A Dragon's Confession

After having breakfast at Pony Joe's Bakery, Spike and Celestia were struggling to find out what they wanted to do next. After ten minutes of heavy thinking, Spike asked,

"Do you wanna go and walk through the gardens?"

Not knowing what else to do, she replies,

"Sure."

After leaving the Bakery, the two have started walking around the castle. They were talking to each other as they roamed through the gardens. Spike asked,

"So how's life in the Castle?"

"Eh... it's the usual. Always raising the sun, heeding everypony's requests, and attending the same old boring meetings held by Fancypants. What about you? How is life treating you in Ponyville?" she replied.

"Well, to be honest... it gets pretty boring back at Twilight's castle. You already know about the checklist she makes me go through, but she makes me go do a lot of chores, I have to clean up from everypony's messes, and I have to keep an eye on Fluttershy's pets, especially that stupid bunny, Angel. I could go on forever. It's so much that I barely have time to do the things that I wanna do."

"Tell me about them."

"Hmm. Whenever Twilight and her friends go on a trip, I spend some time with Big Mac, and most of the time with Discord, playing Ogres & Oubliettes, which no one can know about."

"Your secret is safe with me. Keep going."

"I also spend most of my time counting jewels, I like making sweets, writing romance poetry, and-"

"Romance poetry? For Rarity, I presume?"

"Well it's... it's not really much, but I often work hard to impress her, but she blows me off whenever some pony from high society comes to Ponyville. I do my best to put up with it everyday, especially when there's a big event going on. But..."

"Hmm. Why not show me all of it?"

"Really?"

"Yes. I want to know what your hobbies are like. Forget about the drama you have with Rarity and just have some fun with me. After all, we're mother and son, right?"

Spike felt a little unsure about it. He wanted to practice confessing to Rarity, but he didn't want to hurt Celestia's feelings, so he says,

"Sure. I could use a little time off from all the chores and tasks that I was given yesterday."

"Great! Wanna start after lunch?"

"Yeah. Speaking of lunch, what time will it start?"

They both looked at the clock that was mounted on the wall and it read 9:40.

"Couple of hours?" Spike asked.

"Good idea. So what do you wanna do next?" Celestia replied.

"What hobbies do you have?"

"I enjoy spending time with Philomena, I enjoy making sweets like you do, and also I like to try on new dresses. Would you like to join in~?"

Spike gulped when she mentioned dresses, especially if it had anything to do with Rarity, but he says,

"Okay. It can't be that bad, right?"

"Trust me. You won't regret it. Besides, I need somepony's opinion on what I should wear for the Gala~." she said in a smooth tone, creeping out Spike.

Celestia suddenly teleported Spike and herself into her room.

"Huh. Looks like your room hasn't changed much." he said, looking at her room.

"It looked better the way it was decorated."

Spike nodded in agreement when she said that. Her room was extravagantly covered with elegant decor, it had a lot of detailed tile covering the floor, she had a desk that was placed by her window, the chandelier was placed high up to the ceiling, the ceiling was pretty high from where Spike and Celestia were standing, and her bed was pretty big and comfortable with the tassels accompanying the bed covers with the frame going with the canopy on top of the mattress.

"You know, you used to sleep with me during the winter. You would often shiver when the air would get cold and you would get sick spending too much time in the snow."

"I liked the snow. It felt like ice-cream in the sky."

"Hmm. Anyway, I'm gonna try on some dresses. Tell me which one you like."

Spike was shocked when she said that. During the times that he spent with Rarity, whenever she would try on something new, he would often compliment her on how she dressed and looked, but Celestia was in a whole different league from her. He has no idea what to say, nor how to compliment her. After waiting fifteen minutes, she comes out of her closet and Spike was blown away by how she looked. She was wearing a tube top with a medium-length skirt and she looked very classy and casual in it, making Spike blush heavily.

"How do I look, Spike?" she asked.

Having no idea what to say and not want to sound rude, he says,

"You look... divine."

"Oh? You like my dress? I'll try on some more then~." she said, giggling with joy.

