And None of them Lived Happily Ever After (Unfair Shipping Act I)

        "Rarity," he said to me bitterly.

        My suspicions were confirmed. The only thing that could leave Spike in this kind of mood was some kind of harsh realization like this.

        "Rarity is taken. She's already going out with somepony," he continued.

        "Well...I wouldn't worry about it. It's not like you've completely missed your chance. Maybe it won't work out between them..."

        I hated myself for saying that. After the fiasco with Prince Blueblood, I rather hoped that Rarity would find somepony more tolerable. She deserved somepony better, nicer, more chivalrous. And as much as I hated to say it, she deserved better than Spike.

        At the moment, though, Spike was the issue, and I had to keep his spirits up.

        "Who's the stallion, anyway?" I proceed to ask.

        "No, you don't get it...not stallion...mare."

        The words took a minute to sink in. Something...was definitely wrong. There was no doubt in my mind now, there was something in the water that was doing this. One such instance instance was already extremely unlikely. Two individual such instances meant there was some unseen factor, something which was twisting the likelihood and making the near impossible a reality.

        Indeed, there was no longer any denying: something was was completely amiss.