Castle, Dull Castle

One For Two

"Hey! Um... Twilight? Can I speak to you for a moment please?" asked Spike, a little embarrassed.

Twilight lifted her head up from her book. It was an interesting book about ancient writings. She had been reading it for two hours now and was quite irritated about her little assistant bothering her again. Well... He wasn't so little anymore. His seventeenth birthday had been a month ago. Twilight sighted. Soon he would be leaving her to get married. It was quite surprising but he had gotten over his old crush, Rarity. Although Twilight suspected him to be into Fluttershy now...

"Yes Spike what is it?" she asked.

Spike looked at her with a nervous face. His eyes kept shifting away from her gaze. His hands were gripping tight on his little white blanket (it was a modified version of his Rarity toy which he had changed years ago) and he was moving around.

"I... I... Uh...Never mind. It's nothing. Sorry for disturbing you" Spike muttered, finally giving up on telling her what was bothering him.

He quickly stepped out of her room, almost running out before she could say anything.

Twilight frowned and shook her head. That dragon...

Spike on the other hand was hesitating on trying again. What he had seen yesterday was very... disturbing. For him at least. It was something that he had to share with some pony but... who?

Spike focused to try and forget what happened but it only made it worse. The memory came back and he remembered every detail of it...

It was a sunny day and the purple dragon was walking to Fluttershy's cottage. He would visit that place more and more which led him to realize his very, very, very, very big crush on her. Once he found out that he loved her, being with the yellow girl was becoming something that he needed. At night, he would often look out his window in the hope of seeing her lovely pink hair, her yellow skin, her big, innocent blue eyes that would look up at him and make him smile.

Spike stopped in the middle of the road and controlled himself. Last time, he was so busy thinking about her that he had bumped into a few people.

He continued his way to her cottage and stopped in front of the door. It was becoming harder and harder to not show his emotions and he feared that one day she would notice them.

Spike heard a sweet laugh. Then he heard another, more deep laugh.

Discord?!thought Spike angrily.

The  draconequs often visited Fluttershy too. Spike and him had become silent enemies after realizing that they both appreciated the same girl and Discord was winning... Flowers and presents always appeared in his hands whenever he saw her. Spike couldn't come up with all the jokes and tricks that Discord had up his sleeves. That was why he was determined to get her.

No matter what...

Spike opened the door and saw his enemy and Fluttershy both sitting in two chairs. They had cups of tea floating besides them and seemed like they were having a good time. Fluttershy turned to him and smiled sweetly, lifting his spirit.

"Oh! Hello Spike. I didn't expect you to come here, how are you?"

"F... Fine thanks. I just wanted to uh... see... you..." muttered the purple dragon awkwardly.

"Well, you could knock instead of barging in like that!" said Discord crossing his arms.

What's his problem?

"I'm a friend of hers. I'm allowed to come by and visit"

"Yeah but no need to enter so rudely okay? I almost dropped the cup of the lovely tea Fluttershy made specially for me" smirked Discord while his tail made a victory sign.

"So what?! Does that mean that you're going to be rejected by her just because I came inside? Didn't you learn at that gala last time?" said Spike through gritted teeth.

"Please! That was years ago! That dear Tree cutter and I are besties now!

"Treehugger" whispered Fluttershy.

"Yes, yes of course my dear sorry!"

Spike cringed at the name he called her but managed to smile and turned to Fluttershy :

"I'm sorry too Flutters," Ha! Point for me!" I just came by to help you with the animals and stuff. After all, they're so cute and need the attention right?"

"Oh Spike what a sweet thing to say! Discord already took care of them but I'll surely offer you a cup of tea. You came here with such good intentions..." she said as she got up. The yellow girl looked at him and blushed a little which made Spike's heart leap. Was that a good sign?! It probably was!

He smiled (and probably blushed) back at her until a rather annoyed Discord got up and escorted Fluttershy to the kitchen. Before entering it, he turned his head and gave Spike a death glare. Spike just smiled and made a victory sign with his hands, giving him a taste of his own medicine.

He sat down in the chair Discord was sitting in earlier while the kitchen door closed and stared out the window. It was rare that his encounters with Discord would go this way. He would either loose or embarrass himself in front of Fluttershy.

