. I read and re-read, write and re-write what I wrote until I deem it perfect. I'm pretty proud with the results:
My Dearest Rarity,
I am writing this letter in attempt to ask you something I haven't been courageous enough to ask you in person before. Is it possible if we could meet at Sugar Cube Corner for brunch tomorrow? It would be a great pleasure to have a nice chat or something or other. It has been awhile since we have last seen each other. You've been busy with your new fashion line, which I must say is fabulous, and I have been on a tight schedule recently, working for Twilight and all. Anyway, I hope that you will accept my invitation and that we can meet at Sugar Cube Corner at approximately ten o'clock tomorrow morning.
Sincerely,
Spike
With that, I set off to deliver my letter personally.
****
As I walk to the Carousel Boutique, I run into Derpy.
"Hi there, Spike!" the gray mare says. "I can deliver that letter for ya."
"Um...no thanks, Derpy. But thanks for the offer." and with that, I continued my walk to Rarity's.
When I reach my crush's home, I decide to leave my letter in her mailbox since I was too shy to give it to her in person. I mean, yeah, we've known each other for eight years and during that time I had been too chicken to ever ask Rarity out. And I still am. I put my letter in Rarity's mailbox an leave. Normally, I would've hidden in a tree and wait and see her reaction. But I try to be a gentleman (or gentlepony, rather).
I return to the library. I grab a book labeled Love is in Bloom . Twilight had written the book shortly after her brother, Shining Armor, got married to Princess Cadence, Twilight's old foal-sitter. When I pass my friend's study, I hear her murmur to herself in frustration. "Dammit! All the letters I've received from ponies are horribly written! How in Equestria is it possible for ponies to not know proper grammar? Does anypony know how to write a formal letter?"
I head to my room and start reading. The book is about the whole fiasco at the Royal Canterlot Wedding. With Queen Chrysalis disguising herself as Cadence, Celestia being overpowered, Shining Armor and Cadence defeating the Queen of the Changelings, and the real wedding with a happy ending. When I finish reading, I realize it's much later than I'd thought. It was at least ten thirty. I get up, put the book away, and head back to my room. That's when I start to feel sick. I burp up a letter as well as some green fire.
The letter is rolled up and a baby blue, satin ribbon held it together. I unroll the letter and read it. The letter reads:
Dear Spike,
It would be my pleasure to join you for brunch at Sugar Cube Corner tomorrow. Unfortunately, I won't be able to make it until eleven o'clock. I hope this time fits in with your schedule. We have so much to talk about! It has felt like forever since we last acquainted. I'm looking forwards to meeting up with you, darling.
Kind regards,
Rarity
After reading the letter Rarity sent me, I feel proud of myself. Why was I so afraid to ask her to meet up with me before? I'm not entirely sure, but I have a good feeling about tomorrow.
II
RARITY
"Sweetie Belle, can you be a dear and get the mail for me?" I ask.
"But why? I'm busy making a poster for my concert!" Sweetie Belle asks. She had gotten her cutie mark and it was a belle with a music note, signifying her talent; singing. She has been singing at almost every event in PonyVille.
"Because I'm busy making a special outfit for Rainbow Dash." I tell my spoiled sister. "Her third year anniversary of being in the Wonder Bolts is coming up! She's planning on having a huge party and I want to make her look fabulous!"
I would say, Rainbow Dash's new outfit looks smashing. It's a light blue, skin tight evening dress that went down to the knees. It has one sleeve, which was a rainbow that leads onto a sewn on cloud on the lower shoulder. The rainbow trim went nicely with the one on the shoulder. I intend to have Rainbow carry a clutch purse, but I doubt I'll be able to get her to use one.
"Fine!" Sweetie Belle whines, then gets up to get the mail.
When she brings in the mail, I immediately notice a a scroll with a bright red ribbon tied on it. The letter must be from Twilight. I unroll it and read it. When I finish reading the letter, I jump up and down and squeal with glee.
"Who's it from?" my sister asks.
I smile. "Spike."
"You haven't seen him in two years!" Sweetie Belle remarks. "You've been away in Canterlot and all those other places where ponies want your fashions and other crap."
"Yes, Sweetie Belle, and that's why I'm so excited to see my Spiky-Wikey again!"
"I doubt he'd like if you called him that. Spike's not a baby dragon anymore." my sister comments.
****
I wake up the next morning around eight o'clock. After replying to Spike's letter the night before, I worked a bit more on Rainbow Dash's dress, then went to sleep around eleven. Now I'm actually nervous to meet Spike. He has most likely grown much since we've last met, so I don't know what interests him and what doesn't. And of course, I have absolutely no idea what to wear.
I get out of bed, put my house coat on over my nightgown, and head downstairs to make breakfast.
"Surprise!" yells Sweetie Belle. "I made crêpes for breakfast!"
I push the plate stacked with crêpes that Sweetie Belle has shoved in my face away. "I appreciate it, Sweetie Belle, but I'm having brunch with Spike, so I won't be eating much."
"But," my sister starts. "I made a special breakfast just for you." She gave me her cute face which made me, of course, feel guilty.
