Accidentally on Purpose

“Happy Hearts and Hooves day! Oh my Gosh, please don’t forget to try some of the cookies everypony! Remember, everything’s on sale today because it’s Hearts and Hooves day, yippee! Buy some treats and sweets for that very special somepony! Don’t miss out!”

A pink blur was racing around Sugarcube Corner, excitedly bouncing up to the patrons with thousands of suggestions of cakes and pastries tumbling out of her mouth.  While Pinkie Pie was giddily advertising the delicious treats the bakers had created, sets of couples around the store were happily browsing and purchasing her suggestions. All around the small settlement of Ponyville, little colts were shyly confessing to their schoolyard  crush about their feelings, mares and stallions were off on romantic walks, picnics, or impatiently trying to get through the day, with only thoughts of what was waiting for them at home to spur them on.

However, someone, or somedragon was fiendishly rubbing his claws together, trying to supress his giddy giggles. Brewing a solution on the second floor of Ponyville’s Public Library was none other than Spike the dragon, whose smile was wide in anticipation as he stirred his brew with a Pegasus feather he may or may not have stolen off one of her friends after a crash landing from a new stunt.

“This is going to be awesome!” He said with a manly, I repeat, a manly squeal. He was a strong, brave dragon who didn’t take guff from anypony!

“Spikey Wikey, is everything alright in there?” chimed a melodious voice from the main floor, “Twilight wants to know what’s taking so long to ready the tea.”

Spike sighed, he may not take guff from anypony, but this wasn’t just anypony. This was Rarity. The most gorgeous, generous, beautiful unicorn he had ever lain his eyes on. Even if said unicorn still treated him like a baby…which he wasn’t. As much…anymore…maybe.

“Coming!” He called back, picking up the tea tray. Just before descending the stairs however, the dragon tipped the vial of bubbling purple potion into one of the cups, the one right in the middle of the three cups.

Twilight Sparkle smiled when she saw her assistant come down the stairs, with a nice spring in his step.

“You’re sure in a good mood, Spike.”

The dragon grinned, “Well, it is Hearts and Hooves day. I sure love holidays!” And Rarity.

The small dragon set the tray of refreshments down before the two unicorns before taking a seat for himself. Rarity was at the library to borrow a few books on “Ye old Equestrian fashion” which she claimed was quickly coming back into style. Twilight, of course, had a freaky amount of knowledge on the subject, or at least that time period, and before anypony knew it, Rarity had been thrown into a so-far-two-hour-long-history-class.

“Here you go, Twilight.” Spike handed her the first cup of tea, which the unicorn wrapped her magic around, accepting it.

“And for you, Rarity.” The dragon offered the white unicorn the cup in the middle, hoping nopony else could hear the pounding in his chest. What Spike had laced the tea with was none other than a love potion, one which will make the drinker fall in love with the first pony, or dragon, they see.

“Thank you, Spikey Wikey.” smiled the Unicorn, levitating the cup with her own magic.

The suspense was nearly choking Spike as Rarity closed her eyes and lifted the cup to take a sip. The dragon swallowed, Rarity’s lips were on the cup! It was tilting back, she was drinking…and…

CRASH!

A horrible shattering sound of glass and splintering wood was heard as the window was shattered, sending a yellow mass of feathers and pink mane straight into Rarity. The two ponies were knocked back against the wall of the library, with books falling upon them, scattering around the floor. Both seemed to be unconscious and unmoving, a stark contrast to the sudden cyan blur flying through the hole created by the initial crash.

“Horsefeathers!” cursed the cyan Pegasus, who zipped passed a stunned Twilight and Spike toward the victims of the crash.

“Oh my gosh, Fluttershy, are you okay?” she asked frantically, half shaking the yellow Pegasus. Her mane was dripping with something wet and mildly sticky and…

The Pegasus screamed, “TWILIGHT! FLUTTERSHY’S GOT…HER MANE IS COVERED IN…” sputtered the pony.

“Rainbow Dash, calm down!” ordered the Unicorn as she trotted over to the crash site. “It’s just tea. See?” she pointed a purple hoof to the tea cup on the yellow pegasus’ head, looking very much like a ceramic hat a few sizes too small.

With a groggy groan, the butter coloured Pegasus stirred. Her azure blue eyes fluttered open tiredly, as she smacked her lips slightly, tasting an odd honeyesque flavour in her mouth.