Fluttershy... The girl he loved... Oh how he wanted to brush his hand through her lovely pink hair and put his lips against her delicate little face. One day he would marry that girl. Unless Discord did it first...

Speaking of the devil, what is that idiot doing? thought Spike a little worried.

He tiptoed to the kitchen door and peeked through the keyhole.

Discord was hugging Fluttershy! And in a really... sick and twisted way. His hands were positioned on her breasts and his mouth was next to her ear. She was frozen to the spot in front of her teapot and was apparently not expecting that.

Spike's mouth opened and his eyes widened. Sweat trickled down his face. What the hell was that pervert doing to her?!

"D... Discord... W... Wha... What are you doing?!" whisper shouted Fluttershy, traumatized.

"Something that I should've done a long time ago", he said calmly. " Something that I want to do to you. Because... I love you!"

"Squeak!"

"It's the strongest love in the world I've ever felt! I want you Fluttershy! I really want you!" murmured Discord in a crazy way.

"Let me go!" said Fluttershy, struggling.

"Oh no need for that my dear! I'm going to enjoy myself..."

Discord pushed her forward onto the table and started to lick her neck.

"The hell Discord?! Let me GO!!" screeched Fluttershy, terrified.

The draconequs seemed surprised and loosened his grip a bit. That's when Spike decided it was time to come in.

He jumped in the kitchen and punched Discord as hard as possible in the stomach, making him let go and fall on the floor in pain.

"Fluttershy let's go NOW!" yelled Spike, grabbing her hand and pulling her out of the cottage.

They ran for a long time before falling on the ground, panting. They both stayed there for a while, catching their breath. Then Fluttershy looked up at him.

"Th... Thank you very much Spike. I can't believe Discord did that! He... He is just such a monster!" she whispered, tears in her eyes.

"I'm sorry about that" said Spike getting a little closer to her. "I would never have thought he would do something so perverted! Hurting you is just the worst of crimes..."

"That's sweet. You've always been here for me and I... I never got the chance to thank you for what you've done. With the animals and with Discord. Oh Spike! How could he..." Fluttershy sobbed.

The young dragon was a little embarrassed. He had no idea how to react to a pretty girl crying because she was just abused of! But he had to comfort her. So he got closer and hugged her.

She stopped sobbing and her big blue eyes shifted towards him. He could see the crystal tears in them through her pink hair. She laid her head against his torso, sobbing some more and thanking him again.

Spike didn't know for how long they stayed like that. But he never wanted to leave.

Finally, she pulled away and looked around before gasping.

"S... Spike! We're in the Everfree forest!" she squealed.

"What?!"

Spike checked his surroundings as well and realized she was right. They had ran strait into the dark and scary Everfree forest! But strangely this time... this time he wasn't scared. He had just beaten Discord and was on the verge of getting the girl of his dreams. He could surely protect her. Maybe this was the time to reveal his feelings for her?

"Don't you worry" he said, looking her strait in the eyes. "I'll protect you with my life Fluttershy. And I will always be there for you. No matter what. It's just that there's something that's been bugging me a lot. I really don't want you to think that I'm taking advantage of the situation here but... I think I love... you."

She looked at him and tears filled up her eyes again.

"That's the... nicest thing... anybody has ever s... said to me. And... To be honest I've been feeling that way too for a long time now. But I never found the time or courage to tell you that...I may love you too Spike," she squealed and then stood up, more determined. "I really love you too".

It was all the dragon needed to stand up as well and lean to her, his lips crashing onto hers. His arms wrapped around her and she pressed against him. At first, he felt her stiffen up, and he worried that it would be too much in a day but she finally returned it.

Their kiss lasted a few seconds before they broke it up, panting. The intensity of the kiss was a passionate way for them to prove each other's love towards the other. Fluttershy blushed a bit and a thought went through her head : Is this right?

This is the best day ever! thought Spike, walking through the streets with his new girlfriend.

It was so hard not to kiss her again but he didn't want to insist on it since she had just been a little traumatized by Discord. The single thought of that freak made Spike want to punch something. Abusing of his new girl like that... It actually was quite surprising that he hadn't done anything against them yet. Normally, being the annoying and careless draconequs he is, Discord would be raging over the town to find Fluttershy and him.

