Just a Crush

It was now the last day of school for the week. Spike had only started on Monday and he's now starting to like the idea of going to school. After the talk he had with Sweetie Belle he started hanging out with with the Cutie Mark Crusaders. They played games, worked together on group activities, and ate lunch together.

That started when they realized Spike was eating alone, so they asked him to join them for lunch. Spike was so much happier now than he was when he first came here. If it hadn't been for Sweetie Belle, Spike would still be in his shell. But now he finally had that special something he was always missing in his life. He had friends.

Spike was rolling back and forth in his bed trying to get comfortable, but nothing. He decided to get up and move around until he could go back to sleep. As he was walking he ended up next to the door to the porch. The dragon stared at the door for a few seconds and just shrugged thinking "Eh, why not."

He grabbed his hoodie and started putting it on as he walked back to the porch door. Once he finally got his hoodie on he grabbed to door knob, opening and closing the door. Making sure he didn't wake up Twilight in the process.

He walked onto the and went over to the ledge putting both his arms on them. He started moving his head up to look up at the night sky. He watched as all of the stars twinkled in the night giving off calming signals to the young dragon. Spike couldn't help but sigh at the beauty he was witnessing.

"Spike?" The dragon flinch at the sudden call of his name. He turned around to see the lavender alicorn standing in the doorway. "What are you doing out here? Don't you know how late it is?" Twilight said as she was rubbing her eyes.

Spike didn't answering her question, instead he just stood there, still looking up into the sky. Twilight was confused for a second, but then a sense of understanding came to her. She walked over to the dragon and put her left hoof onto his shoulder.

"Couldn't sleep again, huh?" Spike still didn't speak. All Twilight got from him was a slight nod of his head. "Listen Spike, I know it's going to be hard to get used to this, but I know you can do it. You're the one who saved the entire Crystal Empire from King Sombra. This is just a bump in the path. You can choose to do one of two things."

Spike looked at Twilight with interest in his eyes. "You can let that bump in the road be a giant boulder blocking your way. Or you can make it a little pebble and just walk over it."

Spike thinks he understands what she's saying, but is still a little confused. Twilight notices this and continues.

"Remember Spike the path isn't the one making you. You're the one whose is making the path. It's up to you to decide whether you keep moving down that path or stop. Just think about it Spike." With that Twilight started walking to the door.

"Uh, Twilight?" Spike finally said stopping the alicorn in her tracks. She turned to the dragon who had a warm smile on his face. "Thanks." Twilight gave the young dragon a smile back.

"You're welcome Spike. Now you should get back to bed. You have a fun day planned tomorrow." Twilight said as she walked back into the library and into bed. Spike on the other hand looked at the night sky one last time and then went back inside as well.

"CRACK, HISS, DUNG DUNG, (JACK HAMMER NOISE)?!"

"It's eight o'clock on a Saturday morning. What could Rarity be doing at a time like this." Sweetie Belle started shifting from side to side on her bed. Covering her head with a pillow. Nothing was working. She couldn't block the noise when going into her ears and she couldn't sleep because of the noise.

"That's it Rarity I had enough of all this noise! How is anypony suppose to sleep when you're keeping all of Equestria awake!" Sweetie Belle slammed open her bedroom door and headed towards Rarity's private bathroom. As she knocked on the door with all of her strength, she heard the door behind her open.

Rarity walked out of the bathroom wearing a bathrobe and a towel on her mane. "Sweetie Belle! Would you be so kind as to keep it down. I swear you probably woke up everypony in Ponyville."

Sweetie couldn't believe what her big sister just said. "Me? You're the one with the construction site in the bathroom." Rarity just smiled and chuckled at the little unicorn filly.

"Well Sweetie the neighbors won't be mad at me, because I only make noise for one reason. Beauty!" Rarity struck a pose at that moment throwing off her towel and robe at the same time. To the filly's surprise her coat and mane were already dry.

"Now If you will excuse me Sweetie, I must get breakfast started." Rarity headed down the stairs of the Carousel Boutique. "How would you like your eggs."

After hearing her sister's voice Sweetie Belle regained consciousness. "Oh, can I help make breakfast too."

"NO!" The sudden burst out from Rarity caused the filly to give her a look of confusion. "Oh, I-I mean no thank you Sweetie that won't be necessary. I can handle it by myself."

Rarity hoped that that her sister would buy her obviously fake excuse. "Oh, ok."

"And sold." Rarity thought to herself as she continued walking to the kitchen.

Sweetie Belle however went back into her room to wait for the food to be done. She just laid down on her bed looking up at the ceiling. When Sweetie Belle was about to drift off to sleep she got off her bed and headed downstairs. Surprisingly the food was done when she got to the kitchen.