“Fluttershy!” cried Rainbow Dash, hugging her friend, “I’m so sorry, that trick was way too advanced for you. I can’t believe I pressured you into doing it. I mean, you even said you didn’t want to, but no, I made you do it, and then you lost control and crashed and then you hit Rarit-” The cyan pegasus’ eyes widened at the realization that the white unicorn was also on the floor, possibly injured.

“…I’M A BAD PONY.” she wailed, clutching the butter coloured Pegasus even harder.

“Rainbow, it’s going to be okay!” half shouted Twilight, “Please calm down. There’s no need to send them, and you…mostly you, into further shock.” The unicorn was bending down beside Rarity, gently brushing the elegant mane from her face.

“Spike, go get some towels and ice packs. It’s time to play doctor.”

With a salute, the dragon rushed off to fetch the items she had ordered, hoping desperately that no harm had come to his beloved white unicorn.

Rainbow Dash on the other hoof, was still sobbing manically into Fluttershy’s pink mane.

“BAD PONY. BAD PONY!” she repeated over and over.

Suddenly, she felt a hoof begin to stroke her mane, followed by Fluttershy’s gentle voice, “Rainbow, it’s going to be okay. I’m okay. I’m perfectly fine. In fact, it’s you I’m worried about.”

With a sniff, her amethyst hues blinked out tears to meet the gentle gaze of the Pegasus she was gripping.

“You…okay? Good?” she choked out, unable to form a proper sentence.

Fluttershy’s gaze unfocused for a moment, her hoof going lack against the pegasus’ rainbow mane.

Still staring into Fluttershy’s azure blue gaze, Rainbow Dash’s eyes narrowed for a moment. She would be sobbing more, and she would be a little more frantic, if not for the fact that Fluttershy’s eyes just flashed purple for a few moments.  This little revelation snapped the Pegasus out of her shock, and she straightened her posture, leaning back to get a good look at her friend.

“Fluttershy?”

The pony in question shook her head and smiled shyly back at the Rainbow Peagsus, “Yes, Rainbow?”

Before she could say anything else, Rainbow Dash was interrupted by a loud and dramatic wail, “Owwww, my head! Why does it hurt so much?” It yelled.

Lying on Twilight was none other than Rarity, eyes closed with a hoof over her forehead for maximum drama queen positioning.

“Rarity, let’s use our indoor voices to complain.” smiled Twilight patiently, who was allowing Rarity to use her lap as a cushion to rest on.

“I’m not complaining! I’m whining! Complaining would mean that there’s some pony out there who could possibly fix this dreadful migraine I have, but there isn’t!” Whined the unicorn, voice sounding much like an immature filly throwing a tantrum.

“Rarit-”

“No! It’s horrible!” she pouted, finally opening her eyes. Staring right into her own royal blue hues were Twilight’s own violet irises.

That is if Twilight have could call them blue at all. There was a small spark in Rarity’s eyes that appeared as her gaze met the purple unicorn’s;  a small purple spark, causing Rarity’s eyes to seemingly turn purple,  if just for a moment.

“My, oh my.” breathed Rarity. The unicorn pushed herself up into a sitting position to take a better look at the purple mare before her.

Twilight inched ever so slightly away from her friend, “Are you alright…?”

Rarity gave her friend a sultry look and leaned toward her, “I’m better than alright, I’m in love!”

There was a clatter at the staircase as Spike tripped down the steps, sending the towels and ice packs he had been carrying flying in different directions. Did his ears deceive him? Did the potion actually work? The young dragon was so excited that his concoction had worked that it didn’t even register to him that there was no way he could have been the first being the unicorn had seen after drinking the tea.

With a love-struck schoolcolt grin on his face he bounced toward Rarity and took one of her hooves in his claws, “I’m so happy! Now we can finally be together, my beloved!” His eyes were hopeful as his smile beamed at her.

Frowning, Rarity quickly pulled her hoof away, “No offence, Darling, but I wasn’t talking about you.” with another suggestive glance launched toward the purple unicorn beside her, she grinned, “I was talking about my Schmoopy doopy Sparkle Pie!” And with that she pulled Twilight into an embrace and began nuzzling her mane.

Everypony else, and spike, in the room stared on in stunned silence. Twilight sat with her mouth open in shock as the unicorn hugging her continued to giggle and nuzzle at her mane.

Finally, Rainbow Dash broke it.

“Schmoopy… doopy Sparkle… Pie?”

A/N: This is my first story, so please do tell me if anything such as formatting is off. Feedback and constructive criticism would also be nice. Thank you! =]