"N-no. Wait-"

She went back into her closet and picked out some more dresses. Spike didn't know how to react when he saw Celestia. He has always seen her in a lot of dresses when attending special occasions, but he had never seen her like this up close. He was still reeling from seeing Celestia, then she came out of her closet and asked,

"Do you like this dress?"

"It does. Very good, very... you."

"Hmm. I'll put on the next one and see what you think."

After going through countless dresses for a whole half-hour, with Spike complimenting her for every one she wore, Celestia just couldn't make her mind on which one she should wear.

"Okay. Since you've seen every dress inside my room, I want your opinion on which one I look better in." she affirmed.

"Huh?" Spike said.

"Don't worry. I just need to know which one you think I look better in."

"I-I'm not sure if I'm com-"

"Nonsense. Once you tell me which one, it will be over."

Spike gulped in nervousness when she went back into her own closet. When he was with Rarity, whenever she asked him which dress she looked better in, he would always tell her which one suited her the best. But this was totally different from what he was used to. He had never given his opinion to a princess, let alone Celestia.

"Okay. I'm ready!" she called out.

Spike pulled his shirt multiple times to stop the sweating. He had no idea what he was in for. Suddenly, she came out of her closet and Spike's eyes widened.

"Tada~!" she shouted.

He couldn't believe his eyes. She was wearing a frilly dress with bright magenta colors to it, accompanied by shades the color of the ocean. Spike had never felt his heart pound faster in his life.

"...Spike?" Celestia called.

"Huh? What?" Spike blurted out.

"I haven't heard your opinion yet. What do you think?"

Feeling like his heart was gonna come out of his chest, Spike says,

"You look beautiful..."

"I do? Strange. It's usually not my best? How do you really feel?" she pouted while bending over.

"W-well, I-"

Just then, Celestia laughed. Spike was flabbergasted by it all.

"I can't believe you actually fell for it! You should've seen the look on your-"

She laughed really hard to the point of her rolling all over the floor.

"That wasn't funny. I nearly had a heart attack." Spike annoyingly claimed.

"Oh come now. You must've known it had to be a prank." she said, still reeling from the laughter.

"You're a princess. I had no idea what to say."

"I know Spike, but today and tomorrow until the Gala, I am not a princess. I'm your mother. Don't worry. We'll do it tomorrow."

"Hmm." Spike said, nodding.

"Speaking of which, I wonder how you would look in a dress~?"

"What?" Spike asked with his heart sinking.

"Oh, don't be silly. With your build and physique, you would definitely look good in a dress."

"I-I don't think I can-"

"Do not worry. It will be a secret just between the two of us."

"I'm not-"

"Just try it. After this, you won't have to do it again. I promise."

"Fine."

Spike went inside to her closet and put on the best dress that she had. He started stripping down and putting it on. After a few minutes, Spike came out of the closet.

"Oh my- you look so cute~!" she exclaimed, gawking at Spike.

"You know how demeaning I find this..." Spike said, grumbling.

"Oh, don't be like that. Nopony could ever pull it off like you can."

"I look like a-"

Spike stopped himself from speaking, intriguing Celestia.

"Oh? What was it you were gonna say?"

Knowing that he can't disobey her, he says,

"I-I look-"

"I'm listening."

"I look..."

"Uh-huh?"

"... like a princess." he reluctantly spoke.

"Oh, don't worry about it. I think you would make a great princess~."

"That's not the- are we finished yet?"

"Oh, you're no fun~." Celestia said, pouting.

Knowing that she was just trying to have fun, Spike says,

"But to tell you the truth... the dress does feel... surprisingly comfortable."

"I'd do my best to keep that a secret from Rarity."

"Good idea."

Before he could head back into the closet, Celestia gave Spike a kiss on the cheek, surprising him.

"What was that?" he asked, covering his cheek.

"Oh nothing. I just wanted to know what it felt like to be closer to be you again~." she said, smiling.

"Right... what time is it?"

They looked at the clock and it read 10:50.

"So what next?" Spike asked

"Would you like to get lunch?" Celestia replied.

"Yeah. Just let me get back into my regular clothes."