She sat down at the table and enjoyed her sisters sunny side up with toast. The eggs were so chewy, but had an interesting taste to it. The toast perfectly cooked to a golden brown without any burns on it. "Rarity you really out done yourself this time." The enthusiastic filly said spitting crumbs on the table.

Rarity looked at Sweetie Belle, then down at the table with her usually disgusted expression on her face. Rarity used her magic to levitate a cloth and spray bottle over to the table. "Well thank you Sweetie, but you should really stop talking with your mouth full. It is very unladylike like" She said as she continued cleaning the table.

Once she was done she looked at Sweetie Belle and levitated a napkin to her muzzle, rubbing it with extreme force. "Rarity stop it!" The filly scream as she resisted her sister's cleaning.

"Oh but Sweetie Belle just look at you. Your face is so filthy."

"I don't care, I can clean myself you know." Sweetie Belle left the kitchen with a huff and headed towards the front door.

"Sweetie Belle," Rarity interrupted "Where are you going?" The filly turned around to her sister.

"I'm going to Sugar Cube Corner with the other Crusaders and Spike." Rarity was surprised, but interested about the mention of the dragon's name.

"I'm sorry Sweetie, but did you say that Spike was joining you?" Sweetie looked at her sister with a confused expression on her face.

"Uh, yeah. Why?"

"Oh, nothing. Have fun." Sweetie Belle was confused by her sisters actions, but just shrugged it off. With that she went off to meet up with her friends.

Rarity was now thinking of Sweetie Belle and Spike on a little date. She giggled like a little school filly with a large smile upon her face. "Aw, they would make such a cute couple."

Applebloom and Scootaloo were outside of the Sugar Cube Corner awaiting their other friends. "Hey girls." The two fillies turned around to see Sweetie Belle come running up to them.

"Hey Sweetie Belle." The two said in almost perfect unison. As the unicorn filly slowed down in front of her friends she noticed someone missing.

"Hey where's Spike?" The other two just shrugged for an answer. As if on cue Spike came into view of the three fillies.

The dragon was wearing his blue and yellow hoodie, but his hood was down and his spines were up again. He came down the dirt roads of Ponyville riding on a skateboard that had the same color scheme as his hoodie. The dragon couldn't help himself by grind the bridge, ramp off a table, and did a little three-sixty in midair. When he landed he stopped perfectly in front of the fillies. He kick his board in the air and caught it in his hand.

The Crusaders just looked at Spike in amazement after seeing what he had just done. Spike turned his attention to the fillies that were standing before. "Sorry I'm a late. I over slept and when I realized what time it was I grabbed my board and rode it to get here quicker."

Scootaloo was the first one to snap out of her trance and a huge smile grew on her face. "Wow! That was awesome! I mean that was Rainbow Dash awesome! Since when could you do that?"

Spike thought for a second thinking "Where did I learn how to do that?"

The dragon just shrugged it off. "I guess I learned it without even knowing." Spike chuckled a little rubbing the back of his head with his free hand. Once Applebloom snapped out of her trance as well she interrupted the two's conversation.

"How bout y'all talk bout it while we're inside." The two agreed and they all headed inside to continue their conversation. Sweetie Belle on the other hand was still just standing there, lost in a daze.

"Sweetie Belle ya comin." Applebloom called from the inside of the building. The filly finally snapped out of it and started walking through the front doors as well.

The four kids were sitting at there table sipping from their milkshakes. When Spike stopped drinking he turned his head to see a bunch of ponies sitting in one part of the store. "Hey what's going on over there?"

"Over where?" A pink earth pony popped out of nowhere and almost caused the four to fall off their chairs.

"Uh, Over there." Pinkie turned her head around to see were dragon was pointing. A huge smile appeared on the mare's face as she turned back tot he dragon.

"Oh, that's the Super Duper Karaoke Party!"

"The super duper what?" Spike asked not understanding what the pink mare was talking about.

"Karaoke Party! It's really fun you should try it Spike."

The dragon seemed to be a little worried about what Pinkie Pie was talking about. "Well I um, I'm not really good at singing and it's been a while since I played guitar,"

"Wait you play guitar?!" Pinkie was now right in Spike's face.

"Oops. Forgot that karaoke doesn't need ponies to play music." Spike thought to himself. Before He knew it the pink mare grabbed and brought him to the stage. She then shoved a guitar into his claws and walked of the stage. "Wait Pinkie I," Spike was interrupted by the turning on of the spot light and everypony's eyes were now glued on to him.

Spike just stood there in front of the starring crowed of ponies. He hadn't sung in a while and definitely haven't played the guitar in who knows how long. Spike doesn't really know a lot of songs he can play or know all the words to. So he decided to do the first song that came to his mind.

