The ugly drake

Spike laid there in his little basket that he had grown so accustomed to whenever he needed rest or a quite place to relax, but this time he was any but relaxed. This time he was crying his eyes to the point where even dragon fire could not slow the tide of tears.

"Why WHY WHY?" Spike shouted between both tears and hiccups of breath.

He had it all planned out, yesterday he would do extra chores for Twilight giving him move free time today, in the morning he would do the remaining chores at quickly as possible and then proceed to have a shower despite his hate for them. when lunch time roles around he would be at Rarity's doing lots of special jobs for to get her attention, and in the evening he would complete the final part of his plan and ask Rarity out but...

"IT'S JUST NOT FA-I-I-R!"

Rarity did not reject Spike nor did Spike let his nerves get the better of him and shy away like Fluttershy but it seems that the young drake was too late. As he made his way to the Carousal Boutique, blue diamonds molded into the shape of Rarity's cutiemark in tow, he heard the sound of both a rich ladylike giggle and a deep sophisticated chuckle inside. Curiosity grasping him in its snare, Spike decide to peek through the window to see what was going on and what he saw broke his heart. Inside Rarity was kissing a tall, handsome, muscular, handsome, noble looking stallion that was so handsome looking it would give Spike wobbly knees of his heart wasn't already broken. At this sight he ran home and into the possible comfort of bed.

"WAAAH WAAAH" Spike continued to cry without show any signs of stopping for a 10 minuets now and Twilight, through her expert opinion, deiced that this is something that Spike couldn't handle alone. She knocked on the door despite being the only door into her room as well and waited for an answer however the only answer she got was slightly quieter sobbing.2

"Spike" Twilight said in her motherly voice she used when her little drake was upset, "Whats wrong? You can tell me."

After a few more minuets of sobbing and deep breathes Spike said "It - It's Rarity"

"Oh Spike I know that you must feel terrible about being rejec-"

"S-she didn't reject me, she was with another stallion."

Twilight went to reply but decide to hold her tongue as she she had a hunch he had more to say, and that he did.

"He was tall and handsome and big but not to big muscles and he was handsome and i think he had some noble roots that made him look even MORE handsome, and then there's me, poor little UGLY me!"

Twilight could sense that Spike was distressed and could start crying any second now so she decided to do something that always cheered them both up.

"Spike, Would you like to hear a story?"

"[SNIFFLE]OK[SNIFFLE]"

"This story is called 'The ugly drake'"

"I haven't this story before" Spike muttered with some what curiosity.

"Once there was an ugly drake..."

Spike sat up and began to lean in with anticipation at where the story was heading.

"He was so ugly that everyone died. The End." With her story now finished and a large smile smile on her face Twilight turned and left the room shutting the door behind her.

Spike continued to sit for what seemed like an eternity to him processing what he just heard, and as the coo-coo clock ticked on he realized

"That didn't help at all."