A Dragon's Confession

As Spike was laying around in his room, he heard a sudden knock on the door.

"Spike!" the voice shouted from behind.

It was Twilight. She had spent all day trying to get him to come out of his room.

"C'mon Spike! Sooner or later, you're gonna have to come out! Tomorrow's the Grand Galloping Gala, and you need to look your best. Everypony's gonna be there." she shouted.

"Twilight, I'm really not in the mood right now. Can't you bother somepony else, or solve a friendship problem?" Spike glumly replied.

Having no other choice, she teleports into his room, giving him a jump scare.

"WOULD YOU NOT DO THAT?!!!" Spike yelled

"I'm trying to help you. You're my-"

"Number-one assistant. Yes, I know. Could you please leave now...?" he asked, turning himself away from her.

"I can't do that. You need help. Celestia is worried about you. She hasn't seen you all day, and she is feeling nervous. Why won't you be a good dragon and just-"

"What did you say?"

Twilight stopped herself from speaking any further and looked at Spike. She felt like she just made fun of him and started getting nervous.

"Spike... I didn't mean to-"

"Mean to what?"

"I just wanted-"

"Help me? By calling me names and making me feel like a slave? Oh yeah. You're such a good friend!"

"Please listen to me. I don't know what ha-"

"Good! Now please get out of my room, you damned pony!"

Twilight was shocked at not only Spike's tone, but the way he used his words. He had essentially called her, at least in her mind, a racial slur. She felt tears coming out of her eyes like a waterfall as soon as she heard him, accompanied by her whimpers.

"Spike... why would you..."

At that moment, Spike calmed down. He acted like he was a totally different at this point. He felt the guilt crawling inside of him like a spider trying to catch its prey off of a web. He could feel it gnawing away at him in a painful manner. He realized that he not only hurt his friend's feelings, but his sister's.

"Twilight... I... I'm sorry. I just-" Spike said before being interrupted.

"Just what?! Angry?! Frustrated?! Stressed?! Just tell me what it is and I'll help you! Why can't you see that?!" Twilight said in her sobbing voice.

"It's not you..."

"Then what is it? Please... just tell it to me and nopony will know about this. You can trust me. Am I not your sister?"

It really pained Spike to tell her, but he knew that she would keep continuing to pry no matter what. So he relented and said,

"I was being bullied by Courtly Aristo today."

"Courtly Aristo...? He-"

"He did. Hearing what he told me just did a number on me, and I really didn't feel like going anywhere with you girls because I felt like I was misplaced. Am I really just an assistant to you? Is that it? Do I mean little to you? If I died, would you-"

"No Spike. You've got it all wrong. You mean a lot more to me than just being an assistant. You've been with me since the day we met. You've been with me since the day we moved to Ponyville and we've met our friends. You are more to me than just some assistant. You're my brother, and if you died, I would have nothing to live for." she said with her voice shaking.

Spike felt even more guilty after hearing her speak about her feelings towards him. Not only has he insulted her, but he has also hurt her. Instead of just standing, he moves closer to her and embraces her.

"I'm sorry..." he quietly says.

She quickly hugs him and replies,

"I know."

After spending a few minutes with each other, she has finally dried her tears away, calmed down, and asked,

"Do you wanna go to the Gala?"

"Personally, I don't wanna go, but if I don't, I would've lost my chances at confessing to Rarity. So it's pretty much do or die at this point." he replies.

"Good idea. Why don't we choose what nice tux you wanna wear? After all, Rarity does have a taste for handsome guys like you."

"You know it. Let's go sis."

With that, they left for the clothing store. Twilight still knows about Rarity's decision. She wanted to tell Spike again, but she didn't want to break his confidence even further. Meanwhile in Celestia's room, she just sat in her room, not speaking to anypony but her sister. Her hair was unkempt accompanied by the tear stains in her eyes.

"Dear sister, it is almost time. You have to be ready."

"I know Luna, but I'm not ready to face him. Does he-"

"No. Whatever was bothering Spike, I know within the deepest of my heart that it had nothing to do with you."

"Then why didn't he come and see me? He promised that he would help me choose my best dress for tomorrow night. Why isn't-"

"Do not worry. Whatever is gnawing deep within him, it has to be a trial with which he isn't feeling up to fight."

"But still..."

"You will see him again, but right now we have to worry about your appearance. Spike has no hate for you. He's just... well, you seem to be more familiar with dragons than I, but we will worry about it tomorrow night. We need to get you cleaned up if you want to appease his certain tastes. Would that take your fancy, dear sister?"

After a few minutes of thinking about it, Celestia replies,

"Okay Luna. If you know what you have in mind works, then we have nothing to lose. I just hope Spike doesn't hurt himself. If she-"

"He will come around. Spike always moves ahead. Now let us go before the mares get impatient."

Celestia nodded with her confidence restored and left with Luna as soon as she tied her hair back.

One night and several hours later, the Grand Galloping Gala event has begun. Ponies were everywhere, the lights were up, hors d’oeuvres were served, and dancing was underway. Spike was waiting for his moment to make his confession to Rarity, and he felt that there was nothing that could stop him. However, she was nowhere to seen, as Twilight was right by Celestia’s side, along with Luna, and her friends were very busy trying to keep the party going. Starlight was also busy, conversing with Trixie about magic. Spike suddenly felt as if something was wrong. He knew that Rarity would be having the time of her life at the Galla, often being the center of attention for Gentlecolts and all. Feeling as if something bad was happening to her, he then decided to go look for her. Twilight looked on with with worry as Spike left the castle hall.

“Rarity! Are you there?!” he shouted as he was looking for her.

As he kept looking, he began hearing strange noises which sounded a lot like moans. He then snuck around and continued to look. However, as he did, he began to hear a familiar voice. It sounded high class, only with a naughtier tone to it. He then saw a door to the source of the noise. As he opened it, he was shocked to discover that two ponies were clopping each other. However, it wasn’t the worst from what he witnessed. It turned that Aristo was there, but he never suspected that the mare would be the apple of his eye: Rarity.