He started tuning the guitar until they were in the correct tone for the song. After taking a few deep breathes, calming himself down, and clearing his throat he began.

(Can't Fight This Feeling: Glee Version)

I cant fight this feeling any longer
And yet I'm still afraid to let it flow
What started out as friendship, has grown stronger
I only wish I had the strength to let it show

And even as I wander
I'm keeping you in sight
You're a candle in the window
On a cold, dark winters night
And I'm getting closer than I ever thought I might

And I cant fight this feeling anymore
I've forgotten what I started fighting for
Its time to bring this ship into the shore
And throw away the oars
Baby, I cant fight this feeling anymore

Everypony in the restaurant were in awe at what they were all hearing. Even the Crusaders were surprised at the dragon's talent. Sweetie Belle was the one that was the most interested with the dragon's song. She had never heard anything like it before in her entire life.

Even though she hadn't lived for a long time, but that didn't matter right now. All of the sudden Sweetie Belle's glare turned from one of interest to one of relaxed. Even her forelegs folded on the table so that she could rest her head down while listening to the hypnotic spell that is Spike's song.

My life has been such a whirlwind since I saw you
I've been running round in circles in my mind
And it always seems that I'm following you, girl
Cause you take me to the places that alone Id never find

And even as I wander I'm keeping you in sight
You're a candle in the window on a cold, dark winters night
And I'm getting closer than I ever thought I might

And I cant fight this feeling anymore
I've forgotten what I started fighting for
Its time to bring this ship into the shore
And throw away the oars, forever

Cause I cant fight this feeling anymore
I've forgotten what I started fighting for
And if I have to crawl upon the floor
Come crashing through your door
Baby, I cant fight this feeling anymore.

Everypony started to applauded for the young dragon, followed by a couple of whistles and cheering. Spike looked down at the roaring crowd of ponies, and was surprised that they actually liked his song. He then got up off the stool he was sitting on, took a few bows and headed pack to his table were the Crusaders were in awe.

On the way he was giving a couple of ponies hoof bump. He was almost at the table ,but he stopped and turned to his right seeing Pinkie Pie next to him. Spike figured that this would be the best time to give her pack the guitar she gave him before he went back to sit down.

Once she saw Spike coming closer to the table, Sweetie Belle snapped out of her trance and quickly stood back up. The dragon finally made it back to the table and took a sip of his milkshake. He pocked one eye open seeing Applebloom and Scootaloo just starring at him.

After swallowing what he had in his mouth he raised an eyebrow at them. "What?" Spike said in a confused tone.

"That was amazing! I never knew y'all could sing like that." Applebloom said while waving her forelegs in the air.

"Yeah, and you rocked on that guitar. I never even knew you played guitar." Said Scootaloo. Spike did his best to be modest so that he wouldn't get a big ego.

"Well I wouldn't say that I was that good."

"Are ya kiddin me, y'all were fantastic." Applebloom interrupted the dragon in mid sentence.

"Hey I bet if you could get a cutie mark it would be something musical related." Scootaloo said even more exited than usual.

Spike looked pass the two fillies to see one hiding her face in her mane. "Hey Sweetie Belle is something wrong?" Spike said concerned about about the unicorn filly.

Sweetie Belle shot up in shock and tried to act like everything was normal. "Oh no I'm perfectly fine." Giving the three a really big smile trying to prove that she was telling the truth. Lucky for her they bought it.

The three fillies and dragon were walking out of Sugar Cube Corner when they saw what time it was on the Ponyville Clock Tower. "Aah horse feathers, I gotta get back home ta help Applejack with the apple buckin. See y'all later." Applebloom waves her hoof as she started walking the direction to her home.

"Yeah, and I have to get back home to help my mom with her plants. Catch you guys later." Scootaloo hopped on her scooter and road it in the opposite direction that Applebloom went leaving Sweetie Belle and Spike alone together in the middle of Ponyville.

Spike was just looking up into the sky, seeming to be in a dream like daze. When he turned his head a little bit to the side Sweetie Belle looked down at the ground, trying to prevent eye contact with him.

"Why do keep acting like this when I'm with Spike?" Sweetie Belle thought to herself. "I never really felt this way when Applebloom and Scootaloo are with us, but when it's just me and Spike I get this weird feeling in my stomach."

"Hey Sweetie Belle?" Sweetie's face flushed red after hearing his voice.

She looked up at him and tried to play it cool. "Yes Spike?" The dragon dragged his foot in the ground, obviously feeling a little nervous about the situation as well.

"Well I was if I could show you something? If I do you have to promise not to tell anypony. Ok?"

Sweetie Belle felt her heart beading faster than it's ever beaded before. She brought up all of yer courage to say that single word. "Ok."