Unless... Unless he had seen them kissing in the Everfree forest - which they had barely escaped out of due to a pack of Timberwolves -... Maybe it had upset him...?

Ugh! The hell if he got upset! I can't trust him.

"Spike?" came the sweet voice of Fluttershy. "Where are we going?"

"I don't want to let you sleep at your cottage incase... he comes back so... would you mind sleeping with me tonight?" he said and smiled at her before quickly adding : "Not in a bad way! I don't want to do that!"

"Oh dear sorry! I guess I'm just a little on edge. But thank you, I'm gladly accepting your offer."

Spike smiled at her again - which was all he seemed capable to do - and they arrived in front of the shimmering castle.

"Here we are!" he said.

But he didn't get an answer for a giant pile of confetti and balloons submerged them. The purple dragon feared for a moment that Discord was back until he heard a familiar high pitched voice.

"Oh my gosh Fluttershy you made it!!" chirped Pinkie Pie. "I didn't think you would have gotten my invitation because when I came by this morning you weren't at home so I figured 'Pinkie! If she is not at home she has to be someplace else!' Because you know, you simply can't be not someplace else if you're not at home so I went and asked Applejack If she'd seen you but she said that she didn't so I went and asked Rainbow Dash but like she was in her house and her house is in the sky, I had to go find one of my amazingly bouncy trampolines to get to her and..."

"PINKIE! Shut up already! I'm getting a headache!" moaned Rainbow Dash, appearing behind her with a piece of cake in her hoof.

"Oopsie Doopsie Gummy Yummy! I guess I'm just soooooo happy she's here!"

"Um... Here for what?" Asked Fluttershy, emerging from the pile of confetti.

"We're having a super duper crazy-licious party for no absolute reason!" said Pinkie Pie very proudly, before bouncing away.

"Ah have no idea what it's for but Granny Smith baked us some nice pies so ah guess it's cool" came Applejack, helping Spike up.

"We're going to have a wonderful afternoon, enjoying the festivities and then we will have a slumber party in Twilight's room" said Rarity with -as always - a cup of fruit punch floating besides her.

"Oh... Okay" smiled Fluttershy as the three walked back to the main room.

Spike was about to follow them when the yellow girl grabbed his hand to pull him away and whispered :

"Please, not a word to the others about what happened. I will talk to them tomorrow but right now I just don't feel like it..."

"But Twilight could help!"

Fluttershy looked at him with pleading eyes and Spike gulped.

"Alright, alright! I won't say a word just please never do that again!" Spike leaned in and winked at her "I don't want to die of cuteness!"

She giggled and blushed before joining the others.

Spike looked at his bedroom ceiling. He was lying in bed after the long afternoon he had just lived through. For hours he had secretly guarded the door, terrified at the idea of Discord coming in and crashing the whole party.

At least Fluttershy seemed like she had some fun...

The girls where all gathered in Twilights room and had sent Spike to his own. In times like this he kind of regretted the old library...

Spike closed his eyes. Tomorrow would be a better day...

A grumbling awoke him. He sat up in bed, still a little asleep and looked around in alarm : the whole castle was shaking! Spike quickly jumped out of bed and grabbed his clothes. He put them on and rushed into the hallway to see the girls in front of him, screaming.

"What's happening?!" yelled RD.

"I don't know!" Replied Twilight to cover the noise of the ground shaking.

"Let's get outta here gals! Before the whole darn building falls on us!" screamed Applejack, running towards the door.

Spike looked for Fluttershy and grabbed her hand, ignoring the shocked look of the others and making a go for the exit. The girls followed him and he saw Applejack suddenly stop in front of the door, making everybody else stop.

"What is it?!" screamed Twilight.

"We... We're in the bucking air! The castle is floating!" replied the cowgirl.

They all looked over her shoulder and saw she was right. The castle was getting further and further away from the ground.

It passed a few clouds and then nobody could see Equestria anymore. Above the clouds, some pink and cotton candy ones were floating about here and there.

"Wait..." muttered Spike," this seems familiar..."

Finally, the castle stopped going up and immobilised itself in such a sudden way that everybody fell to the floor. Spike's head hit the edge of the wall and the last thing he saw was the hand of Fluttershy being yanked out of his.

"Discord..."