"Alright." I say.
A grin spread from ear to ear on Sweetie Belle's face. We both sit down at kitchen table and help ourselves to crêpes.
"You didn't burn them this time." I remark.
"Rarity," Sweetie Belle snaps. "I'm fourteen. I know how to cook."
"Fine point, indeed, Sweetie Belle."
When we finish eating our crêpes, I head back up to my room to get dressed. It isn't a formal outing, but I want to dress nice for Spike. Decide to dress in a simple everyday outfit of a plain red t-shirt, black leggings, ugg boots, and of course, I wear the ruby heart necklace I made from a gemstone Spike gave me. I brush my hair and by the time I'm finished with everything, it's ten thirty. I head out the door and head to Sugar Cube Corner.
As I walk, I run into Raindrop, a pale yellow pegasus with a teal main and raindrops as a cutie mark.
"Good morning, Raindrop." I say.
"Hi Rarity!" she replies.
"If you don't mind me asking, since you're apart of the weather team and your cutie mark being related to weather and all, if I could ask you to prevent any rain today?" I ask.
"Okie-dokie." she replies.
"Is that a yes?"
The yellow mare nods, then flies off.
When I arrive at Sugar Cube Corner, Spike is sitting at a table inside, near the window. When I enter the dragon's view, her smiles.
"Hi Spike!" I say, joyfully.
"Rarity!" Spike beams. "So glad you could make it. It's been awhile."
I take a seat across from my dragon friend and Mr. Cake comes over and asks, "Can I get you two anything to eat?"
"You got anything with gemstones?" Spike asks.
Mr. Cake gives him a strange look.
"No? Okay. Then can I get a cupcake?"
Pinkie Pie pops out of nowhere. "Pink, purple, blue, are green frosting?"
"Hi Pinkie. I'll do green frosting. Thanks." Spike replies.
Pinkie disappears to get Spike's cupcake.
"And you, Miss Rarity? Can I get you something?" Mr. Cake questions.
"I'll just have some tea. Thank you." I reply.
"Here's your cupcake, Spike!" Pinkie reappears.
"Thanks."
And with that, Pinkie left to make other ponies' day.
"Spike,darling," I start. "It's been forever since we've talked. I'm sorry I never wrote to you. I have been so busy recently."
"It's fine. I've been busy too." Spike explains. "Twilight's been really busy with princess stuff and such. She's been making me do a bunch of paper work and I have to send out a bunch of letters to apparently important ponies or some other crap like that."
"My, isn't that tiring?" I ask.
"Eh. I choose to help."
"You were always the sweetest dragon ever." I comment.
Spike and I talk for what seems like hours. Most likely because we did chat for two and a half hours straight. During that time, we caught up on each others lives and became even closer friends. We left the bakery and decide to take a walk around PonyVille to enjoy the nature as well as enjoy each others presence. We walk around almost all of Sweet Apple Acres, which took a large portion of the day. As we walk back towards the center of PonyVille, Spike changes the subject of the conversation.
"Rarity?" Spike asks.
"Yes, darling?"
'There's something I need to tell you."
"What is it, sweetie?" I question.
"I've always kinda had a crush on you."
III
SPIKE
"Rarity?" I ask.
"Yes, darling?"
"There's something I need to tell you." I tell her.
"What is it, sweetie?" Rarity questions.
"I've always kinda had a crush on you."
She doesn't say anything nor does she look at me. She simply continues to walk beside me, looking straight forward, her expression blank. I'm not sure whether she's shocked, confused, or both. After we walk about half a mile in silence, Rarity finally breaks the silence. "I don't know what to say to that."
"I didn't expect much of a reaction." I comment.
"Oh, Spike," Rarity says and kisses my cheek. "You've always been the sweetest dragon ever. It's just, well..."
"I'm not your type."
"Well, if that's how you want to put it." Rarity comments.
«Did I just get friend-zoned?» I think. "Yeah..." I mumble.
"Hmm?"
"Well Rarity, I don't know how to respond to what you said." I say. "When I first saw you, well, let me just say it was love at first sight. I thought you were the most beautiful creature I've ever seen. Ponies and dragons alike. I've heard it takes a moment to like somepony, an hour to have a crush on them, a day to love them, but a lifetime to forget them."
"Spike darling, I never said I didn't like you." Rarity explains.
"You said I wasn't your type." I point out.
"You're the one that said that!" my crush exclaims.
"You agreed, though." I add.
"Spike, stop."
"All I ever asked was to be more than a friend to you." I say. "Guaranteed, it might be awkward since I'm quite a bit younger than you, but I still thought of you as more than just a friend."
"Spike, darling, I-"
I lean over to Rarity and kiss her. "That's my goodbye." Then I take flight and fly back to library.
When I get to the library, Twilight was quietly reading a book of magic spells. She must've been finished with her royal duties. I run up to my room and slam the door shut. That got Twilight's attention.
"Spike? Are you okay?"
I ignore her and don't reply.
"Hello?" Twilight asks.
"I'm not in a good mood to talk about it." I say.
There was a pause. "Whatever you say. I'll bother you later."
I rummage through a bookshelf in my room until I find my photo album. I page through it, remembering the moments I had actually enjoyed with Rarity. "It would've been better if I didn't tell her I liked her." I mumble.
About an hour later, I belch a letter and green flames. The letter had a baby blue satin ribbon tied around it. It resembled the one I got from Rarity earlier, which made me not want to read it. After the disappointment of today, I have tried to get Rarity off my mind for the past hour, but I couldn't. The letter won't help that fact. I unroll the letter. Not wanting to, I read it, then re-read it again. The letter read:
Dear Spike,
I know you've liked me more than just a friend for a while. You made it a bit obvious, darling. Though I know you liked me more than a friend, I don't believe you know that I have similar feelings towards you. Yes, it is true what you mentioned today that I am quite a bit older than you, but I don't feel that matters. You're the sweetest, kindest, funniest, and most adorable dragon I've met. In fact, you're more generous than most stallions I know. I hope you can forget our little argument on our walk and move on. For your information, I have decided to forget the whole event and restart our outing. Would you care to come over to the Carousel Boutique for a spot of tea? Anytime and any day is fine for me. I hope you can make it.
Love,
Rarity
I'm not exactly sure how to react to the letter, but I get a warm, fuzzy feeling inside. I'm sure if I'm happy I can forget the argument, or just relieved Rarity won't make a fuss about the whole thing.
The next morning, I get dressed and head downstairs. I simply wore a red t-shirt that reads 'EVERYDAY I'M PARTYING! ' and torn denim jeans. When I get downstairs, Twilight has set up a table full of mouth-watering pastries for breakfast.
"Why so fancy?" I ask.
Twilight looks up from her book, takes a bite of a cinnamon roll and says "Pinkie Pie said saw you and Rarity at Sugar Cube Corner the other day and she said she was happy to see, and I quote, you two together. So she put together a whole basket of sweets and pastries for you and Rarity and sent them out this morning. Hope you don't mind that I started eating without you. I didn't want to wake you."
"It's fine." I say. My stomach growls. "Looks like I'm hungrier than I thought."
I grab a slice of key lime pie and start eating.
****
Time came when I set off to Rarity's, I'm not to thrilled because of what happened the other day, but hopefully I'll be able to forget that argument. As I walk, I notice the sky is getting darker and darker. I'm sure it'll just be a little rain.
When I arrive at the Carousel Boutique, I start to shake as I knock on the door. Sweetie Belle answers with a blank look on her face. She sighs and calls for Rarity. When Rarity get to the doorway, she hugs me.
"Oh, Spike!" she beams. "I'm so sorry about yesterday. I never meant to insult you."
"That's nice." I gasp. "But you're kinda cutting off my air circulation. I can't breathe."
Rarity backs away. "Oh my goodness! I'm so sorry, darling! Are you alright?"
"Fine. I guess."
My crush gestures for me to follow her. She leads me to a small, round table off to the side of her work area. There she had tea set up and everything. We sit down and Rarity serves herself some tea then asks if I want some. I nod. Heck, I could use a hot cup of tea to get rid of some of the crap on my mind.
After a moment of silence, I ask "So...Rarity...I've been meaning to ask you...well you know that I've liked you more than just a friends for some time...what I've been meaning to ask you is, what do you think of me?" I pause and take a deep breath. "It sounded like I wasn't your type. But then again, I said that and you somewhat agreed..."
She sighs. "Spike, I never said I didn't like you."
"That doesn't mean-"
I'm interrupted when Rarity pulls me closer to her and kisses me, full on the lips. When I snap back from that shock, I'm a little confused. Earlier it seemed as if I was just a friend or like a brother to the unicorn, but she just kissed me.
"Spike, I'm so sorry. I don't know what came over me." says Rarity.
"Holy shi-"
Rarity glares at me.
"-take mushrooms." I say. "Yeah. Shiitake mushrooms."
Thunder booms outside. Rain pours down from the darkened sky all of a sudden. Gallons after gallons of rain water floods the now not-so busy streets of PonyVille. My crush turns on her flat-screen TV and watches the weather. The connection is terrible, but I'm able to make out what the weather pony is saying.
"It's raining cats and dogs." says the weather pony. "Severe flooding alerts for those in PonyVille. We suggest that nopony goes outside for the next day or so until the storm has stopped. It's thundering and lightning out there, everypony. Stay indoors."
"Well Spike, looks like you'll be spending the night here." Rarity comments. "Do you want to send a letter to Twilight?"
"I suppose." I mumble and grab some paper and a quill that was on a nearby table.
I'm not entirely sure what to tell Twilight. But the results is this.
Hey Twilight.
The storm is really bad so I'm gonna have to spend the night at Rarity's place. Yeah I know it's only like 11:30 A.M., but the ponies on the weather said it's not gonna stop raining 'till tomorrow and they advise staying indoors. So yeah. Hope you get it, and stay cool.
Spike
With a breath of fire, the letter is sent off to Twilight.
